The fledgling SDP, who had created an electoral pact - termed the 'Alliance' - with the Liberals immediately declaring they wished to fight the seat and wanted former Cabinet minister Roy Jenkins to be their candidate.

[4] Critical of the fact that the SDP and Liberals were 'haggling only hours' after Galbraith had died, Brodie initially declined to comment on the situation, other than to indicate he would act in the best interests of the Alliance.

[6] He fought Glasgow Garscadden as a Liberal Democrat at the 1992 general election, finishing in fourth place in the seat held by then-Shadow Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar.

He then joined the Scottish National Party in 2010, first standing for them at the 2010 general election for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, where he finished in third place; moving ahead of the Liberal Democrats who took fourth.

[8] In August 2015, he failed to win selection as the SNP candidate for the Ayr constituency, losing out to Glasgow councillor Jennifer Dunn.

[12] That company was 90% owned by Corri Wilson, who founded it one month before she became an SNP councillor for Ayr East ward in 2012.

[14][15] In January 2017, Brodie resigned from the SNP and announced that he would stand as an Independent candidate in the Ayr West ward of South Ayrshire as part of the 2017 Council election.

[18][19] Following his death, various Scottish political figures, including then-Deputy First Minister John Swinney who described Brodie as a "lovely colleague and friend".