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Tommy McAvoy

The Right Honourable
The Lord McAvoy
PC
Opposistion Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords
Assumed office
27 May 2015
Serving with Denis Tunnicliffe
Preceded by The Baroness Smith of Basildon
Treasurer of the Household
Deputy Chief Whip
In office
5 October 2008 – 11 May 2010
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Preceded by Nick Brown
Succeeded by John Randall
Comptroller of the Household
In office
2 May 1997 – 5 October 2008
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded by Timothy Wood
Succeeded by John Spellar
Member of Parliament
for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Glasgow Rutherglen (1987–2005)
In office
12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by James Gregor Mackenzie
Succeeded by Tom Greatrex
Personal details
Born (1943-12-14) 14 December 1943 (age 73)
Rutherglen
Nationality Scottish
Political party Labour Co-operative
Spouse(s) Eleanor McAvoy
Children 4
Religion Roman Catholic

Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy, Baron McAvoy PC (born 14 December 1943) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament for Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2005 to 2010, having previously been MP for Glasgow Rutherglen from 1987 to 2005. He held several positions in the Whips Office, including Comptroller of the Household (Government Pairing Whip) from 1997 to 2008, then Treasurer of the Household (Government Deputy Chief Whip) from 2008 to 2010. He entered the Lords after retiring as an MP shortly after the 2010 General Election, where he now serves as an Opposistion Spokesperson and Deputy Chief Whip

Tommy McAvoy was born in Rutherglen on 14 December 1943. McAvoy worked as a storeman at the Hoover factory in Cambuslang, and was a shop steward for the Amalgamated Engineering Union; following the succession of trade union mergers, he is now a member of Unite the Union (Amicus Section). McAvoy and his wife Eleanor have four sons. His brother Eddie McAvoy is a local politician who served as the leader of South Lanarkshire Council from 1999 to 2017.

In 1982, McAvoy was elected to Strathclyde Regional Council, and served until being elected to Parliament in 1987 as the Scottish Labour Co-operative Member for Glasgow Rutherglen. From 2005 to 2010, he sat as the member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.


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