Steve McCabe

[Amanda Stockley]

Name: Stephen James McCabe
Avatar: Steve McCabe
Age: 55
Sex: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Marital Status: Married
Sexual Orientation: Straight

Party: Labour Party
Political Outlook: Blairite. Moderate Social Democrat. Also supports the State of Israel and the One Nation Solution.
Constituency: Birmingham Selly Oak
Year Elected: 1997

Education: Attended Port Glasgow High School, then got a Diploma in Social Studies at Moray House College. After working for a few years before He took up an MA in Social Work at the University of Bradford.
Career: Started as a social worker in Wolverhampton from 1977 and 1982. Then became Shop Steward with the National and Local Government Officers Association in 1978. Finally he became a manager at the Berkshire Social Services. After getting the MA in Social Work, he worked as a lecturer in social services at the North East Worcestershire College. He became a child care worker in Solihull in 1989. He worked there until 1991, when he was appointed as an education advisor to the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work. He stayed there until his election as MP.
Political Career: Was elected to Birmingham City Council in 1990. Then was elected in 1997 for Birmingham Hall Green in the Blair landslide victory. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Charles Clarke, Secretary of State for Education and Home Secretary. He became assistant in the Whips Office in 2006, and then became full Whip in 2007. He applied for the redrawn constituency of Birmingham Selly Oak, which incorporated most of Hall Green. He was re-elected for this new seat in 2010.