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Rt Hon Nicholas Brown

Independent Newcastle upon Tyne East M
The Rt Hon Mr Nicholas Brown is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Independent MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £0 / £93,904 annual
0 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £0
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2010-05-062024-05-30
Newcastle upon Tyne East
1997-05-012010-05-06
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
1983-06-091997-05-01
Newcastle upon Tyne East

Party history

2022-09-072024-05-30
Independent
1983-06-092022-09-06
Labour

Government posts

2008-10-032010-05-06
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
2007-06-292010-05-06
Minister of State (Regional Affairs) (North East)
2007-06-282008-10-03
Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
2001-06-082003-06-13
Minister (Department for Work and Pensions) (Work)
1998-07-272001-06-08
Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food)
1997-05-031998-07-26
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Chief Whip)

Opposition posts

2016-10-062021-05-09
Opposition Chief Whip (Commons)
2010-05-122010-10-08
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary and Chief Whip
1995-01-011997-05-01
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons)
1994-05-121994-07-21
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
1994-01-011995-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Health)
1992-01-011994-01-01
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
1988-01-011992-01-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury)
1985-01-011988-01-01
Shadow Solicitor General

Committee memberships

1984-02-161992-03-16
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee)
1994-06-011995-06-01
Broadcasting
2007-07-122008-10-27
Administration Committee
2015-11-102017-05-03
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2010-06-232015-03-30
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
2011-07-182011-12-13
Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee)
2021-05-242023-03-08
Members Estimate Committee
2015-07-092017-05-03
Members Estimate Committee
2021-05-242023-03-08
House of Commons Commission
2015-07-092016-10-31
House of Commons Commission
2021-05-262023-02-28
Finance Committee (Commons) Chair +£15,928/yr
2021-05-252023-02-28
Finance Committee (Commons)
2015-07-212016-10-17
Finance Committee (Commons) Chair +£15,025/yr
2015-07-202016-10-17
Finance Committee (Commons)
2021-05-262023-03-07
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2015-09-102016-10-17
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-11-162023-03-08
Public Accounts Commission
2015-11-042017-05-03
Public Accounts Commission
2021-06-082023-03-27
Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission
2021-11-242021-12-01
Local Government (Disqualification) Bill
2022-10-172023-03-08
Restoration and Renewal Client Board
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

No contact details recorded.

APPGs (2026) · 1 active officership(s) · 1 historic

Group Role(s) Funders Officers in group Next deadline
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Motorcycle Speedway
Subject Group
Chair & Registered Contact 4 2023-03-03
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the /appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.

Commons votes · 2026

No Commons votes recorded for 2026.

Written parliamentary questions · 2026

No written questions tabled in 2026.

Bills sponsored & supported · 2026

0 bills 0 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are MPs who backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading date.

Historic bills (all-time)

1 bills 1 as lead sponsor 0 as supporter
Bill Info Role Status Introduced
Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007 (Amendment) Bill Sponsored 2nd reading 2012-07-04
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at introduction. Sorted newest first.
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