Background
MCAVOY, Thomas was born in December 1943 in M. Parents: the late Edward McAvoy and the late Frances McLaughlin McAvoy.
MCAVOY, Thomas was born in December 1943 in M. Parents: the late Edward McAvoy and the late Frances McLaughlin McAvoy.
St Columbkilles Primary and Junior Schools.
Chairman, Rulherglen Community Council, 1980. Chairman, Femhill Tenants Association, Chairman, Rutherglen Federation of Tenants Assns. Councillor for Rutherglen and Toryglen, Strathclyde Regional Council, 1982-1987.
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Rutherglen, since 1987. Opposition Chief Whip, since 1990.
Spouse Eleanor Kerr, 1968. Children: four s.