Editing Gordon Brown (section)

===Return to the backbenches (2010–2015)===
[[File:British PMs 2011.png|thumb|Brown with fellow former Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and Sir [[John Major]], Deputy Prime Minister [[Nick Clegg]] and Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] during U.S. President [[Barack Obama]]'s address to Parliament]]
On 13 May 2010, in his first public appearance since leaving 10 Downing Street, two days after resigning as prime minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Brown confirmed he intended to stay on in Parliament, serving as a Labour [[backbencher]], to serve the people of his [[Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath]] constituency. He continued to serve as the MP of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath until 2015.<ref name="BBC13May2010Backbencher">{{Cite news |date=13 May 2010 |title=Brown to remain as backbench MP |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8681018.stm |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516150404/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8681018.stm |archive-date=16 May 2010}}</ref>

Towards the end of May 2010, Brown began writing ''[[Beyond the Crash]]'', completing it after 14 weeks. The book discusses the [[2008 financial crisis]] and Brown's recommendations for future co-ordinated global action.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lipsey |first=David |date=18 December 2010 |title=Beyond the Crash by Gordon Brown&nbsp;– review |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/18/beyond-crash-gordon-brown-review |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205125723/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/18/beyond-crash-gordon-brown-review |archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Gordon |title=Beyond the Crash: overcoming the first crisis of globalisation |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-85720-285-7 |location=London}}</ref>

He played a prominent role in the lead-up to, and the aftermath of, the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], campaigning for Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 October 2014 |title=Hague and Brown clash over 'English votes for English laws' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29606220 |url-status=live |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014153655/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29606220 |archive-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> "Our vision for the future of Scotland – yes a Scottish parliament for fairness, battling for equality across the UK", he told voters in an impassioned speech on the eve of polling. "But our vision is bigger than that – at every point, particularly through our membership of the UK, to fight for what is our dream, what is our demand. A world not of a separate state, but a world of social justice people can believe in. What kind of message does Scotland send to the world if, tomorrow, we said we are going to give up on sharing, we are going to smash our partnership, we are going to abandon co-operation and we are going to throw the idea of solidarity into the dust. This is not the Scotland I know and recognise."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/17/gordon-brown-appeals-to-labour-voters-vote-no |title=Gordon Brown makes passionate appeal to Labour voters in final no rally &#124; Scottish independence |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London|authorlink=Nicholas Watt |first=Nicholas |last=Watt|date=17 September 2014 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313231035/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/17/gordon-brown-appeals-to-labour-voters-vote-no |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J39bBV7CBJk |title=Gordon Brown's Better Together speech the day before the Scottish referendum |publisher=YouTube |date=17 September 2014 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312181842/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J39bBV7CBJk |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 December 2014, Brown announced that he would not be seeking re-election to parliament. He stood down at [[2015 United Kingdom general election|the general election in May 2015]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 December 2014 |title=Gordon Brown 'to announce he will stand down as MP' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30277709 |url-status=live |access-date=1 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201150424/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30277709 |archive-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>