Gordon Brown
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| Assumed office 27 June 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Tony Blair |
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| In office 2 May 1997 – 27 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Alistair Darling |
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| Assumed office 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | New Constituency |
| Majority | 18,216 (43.6%) |
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| Born | 20 February 1951 (age 58) Govan, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Sarah Macaulay |
| Children | John and James |
| Residence | 10 Downing Street |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Academic |
| Religion | Church of Scotland |
| Signature | File:Gordon Brown's signature.png |
| Website | 10 Downing Street |
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is the leader of the British Labour Party. He is the Labour MP Representative for the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath UK Constituency.
He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and is married to Sarah Macaulay. They have two children, John Macaulay and James Fraser. He is blind in his left eye after a sports injury but he has a replacement eye made of glass.
Gordon Brown took over as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Tony Blair resigned on 27 June 2007. Before this, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Many people who voted for Labour did not think that he would be the Prime Minister, people do not like him, when people ask questions as to who their favourite Prime Minister would be, he scores badly compared to Tony Blair.
Brown has a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh. He spent his early career working as a television journalist.[1][2] He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983. At the beginning for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.[3][4] As Prime Minister of Great Britain, he also holds the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service.
Brown's time as Chancellor was marked by major reform of Britain's financial and fiscal policy architecture. For example was the interest rate setting power transfered to the Bank of England. This was done by a wide extension of the powers of the Treasury to cover much domestic policy and by giving the responsibility for banking supervision to the Financial Services Authority.[5] Controversial moves included the abolition of Advance Corporation Tax (ACT) relief in his first budget,[6][7] and the removal in his final budget of the 10 per cent "starting rate" of personal income tax which he had introduced in 1999.[8]
After an initial rise in opinion polls,[9] Brown's time as Prime Minister has seen his approval ratings fall. The Labour Party suffer its worst local election results in 40 years.[10][11] Despite public and parliamentary pressure on his leadership, he remains leader of the Labour Party.
[change] References
- ↑ Kearney, Martha. "Brown seeks out 'British values'", BBC News, BBC, 14 March 2005. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ "The Gordon Brown story", BBC News, BBC, 27 June 2007. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ "Brown is UK's new prime minister", BBC News, BBC, 27 June 2007. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ "Gordon Brown", BBC News, BBC, 19 November 2007. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ Memorandum of Understanding between HM Treasury, the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority. HM Treasury, Bank of England, FSA (1997). Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ Halligan, Liam (16 October 2006). Brown's raid on pensions costs Britain £100 billion. Telegraph. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ Pension blame falls on Brown. The Guardian. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ Q&A: 10p tax rate cut. The Guardian. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ New British PM gives party biggest poll lead in two years. The Philippine Star.
- ↑ Labour suffers wipeout in its worst local election results. The Times. Retrieved on 17 October 2009.
- ↑ Labour slumps to historic defeat, BBC News, 8 June 2009
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