Brian Higgins (born October 6, 1959), a Democrat from New York, has been a member of the United States House of Representatives in 2004, representing the state's 27th Congressional District. The district is based in Buffalo and includes almost two-thirds of that city. (109.gif" target="_blank">map).

A native of Buffalo, Higgins served three two-year terms as the South District Councilman on the _Buffalo Common Council (city council) from 1988 to 1994. In 1993, during his final year on the Council, Brian was rated “Buffalo’s Best Lawmaker” in a 1993 Buffalo News Survey of Western New York business and community leaders. After that, Brian served as the 145th District representative to the New York Assembly from 1999 through 2004.

With the heavily Democratic 27th represented by a so-called moderate Republican since 1993, the incumbent unexpectedly announced his retirement in 2004. In April 2004 Higgins entered the race, and narrowly defeated then-Erie County Comptroller Nancy Naples. Higgins was undoubtedly helped by John Kerry's landslide win in the district. Even when redistricting after the 2000 census made it slightly friendlier for the previous incumbent by adding the more rural Chautauqua County , the 27th was still at the time the most Democratic district in the country to be represented by a Republican. The district reverted to form in 2006, as Higgins was reelected with 79% of the vote against token Republican opposition.

Brian Higgins is a British music producer who has written and produced albums and tracks for several highly successful pop music singers and groups, most notably Girls Aloud, through his Xenomania production group. A key collaborator with Higgins is Miranda Cooper, who shares co-writing credits in nearly all Xenomania-written tracks.

His musical style has been described as part electro, part power pop, more basic pop, with elements of New Wave, rave, and dance found in many of his collaborations in the more than 15 years he has been in the music industry.