Keith Brown has been the member of the Scottish parliament for Ochil Constituency since May 2007. Before his election he served for eleven years as a councillor in Clackmannanshire, serving on the Council’s Education Committee, and holding the post of Council Leader from 1999 to 2003. He is a member of the European Union’s Committee of the Regions, serving as President (2004-2006) of the Union for a Europe of the Nations – European Alliance (UEN-EA) group on that body.
Prior to this, Keith worked for fifteen years as a local government professional in neighbouring Stirling, where he was also an active trade union representative with UNISON. He is also a graduate of Dundee University and studied at the University of Prince Edward Island. Originally from Edinburgh, Keith now lives in Dollar with his three children.
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