band's contribution to Scottish popular music and culture. McAveety has served as a board member for the Arches Theatre Company in Glasgow, Enterprise Scotland and the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. From January 2009 he served on the boards of the Scottish Youth Theatre and Fields in Trust Scotland (formerly National Playing Fields Association). In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, he lost his seat to the SNP's John Mason but he made an early return to politics in May 2012, when he was elected as a Councillor for the Shettleston ward of Glasgow City Council. On 10 September 2015, McAveety was elected leader of Glasgow City Council after Gordon Matheson stood down, thus returning to a post he had held sixteen years earlier. He was succeeded by Susan Aitken on 4 May 2017. See also List of Scottish Executive Ministerial Teams References External links 1962 births Living people People from Springburn People educated at All Saints Roman Catholic Secondary School Scottish schoolteachers Alumni of the University of Strathclyde Alumni of the University of Glasgow Labour Co-operative MSPs Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2003–2007 Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007–2011 Members of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow constituencies Scottish Labour councillors Councillors in Glasgow Leaders of local authorities of Scotland