Andrew Robert McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, PC (30 April 1933 – 27 August 2010) was a British Labour politician and last elected Principal of the

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Personal life

McIntosh was born at the

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on 30 April 1933. He was educated at Haberdasher Aske's Hampstead School, the

Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, is a selective boys' grammar school situated in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. As a state school, it does not charge fees for pupils to attend, but they must pass the 11 plus, an exam that some pr ...

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and

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. In 1962, McIntosh married

Naomi Sargant Naomi Ellen Sargant, Baroness McIntosh of Haringey (10 December 1933 – 23 July 2006) was a British television executive and academic specialising in adult education. Background The daughter of Thomas Sargant, first secretary of JUSTICE, and Cze ...

, an academic, and they were together until her death in 2006. They had two sons, and McIntosh became a stepfather to her son from a prior marriage. McIntosh divided his time between a home in

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, London, and one in the

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region of France. On 27 August 2010, he died from

non-Hodgkin lymphoma Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), also known as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a group of blood cancers that includes all types of lymphomas except Hodgkin lymphomas. Symptoms include enlarged lymph nodes, fever, night sweats, weight loss, and tiredn ...

at his home in Highgate, aged 77. He was cremated, and his ashes were buried at

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Politics

He served as a councillor in the

London Borough of Haringey The London Borough of Haringey ( , same as Harringay) is a London boroughs, London borough in north London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation ...

(1964–68). He represented

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on the

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(1973–83). When Labour won control of the GLC in 1981, McIntosh was leader of the Labour group. A centrist, McIntosh narrowly beat left-winger

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for the leadership. However, the day after Labour won a small majority, he was ousted and Livingstone voted leader of the Labour Group and of the GLC in his place by 30 to 20. He was raised to the peerage as a

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on 17 January 1983 as Baron McIntosh of Haringey of

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in Greater London. He served as a

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and a culture spokesman in the

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. He was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council in 2002. Andrew McIntosh was the UK's Minister for the Media and Heritage at the

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from 2003 to 2005. His responsibilities included broadcasting and press regulation, heritage and architecture, libraries, and gambling regulation. He was also spokesman in the House of Lords for HM Treasury from 1997 to 2005. In September 2005, he became a member of the

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sitting as Chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Culture, Science and Education from January 2010 and chairman of its Sub-Committee on the Media from 2008 to 2009. Following the passing of a resolution on "Threats to the lives and freedom of expression of journalists" on 27 January 2007 the Council of Europe appointed him its rapporteur on media freedom. McIntosh became an Honorary Associate of the

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, a Distinguished Supporter of the

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and vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.

Social and market research

McIntosh was a market researcher at Gallup poll (1957–61), Hoover Ltd (1961–63), and Osram (GEC) Ltd (1963–65). He founded IFF Research (originally named Industrial Facts & Forecasting) in 1965 and was its managing director between 1965 and 1981. He edited the journal of the

Market Research Society The Market Research Society (MRS) is a professional body for market research based in London, England. It was established in 1946 at the offices of the London Press Exchange. It represents the views of its members to government and in the press. ...

(MRS; 1963–1967), became MRS chairman (1972–1973), and then its president (1995–1998).

References

External links

Government Whips' Office in House of Lords
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