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iain smith tricia marwick conservative convener tourism committee member of the scottish parliament for lothian -lrb- of 1 of 7 regional msps -rrb- the scottish parliament economy , energy and 4 june 1975 8 june 2011 3 may 2007 gavin brown.jpg gavin brown -lrb- politician -rrb-
 gavin brown
gavin brown -lrb- politician -rrb-

gavin brown -lrb- born 4 june 1975 -rrb- is a conservative politician , and member of the scottish parliament for lothian since 2007 -lrb- lothians 2007 -- 2011 -rrb- .
he contested edinburgh south at the 2005 uk general election , where he came third .
he contested the same seat at the 2007 scottish parliament election finishing fourth , but was elected to holyrood as a list member for the lothians region .
he is currently the party 's tourism and enterprise spokesman and sits on the economy , energy and tourism committee at holyrood .
gavin brown worked as a solicitor at mcgrigors before his election to holyrood .
gavin is also a black belt in tae kwon do and in 2008 ran the edinburgh marathon .
he lives in the fairmilehead area of edinburgh and is married with one daughter .
he voted against allowing same sex couples the right to get married .
