Stephen McCabe

Not to be confused with Steven McCabe or Steve McCabe.

Councillor
Stephen McCabe
Leader of Inverclyde Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 August 2011[1]
Councillor, Inverclyde Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 May 2007
Serving with Cllrs David Wilson, Jim MacLeod, James McColgan
ConstituencyInverclyde East
Personal details
Political partyScottish Labour

Stephen McCabe is a Labour Party councillor and leader of Inverclyde Council.

A graduate of the University of Strathclyde where he studied economics,[2] he has been a councillor since 1999, retaining his seat as the sole representative for 'Ward 6' in 2003. When larger, multi-member wards were created for the 2007 election, he stood successfully in Inverclyde East (covering Kilmacolm and eastern parts of Port Glasgow) and was re-elected there in 2012, 2017 and 2022.

He was leader of the local authority between May 2007 and February 2011, when he stepped down for family reasons,[3] but was soon re-elected to the position in August of the same year, following the death of local MP David Cairns which in turn led to McCabe's successor Iain McKenzie being elected to Westminster in the 2011 Inverclyde by-election.[1]

McCabe was arrested on 4 November 2024, on suspicion of assault.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Stephen McCabe elected as new Inverclyde Council leader". BBC News. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe: 'I've had a lot of abuse on social media', Kirsteen Paterson, Holyrood.com, 7 September 2023
  3. ^ "Inverclyde Council leader to step down". BBC News. 15 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ^ Fulton, Matthew (4 November 2024). "Council leader arrested and charged with domestic assault". STV News.