Brian Monteith (born 8 January 1958) is a British politician, public relations consultant and commentator.

Following university Monteith initially worked as a researcher for Thatcherite London-based think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies.

This crisis forced Monteith to withdraw from standing for the Scottish Conservative Party against Labour's John Smith in Monklands East in the 1992 general election.

[2] He later argued in favour of giving more financial powers to the Scottish Parliament and wanted to move his party in a different direction ideologically and strategically.

[4][5] In 2006 Monteith announced he would not stand again as an MSP, saying he "would rather return to commerce than be a one-man band swimming against the treacly tide of collectivism in the Scottish Parliament".

[8] Monteith is a former chairman of English-Speaking Union Scotland and has had two stints working for the Botswanan government.