Tom McCabe

Infobox MSP
honorific-prefix =
name = Tom McCabe
honorific-suffix =

---

imagesize = 150px
caption =
office = Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform
salary =
term_start = 4 October 2004
term_end = 16 May 2007
firstminister = Jack McConnell
predecessor = Andy Kerr
successor = John Swinney
constituency_MP2 = Hamilton South
parliament2 = Scottish
majority2 = 3,652 (15.7%)
term_start2 = 6 May 1999
term_end2 =
predecessor2 = "new constituency"
successor2 =
birth_date = Birth date and age|1954|4|28|df=yes
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place =
birthname =
nationality =
party = Scottish Labour Party
spouse =
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =
occupation =
profession =
cabinet =
committees =
religion =


website =
footnotes =

Tom McCabe (born 28 April, 1954) is a Scottish Labour Party politician, a former Minister for Finance in the Scottish Executive, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Hamilton South.

He became an MSP in the first elections to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, later holding the positions of Minister for Parliament (1999-2001), Minister for Health and Community Care (2003-2004), and later Minister for Finance.

Background

McCabe was educated at St. Martin's Secondary School, Hamilton, and obtained a Diploma in Public Sector Management from Bell College of Technology, Hamilton.

He worked for Hoover plc from 1974 to 1993, and then in social work with Strathclyde Regional Council and North Lanarkshire Council.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

McCabe was elected to the Scottish Parliament for Hamilton South in 1999. As this was the first constituency to declare its results, he was the first ever MSP to be elected. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/scotland_99/news/337393.stm "Scots head for coalition rule"] , "BBC News", May 7, 1999]

He was first appointed Minister for Parliament in the Scottish Executive from 1999-2001. Following Jack McConnell's appointment as First Minister he was out of office until after the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003 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

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/membersPages/tom_mccabe/index.htm Scottish Parliament biography]
###@@@KEY@@@###
Template group
title = Tom McCabe
titlestyle = style="background:#eee;
list =