# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linda-mcavan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:35:17.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linda-mcavan"
name: "Linda McAvan"
slug: "linda-mcavan"
description: "Linda McAvan is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire South and Yorkshire and the Humber from 1998, when she was first elected in a by-election following the resignation of Norman West. She served until her resignation on 19 April 2019."
tagline: "British politician (born 1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Linda_McAvan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1962-12-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.07228266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LindaMcAvanMEP"
    handle:    "LindaMcAvanMEP"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/linda.mcavan"
    handle:    "linda.mcavan"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lindamcavanmep.org.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ليندا مكاڤان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لیندا مکناوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "ლინდა მაკავენი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_McAvan"
    title: "Linda McAvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump