Qoraal sii wata faqradan - Brown waxaa loo doortay baarlamaanka xildhibaan ka tirsan xisbiga Shaqaalaha markii labaad ee uu isku dayay, wuxuu u doortay Dunfermline East doorashadii guud ee 1983. Ninkii ugu horeeyay ee la shaqeeya xafiiskiisa Westminster wuxuu ahaa xildhibaan cusub oo laga soo doortay Sedgefield, Tony Blair. Brown wuxuu noqday afhayeenka mucaaradka ee Ganacsiga iyo Warshadaha sanadkii 1985. Sannadkii 1986, wuxuu daabacay taariikh nololeedka siyaasiga Xisbiga Shaqaalaha ee Madaxa-bannaan James Maxton, oo ah mawduuca shahaadadiisa doctorka. Brown wuxuu ahaa Xoghayaha Shadow ee Khasnadda 1987 ilaa 1989 ka dibna Xoghayaha Shadow ee Ganacsiga iyo Warshadaha, ka hor inta uusan noqon Xoghayaha Shadow 1992. Isagoo hogaaminaya ololaha "Horumarka Shaqaalaha Haa", diidmada ku biirista ololaha xisbiyada ee "Haa Scotland", inta lagu gudajiray aftidii xil wareejinta ee Scotland ee 1979
, halka siyaasiyiin kale oo sarsare oo ka tirsan Xisbiga Shaqaalaha <unk> oo ay ku jiraan Robin Cook, Tam Dalyell iyo Brian Wilson <unk> ay u ololeeyeen codka "Maya", Brown wuxuu markii dambe ka qayb qaatay ka qayb qaadashada Shirkii Dastuuriga ahaa ee Scotland, isagoo saxiixay Sheegashada Xuquuqda ee Scotland 1989.