[4] At the 2011 local elections, the UUP were reduced to three seats on the council, one of which was held by Browne,[5] who was subsequently appointed as an alderman.
As of 2017, he was also on the Duncairn Community Centre Committee, the North Belfast Partnership Board and the Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme.
[7] In November 2017, during a council meeting, Browne reportedly called Sinn Féin colleague Ciaran Beattie a "one armed bandit."
[10] He endorsed DUP candidates, Dean McCullough and Fred Cobain, ahead of the 2023 local elections, for his former Castle District.
[11] Browne was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of June 2013, cited for "services to Local Government in Northern Ireland.