Des Browne

The Right Honourable The Lord Browne of Ladyton PC
Official portrait, 2022
Secretary of State for Scotland
In office 28 June 2007 – 3 October 2008
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Douglas Alexander
Succeeded by	Jim Murphy
Secretary of State for Defence
In office 5 May 2006 – 3 October 2008
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	John Reid
Succeeded by	John Hutton
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 6 May 2005 – 5 May 2006
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Paul Boateng
Succeeded by	Stephen Timms
Junior ministerial offices Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counterterrorism In office 1 April 2004 – 6 May 2005 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Beverley Hughes Succeeded by Tony McNulty Minister of State for Work In office 13 June 2003 – 1 April 2004 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by Nick Brown Succeeded by Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland In office 11 June 2001 – 13 June 2003 Prime Minister Tony Blair Preceded by George Howarth Succeeded by John Spellar
Parliamentary offices Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal Life peerage 22 July 2010 Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun In office 1 May 1997 – 12 April 2010 Preceded by William McKelvey Succeeded by Cathy Jamieson
Personal details
Born	(1952-03-22) 22 March 1952 (age 72) Stevenston, Scotland, United Kingdom
Political party	Scottish Labour
Alma mater	University of Glasgow

Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton, PC (born 22 March 1952) is a Scottish politician who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Defence 2006 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Scotland from 2007 to 2008. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010.