Steve McCabe (politician)

Steve McCabe MP
McCabe, with Baroness Gardner, 2011
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Lynne Jones
Majority	8,447 (18.6%)
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green
In office 1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Andrew Hargreaves
Succeeded by	Roger Godsiff
Personal details
Born	(1955-08-04) 4 August 1955 (age 61) Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Political party	Labour
Spouse(s)	Lorraine Lea Clendon
Alma mater	University of Bradford

Stephen James McCabe (born 4 August 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Hall Green from 1997 to 2010, when he was elected for Birmingham Selly Oak.

Born in the shipbuilding town of Port Glasgow on the River Clyde, McCabe attended the town's local secondary school before studying at the Moray House College (later named Moray House School of Education) in Edinburgh, where he was awarded a Diploma in Social Studies (Certificate Qualification Social Work) in 1977 and qualified as a social worker.

He worked initially as a social worker in Wolverhampton for six years from 1977, and from 1978–1982 he served as a shop steward with the National and Local Government Officers Association. In 1983 he was appointed manager of the Priory in Thatcham, providing alternatives to care and custody for young people, for Berkshire Social Services. He left the Priory in 1985 and returned to education, taking an MA in Social Work at the University of Bradford in 1986.

Following his degree he worked as a social services lecturer at the North East Worcestershire College in Redditch. In 1989 he became a child care worker in Solihull until 1991 when was appointed as an education adviser to the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (now called the General Social Care Council). He remained in this position until his election to the House of Commons.