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Since 2004, McAvan has been serving as treasurer of the European Parliament's [[Socialist Group]].<ref>Véronique Vallières (24 November 2004,), [http://www.politico.eu/article/epp-ed-denies-christmas-gifts-cash-blunder/ EPP-ED denies Christmas gifts cash blunder] ''[[Politico Europe|European Voice]]''.</ref> In June 2007 she was elected Vice President of the group.
Between 2004 and 2014, McAvan served on the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]]. In 2009, she drafted the European Parliament's report on monitoring medicine safety.<ref>[http://www.politico.eu/article/a-less-green-parliament/ A less green Parliament?] ''[[Politico Europe|European Voice]]'', 4 February 2009.</ref> She also sat on the [[Committees of the European Parliament#Temporary committees|Temporary Committee]] on Climate Change between 2007 and 2009; in this capacity, she was part of the Parliament's
Labour Party members elected McAvan to be the top-ranked Labour candidate [http://www.labour4yorkshire.eu] for [[Yorkshire and the Humber]] in the [[European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)|2009 European elections]], narrowly beating [[Richard Corbett]] for the top place. In [[European Parliament election, 2014 (United Kingdom)|2014]], she again topped the ballot.
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