Jeremy Browne

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Jeremy Richard Browne (born 17 May 1970) is a British politician. He is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Taunton.

Jeremy Browne is the son of diplomat Sir Nicholas Browne, and lived in many different countries during his childhood including Iran, Zimbabwe and Belgium. He was educated at a private school before gaining a place at the University of Nottingham where he was President of the Students' Union in 1992. He became a researcher for the Liberal Democrat MP Alan Beith in 1993. He has also worked for a Public Relations (PR) firm. He contested the Enfield Southgate parliamentary constituency at the 1997 General Election, he came third, behind Labour's Stephen Twigg shock ousting of the then Secretary of State for Defence Michael Portillo. Browne was then chosen to contest the ultra marginal seat of Taunton which had been gained by the Conservative Adrian Flook at the 2001 General Election from the Liberal Democrat Jackie Ballard by just 235 votes. The 2005 General Election proved to be another close battle and Browne ousted Flook by 573 votes. Browne made his maiden speech on May 26, 2005.

Following his election, Jeremy Browne was appointed a spokesman on Foreign Affairs and is a Member of the Home Affairs Select Committee. He is married to Charlotte and lives in the centre of Taunton, and is a keen supporter of Queens Park Rangers. He is a member of the advisory board of the think tank Reform. During the 2006 Liberal Democrat leadership campaign, Jeremy was a strong supporter of Ming Campbell as well as one of his campaign managers.