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Kenneth Donald Macintosh (born 15 January 1962) is a Scottish politician who served as the
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from 2016 to 2021. Elected as a member of Scottish Labour, he suspended his party membership on becoming Presiding Officer. Macintosh was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2021, representing the Eastwood constituency from
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to 2016, and then the West Scotland region from
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to 2021. Born in Inverness, Macintosh was employed between 1987 and 1999 as a television producer for the
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, working on its news broadcasts and election coverage. He was first elected in the
1999 Scottish Parliament election The first election to the devolved Scottish Parliament, to fill 129 seats, took place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliam ...
as a Scottish Labour and
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candidate, and retained his seat of
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in the 2003, 2007 and the
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, but lost it in the 2016 election. In that election, he was returned on the regional list.


Early life


Family background and education

Kenneth Donald Macintosh was born on 15 January 1962 in Inverness. Macintosh was educated at the
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and Oban primary schools before attending the state comprehensive
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. Both his parents were headteachers. His father, Dr Farquhar Macintosh CBE, was a Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Skye, a leading intellectual in
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, rector of Royal High School and chair of the
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. His mother, Margaret Macintosh, came from
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and was head of Drummond Community High and assistant head of
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.


Early career

After graduating from the
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with a History MA (Hons) in 1984, Macintosh became a television producer in 1987 for the
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. He also worked on ''
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'', ''
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'', and the '' Nine O'Clock News''. In addition, he also worked as a researcher on
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programmes for both
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and
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.


Political career


Early parliamentary career

At the
1999 Scottish Parliament election The first election to the devolved Scottish Parliament, to fill 129 seats, took place on 6 May 1999. Following the election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliam ...
, Macintosh won the
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constituency with a majority of 2,125 votes. In February 2002, Macintosh was appointed as a ministerial parliamentary aide to Minister for Education and Young People,
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. He resigned from this role in September 2002 when he voted against the Labour–Liberal Democrat Coalition Scottish Executive over the closure of the A&E department at the
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. Macintosh became Deputy Convenor on the Standards Committee but had to resign from this position in 2005 after it was revealed he had failed to declare £330 of hospitality from
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within the required time. In 2006 and 2007 Macintosh has proposed a
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to the Scottish Parliament providing for the tougher regulation of sunbed
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s, which passed successfully. Since his election in 1999 has been a member of the cross-party group on cancer. From February 2007 to April 2007, he was a ministerial parliamentary aide to
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. Macintosh was re-elected as MSP for Eastwood at the 2007 election with a narrow majority of 913, where he fought off a strong challenge from the Conservative Party's
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. After the election, Macintosh was appointed Shadow Minister for Schools and Skills. He considered running for the
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but pulled out and instead backed
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's candidacy. At the 2011 parliamentary election he once again defeated Jackson Carlaw with an increased majority of 2,012. The swing was 8.7% from Conservative to Labour. Macintosh had feared losing the constituency following boundary changes (with the removal of
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,
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and
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) which gave a notional Conservative majority of almost 3,500. After the party's loss to the SNP, Macintosh was made Shadow Culture and External Affairs Secretary. Only a week later, however, he took over the Shadow Education portfolio after MSP Malcolm Chisholm resigned over an internal party disagreement.


2011 and 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership elections

Macintosh announced his candidacy in 2011 Scottish Labour leadership election. During a September 2011 BBC Scotland TV interview, Labour leader
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was unable to recall Macintosh's name. After the interview, Miliband telephoned to apologise for his mistake and Macintosh tried to downplay the incident saying "I don't think anyone should read anything into it – half the time I can't even remember the names of my own kids." Macintosh officially launched his campaign at Cumbernauld College on 28 October. He described the 2011 election result as a "disaster" and said the party had been too negative: "We need to unite as a party and to start talking positively about our values, what Labour stands for and not just what we are against." He later also said he was a devolutionist, not a unionist. Despite lacking ministerial experience, he was widely seen as a frontrunner. Colleagues who endorsed his bid included his campaign manager
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,
Claire Baker Claire Josephine Baker (née Brennan; born 4 March 1971) is a Scottish Labour politician who has served as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Mid Scotland and Fife region since 2007. Early life and career Claire Baker was b ...
,
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, Neil Bibby, Mark Griffin,
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,
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and East Renfrewshire MP
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, with whom Macintosh shared his constituency office in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire. In the ensuing leadership election, Macintosh came second to MSP
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. Following Scottish Labour's near wipeout at the 2015 general election, Macintosh decided to stand again for the Scottish Labour leadership, triggered by the resignation of
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. Macintosh faced a straight two-way contest with previous deputy leader
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, who won the leadership.


Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament

At the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Macintosh lost the Eastwood constituency, being pushed into third place behind the Conservatives' Jackson Carlaw and the Scottish National Party's
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. However, Macintosh was returned as an additional member on Scottish Labour's West Scotland regional list. On 12 May 2016, Macintosh was elected as
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with 71 votes on the third round of voting by MSPs. He defeated
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, Johann Lamont, John Scott and Elaine Smith. He suspended his Scottish Labour Co-operative membership upon taking office, per the tradition of the presiding officer being strictly non-partisan. In early November 2018, Macintosh created controversy when an MSP was sent out of the Holyrood chamber for wearing a rainbow tie in support of LGBTI rights and liberation. Alex Cole-Hamilton,
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MSP for Edinburgh Western, was told to change the garment by Macintosh during a debate on LGBTI-inclusive education in schools. Macintosh said it flouted rules against "ostentatious campaign material" in the chamber. In September 2020, Macintosh announced that he would not stand for re-election at the
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. In a letter to his constituents, he said: "After much reflection, I have decided not to seek re-election to the Scottish Parliament in May next year. It has been an honour to represent the people of East Renfrewshire and the West of Scotland for the last two decades and I would thank you for the trust you have placed in me."


Personal life

Macintosh and his wife Claire live in Busby, East Renfrewshire with their six children.


Notes


References


External links

*
www.kenmacintosh.com
(new website)
kenmacintoshmsp.co.uk
(old website) * Ken Macintosh'
Scottish Labour Leadership campaign site
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