Thomas McCabe (28 April 1954 – 19 April 2015) was a Scottish politician who served as
Minister for Parliament from 1999 to 2001 and
Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform from 2004 to 2007. A member of the
Scottish Labour Party
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, he was
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; gd, Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; sco, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.
Electoral system
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(MSP) for the
Hamilton South constituency from
1999
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to
2011
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.
Background
McCabe was educated at St. Martin's Secondary School,
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
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, and obtained a Diploma in Public Sector Management from
Bell College of Technology
Bell College was a higher education college based in Hamilton and Dumfries in Scotland. Founded in 1972, the College merged with the University of Paisley on 1 August 2007, it is now part of the renamed University of the West of Scotland.
Histor ...
, Hamilton.
He worked for
Hoover plc (
Cambuslang
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) from 1974 to 1993, and then in social work with
Strathclyde
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Regional Council and
North Lanarkshire
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Council. He was elected to serve as a councillor for
Hamilton District Council and became its leader, then served as the first leader of
South Lanarkshire Council
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when it was created in 1996 after a reform of local government.
[Tributes to former Hamilton MSP Tom McCabe, who passed away this week aged 60]
Daily Record, 23 April 2015
Member of the Scottish Parliament
McCabe was elected to the
Scottish Parliament
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for
Hamilton South in 1999. As this was the first constituency to declare its results, he was the first ever
MSP to be elected.
[
He was first appointed Minister for Parliament in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2001. Following ]Jack McConnell
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's appointment as First Minister
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he was out of office until after the 2003 Scottish Parliament election
The 2003 Scottish Parliament election was the second election of members to the Scottish Parliament. It was held on 1 May 2003 and it brought no change in terms of control of the Scottish Executive. Jack McConnell, the Labour Party MSP, rema ...
, when he returned as Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care. In October 2004 he was promoted to Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform in place of Andy Kerr Andrew Kerr (1878–1969) was an American football coach.
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.[
In March 2005 he set up the AEWG (Adult Entertainment Working Group), the Scottish advisory body set up within the Scottish Executive to investigate the legislative issues involved in the current proposed lapdancing ban in Scotland. The ban is currently opposed by such figures as Veronica Deneuve and the union group IUSW (the International Union of Sex Workers) a member of the GMB union.
McCabe was one of several Labour casualties following the elections on 5 May 2011, losing his seat to ]Christina McKelvie
Christina McKelvie (born 4 March 1968) is a Scottish politician who has served as Minister for Equalities and Older People since 2018. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for th ...
of the SNP in the newly formed Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse constituency.[
]
Personal life
McCabe previously had a relationship with former Labour spin-doctor and journalist Lorraine Davidson.
McCabe died from cancer in April 2015, after a period of illness.[ A new residential street in Hamilton was named in his honour two years after his death.Tom McCabe Gardens are named after the first leader of South Lanarkshire Council]
Daily Record, 20 March 2017
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1954 births
2015 deaths
Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007
Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011
Labour MSPs
Scottish Labour councillors
Councillors in South Lanarkshire
Politicians from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Finance ministers of Scotland
Leaders of local authorities of Scotland