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  Tommy McAvoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy (born 14 December 1943, Glasgow) is a Scottish Labour Party politician and, since 1987, a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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 Amicus.
In 1982 McAvoy was elected to Strathclyde Regional Council, and served until elected to the U.K. Parliament in 1987 as the Labour Co-operative member for Glasgow, Rutherglen.
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 News - Tommy McAvoy - MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Tommy McAvoy MP has welcomed the success of his call to use the former Rutherglen Post Office building as an extension of the public library.
Tommy McAvoy MP has published his submission to the official Consultation on the proposed changes to the Post Office branch on Rutherglen Main Street.
Tommy McAvoy MP has been re-appointed to his Government job as Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household and Pairing Whip.
www.tommymcavoy.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=12492   (406 words)

  
 Glasgow Rutherglen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1992, Tommy McAvoy was elected for the second time in Glasgow Rutherglen with 55.4 % of the vote and a majority of 15,270.
Tommy McAvoy is back to contest Glasgow Rutherglen for the general election.
He is described by Byron Criddle as 'among the big Scottish contingent of Labour MPs he provides some of the more stolidly unobtrusive ballast.' In 1994 Tommy McAvoy denied press claims that he had not made a single speech in the House of Commons during 1993.
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 BBC - Search results for Tommy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Tommy Boyd Hear him on BBC Southern Counties Radio between 13.00 and 16.00.
Tommy McAvoy - MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Tommy McAvoy MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West...
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 The Green Howards, - VCs and GCs Won by the Regiment
Thomas McAvoy was born to John and Margaret McAvoy at 73 Maitland Street, Glasgow on II th December 1909.
Whilst on leave, still recovering from his burns received in the fire at Jinasfut Camp, Tommy McAvoy married Helen O'Connor at the RC Church of the Sacred Heart in Glasgow on 3rd June 1939.
When Tommy McAvoy was mugged in Glasgow in November 1975, he was badly shaken.
www.greenhowards.org.uk /html-files/vcgc-mcavoy.htm   (551 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Scotland | MP's son cleared of driving charge
Isobel Wallace and her husband called for a change in the law and criticised Rutherglen Labour MP Tommy McAvoy for telling his son Brian not to speak to the police after the crash.
Mr McAvoy, 21, was found not guilty of driving carelessly and failing to maintain control of a Rover 400 car when it spun out of control, killing 17-year-old Laurene Norris.
Driving experts told the court that on the available evidence Mr McAvoy had taken the appropriate action in trying to stop his car from fish-tailing, but it was raining heavily and the road was wet.
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 Tommy McAvoy Information
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.
McAvoy worked as a storeman at the Hoover factory in Cambuslang, and was a shop steward for the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
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 Janis Hughes MSP - Working for the communities of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Kings Park and Toryglen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Local Labour MSP Janis Hughes and MP Tommy McAvoy have this week revealed this new investment and how it will be distributed to local schools.
This was a promise we made to the people of Scotland at the last election, and it is a promise which has been kept,” said Janis.
Tommy added, “This increased investment allows the schools to spend the cash in the way the way they see fit.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /janishughes/schoolsmoney2.html   (417 words)

  
 Tommy McAvoy - One Language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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The Right Honourable Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy (born 14 December 1943) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
He is Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Glasgow Rutherglen, and has been since 1987.
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 tommy byers information -- tommy byers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Roger Riley (662) 841-9015 District IV and VI - Tommy Williams (662) 323-7313 District V - Kevin...
Edwin and Marsha Slott Janice Smith Cathy and Tommy Stamey Cambridge Trott Rob and Deborah...
Tommy Dorsey was in Chicago at the same time and was...
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 Thomas McAvoy MP, Rutherglen & Hamilton West (TheyWorkForYou.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Thomas McAvoy MP Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 6–7 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/thomas_mcavoy/rutherglen_and_hamilton_west   (397 words)

  
 Glasgow Rutherglen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For the Tories, it was a disaster and their vote slumped by 7.6 %, taking them into single figures, 9.3 %, in a seat which they had held until 1964.
Tommy McAvoy was back to contest Glasgow Rutherglen for the 2001 general election.
He currently hold the office of Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household, (which actually means government whip).
www.alba.org.uk /scot03constit/g08.html   (1153 words)

  
 Tommy McAvoy - MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West
I will continue to work hard for the people of this area, and I hope this website helps you keep up to date with my work at Westminster and gives you another means of contacting me with any issues you would like to bring to my attention."
Rt Hon Tommy McAvoy MP Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party MP for
This website is paid for by Tommy McAvoy and is in no part funded from Parliamentary allowances.
www.tommymcavoy.labour.co.uk /ViewPage.cfm?Page=12489   (174 words)

  
 Omega-News: Mast do better!
Already, a petition against the mast has been handed to the bowling club, with about 100 signatures gathered in a very short time.
Protestors have also written to Members of the Scottish Parliament, as well as local MP Tommy McAvoy, and intend to e-mail councillors on South Lanarkshire Council’s planning committee before they meet to decide on the issue next month.
A concerned Stewarton Drive resident said: “Because of an application to build a 3G mobile phone mast within 50 metres of my home, I sought support from my neighbours to oppose the installation.
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 Excite UK - Entertainment - Corrie's Curly in crime drama role
Kevin Kennedy, who played Norman 'Curly' Watts, is to make a guest appearance in the second episode, which airs on October 27.
He stars as builder Tommy McAvoy, who sparks a police investigation when he finds a child's body in a drainage tunnel between two houses.
It will be a welcome change for the actor, who admits he has sometimes struggled to get people to see him as anyone other than Curly.
entertainment.excite.co.uk /news/soaps/17892   (323 words)

  
 Longest-serving government whip
Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West Tommy McAvoy recently became the longest-serving government whip since records began.
As Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household, Tommy works in the Whips Office and is one of one three Labour MPs to have held the same job in Government since Labour came to power in 1997.
In recognition of this, at a party meeting on Monday night, the Labour peer and former Ayrshire MP Lord George Foulkes unveiled a photograph of McAvoy with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
www.scottishlabour.org.uk /longestservinggovtwhip   (136 words)

  
 New Statesman - Paul Routledge
The whips have imposed fierce control orders on the movements of back-bench cattle in the run-up to the election.
A message from Tommy McAvoy, Deputy Chief Keeper of the Black Book, informs MPs that "due to campaigning, no further requests for time off can be entertained".
Meanwhile, the parties are planning to fleece Fleet Street, with the Lib Dems demanding £5,000 from any hack who wants to follow Charles Kennedy on his battlebus, and the Tories demanding £9,000.
www.newstatesman.com /200103050009   (742 words)

  
 Andy Reed MP | Andy's Westminister Blog
The Prime Minister and Chancellor are the first two but not many people outside parliament will know the other.
Again I have nothing but praise for Tommy McAvoy.
I couldn't have done his job for 24 hours never mind 9 years.
www.andyreedmp.org.uk /westministerblog.html   (2598 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Keltic Reign - Mitzi MacDonald and her group.
Blackthorne - Mike Brassil and Tommy McAvoy - singers, local group.
Tommy Martin and Greg Krone - pipes and fiddle, local Bernie and Barbara McDonald
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 Victoria McAvoy celebrates eighth birthday Oct. 20
Victoria McAvoy, daughter of Bobby and Charlene McAvoy, celebrated her eighth birthday on October 20.
Victoria first celebrated on her birthday at the Washington Wilkes Primary School as she and her mother shared c u p c a k e s, chocolate chip cookies, Cheetos and lemonade with her classmates.
Celebrating with Victoria and her parents were sister, Jennifer; brother, Charles; grandparents, Charles and Joan Drinkard; uncle Tommy McAvoy; aunt and cousin, Cindi and Dylan Irwin of Winterville; and friends, Ericka Locklear, Emily Johnson, Camrye and Connor Powell, Amber Turner and Haley and Emily Weaver.
www.news-reporter.com /news/2006/1116/Personalities/037.html   (162 words)

  
 DVRA News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is not a new issue but one that has been ongoing for some time.
After much correspondence with Alex Middleton of the GGL and many promises made and broken I have written to Janis Hughes MSP and Tommy McAvoy MP asking for their assistance.
If any Orchard View residents have any concerns about the maintenance of the development please then pass your comments to the DVRA.
212.250.155.171 /news.html   (542 words)

  
 Janis Hughes MSP - Working for the communities of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Kings Park and Toryglen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Janis Hughes MSP - Working for the people of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Kings Park and Toryglen
Tommy McAvoy and Janis Hughes, MP and MSP for Glasgow Rutherglen, today welcomed the Scottish Executive’s commitment to fight crime with the news that 200 more officers have been recruited by Strathclyde Police.
These police will be dedicated to walking the beat in a bid to increase safety on the streets.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /janishughes/bobbies.html   (318 words)

  
 Janis Hughes MSP - Working for the communities of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Kings Park and Toryglen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
These include Health, Education, Lifelong Learning, Enterprise, Justice and Home Affairs, Transport and the Environment and Local Government.
If you have any queries relating to matters reserved to Westminster, please see my colleague Tommy McAvoy M.P. These include Social Security, Financial and Economic Matters, Immigration, Foreign Affairs and Equal Opportunities.
Feel free to also drop into the Parliamentary Advice Centre in Stonelaw Road and meet my Parliamentary assistant Linda Murray.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /janishughes/surgeries.html   (170 words)

  
 New Statesman - Paul Routledge
Evidence that plans for a 3 May poll are still in place came in the MPs' weekly whip's notice from Tommy McAvoy's den of brutality.
It put backbenchers on alert for a three-line rolling whip from 3.30pm on Monday 2 April until Thursday, presumably to clear the legislative decks.
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www.newstatesman.com /200104020007   (724 words)

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