Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy (born 14 December 1943, Glasgow) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Labour Co-operative member of Parliament for Glasgow Rutherglen, Scotland, and now Rutherglen and Hamilton West since 1987. He is currently Government Whip and Comptroller of HM Household. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Labour Co-operative describes those candidates in British elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Rutherglen (from 1983, Glasgow Rutherglen) was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 2005. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Rutherglen and Hamilton West is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Stewards department, and often a cabinet member. ...

McAvoy worked as a storeman at the Hoover factory in Cambuslang, and was a shop steward for the Amalgamated Engineering Union. He is now a member of Amicus. The name Hoover can refer to: J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for many years Herbert Hoover, mining engineer, President of the United States Lou Henry Hoover, wife of President Herbert Hoover M. Herbert Hoover, an Ohio politician Bob Hoover, legendary airshow and test pilot, author... Cambuslang (Scottish Gaelic: Camas Long) is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ... The Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) was a British trade union. ... Amicus is Britains second largest trade union, formed by the merger of MSF (Manufacturing Science and Finance) and the AEEU (Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union) agreed in 2001. ...

He was a Strathclyde regional councillor from 1982 until elected to Parliament. He has been a Labour whip 1990-93 and again since 1996. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 2003, and is currently the Comptroller of the Household. Strathclyde (Srath Chluaidh in Gaelic) was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Stewards department, and often a cabinet member. ...

McAvoy and his wife Eleanor have four sons.

According to the The Guardian: "...[his] personal crusades have been for peace in Northern Ireland and against abortion" (Andrew Roth, The Guardian). The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

External links

• Tommy McAvoy's official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Tommy McAvoy MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Tommy McAvoy MP