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Scottish politician (born 1962)

For other people with similar names, see [Ken Macintosh (disambiguation)](/source/Ken_Macintosh_(disambiguation)).

The Right Honourable Ken Macintosh Macintosh in 2021 Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament In office 12 May 2016 – 13 May 2021 Monarch Elizabeth II Deputy Linda Fabiani Christine Grahame Lewis Macdonald (interim) Preceded by Tricia Marwick Succeeded by Alison Johnstone Parliamentary offices Member of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland (1 of 7 Regional MSPs) In office 5 May 2016 – 5 May 2021 Member of the Scottish Parliament for Eastwood In office 6 May 1999 – 24 March 2016 Preceded by Constituency established Succeeded by Jackson Carlaw Personal details Born Kenneth Donald Macintosh (1962-01-15) 15 January 1962 (age 64) Inverness, Scotland Party Independent (since 2016)[a] Other political affiliations Scottish Labour Co-operative (until 2016) Spouse Claire Children 6 Alma mater University of Edinburgh Occupation Television journalist, producer (1987–1999) Other offices 2014–2016: Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Community[b]

**Kenneth Donald Macintosh** (born 15 January 1962) is a Scottish politician who served as the [Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) from 2016 to 2021. Elected as a member of [Scottish Labour](/source/Scottish_Labour), he suspended his party membership on becoming Presiding Officer. Macintosh was a [Member of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) (MSP) from 1999 to 2021, representing the [Eastwood constituency](/source/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)) from [1999](/source/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election) to 2016, and then the [West Scotland region](/source/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)) from [2016](/source/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election) to 2021.

Born in [Inverness](/source/Inverness), Macintosh was employed between 1987 and 1999 as a television producer for the [BBC](/source/BBC), working on its news broadcasts and election coverage. He was first elected in the [1999 Scottish Parliament election](/source/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election) as a [Scottish Labour](/source/Scottish_Labour) and [Co-operative Party](/source/Labour_and_Co-operative) candidate, and retained his seat of [Eastwood](/source/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)) in the [2003](/source/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election), [2007](/source/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election) and the [2011 elections](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election), but lost it in the [2016 election](/source/2016_Scottish_Parliament_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](/source/Inverness). Macintosh was educated at the [Portree](/source/Portree) and [Oban](/source/Oban) primary schools before attending the state comprehensive [Royal High School, Edinburgh](/source/Royal_High_School%2C_Edinburgh). Both his parents were headteachers. His father, Dr Farquhar Macintosh CBE, was a [Gaelic speaker](/source/Scottish_Gaelic) from the [Isle of Skye](/source/Isle_of_Skye), a leading intellectual in [Scottish education](/source/Scottish_education), rector of Royal High School and chair of the [Scottish Examination Board](/source/Scottish_Examination_Board).[1][2] His mother, Margaret Macintosh, came from [Peebles](/source/Peebles) and was head of [Drummond Community High](/source/Drummond_Community_High_School) and assistant head of [Wester Hailes Education Centre](/source/Wester_Hailes_Education_Centre).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Early career

After graduating from the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) with a History MA (Hons) in 1984, Macintosh became a television producer in 1987 for the [BBC News](/source/BBC_News) [Network](/source/BBC_Network).[3] He also worked on *[Breakfast with Frost](/source/Breakfast_with_Frost)*, *[Breakfast News](/source/Breakfast_News)*, and the *[Nine O'Clock News](/source/BBC_Nine_O'Clock_News)*. In addition, he also worked as a researcher on [election](/source/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom) programmes for both [David Dimbleby](/source/David_Dimbleby) and [Jonathan Dimbleby](/source/Jonathan_Dimbleby).[4]

## Political career

### Early parliamentary career

Official parliamentary portrait, 2011

At the [1999 Scottish Parliament election](/source/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election), Macintosh won the [Eastwood](/source/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)) constituency with a majority of 2,125 votes.[5]

In February 2002, Macintosh was appointed as a ministerial parliamentary aide to Minister for Education and Young People, [Cathy Jamieson](/source/Cathy_Jamieson).[6] He resigned from this role in September 2002 when he voted against the [Labour–Liberal Democrat Coalition](/source/Government_of_the_1st_Scottish_Parliament) [Scottish Executive](/source/Scottish_Executive) over the closure of the [A&E department](/source/A%26E_department) at the [Glasgow Victoria Infirmary](/source/Glasgow_Victoria_Infirmary).[7]

Macintosh became Deputy Convenor on the [Standards Committee](/source/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) but had to resign from this position in 2005 after it was revealed he had failed to declare £330 of hospitality from [McDonald's](/source/McDonald's) within the required time.[8]

In 2006 and 2007 Macintosh has proposed a [Member's Bill](/source/Member's_Bill) to the [Scottish Parliament](/source/Scottish_Parliament) providing for the tougher regulation of [sunbed](/source/Sunbed) [parlours](/source/Parlour), which passed successfully.[9] Since his election in 1999 has been a member of the cross-party group on cancer.[10] From February 2007 to April 2007, he was a ministerial parliamentary aide to [First Minister](/source/First_Minister_of_Scotland) [Jack McConnell](/source/Jack_McConnell).[11]

Macintosh was re-elected as MSP for Eastwood at the [2007 election](/source/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election) with a narrow majority of 913, where he fought off a strong challenge from the Conservative Party's [Jackson Carlaw](/source/Jackson_Carlaw).[12] After the election, Macintosh was appointed Shadow [Minister for Schools and Skills](/source/Minister_for_Schools_and_Skills). He considered running for the [2008 Scottish Labour leadership election](/source/2008_Scottish_Labour_Party_leadership_election) but pulled out and instead backed [Andy Kerr](/source/Andy_Kerr_(Scottish_politician))'s candidacy.[13]

At the [2011 parliamentary election](/source/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election) he once again defeated Jackson Carlaw with an increased majority of 2,012. The swing was 8.7% from Conservative to Labour.[14] Macintosh had feared losing the constituency following boundary changes[15] (with the removal of [Barrhead](/source/Barrhead), [Neilston](/source/Neilston) and [Uplawmoor](/source/Uplawmoor)) which gave a notional Conservative majority of almost 3,500.[16] After the party's loss to the SNP, Macintosh was made Shadow Culture and External Affairs Secretary.[17] Only a week later, however, he took over the Shadow Education portfolio after MSP [Malcolm Chisholm](/source/Malcolm_Chisholm) resigned over an internal party disagreement.[18]

### 2011 and 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership elections

Macintosh announced his candidacy in [2011 Scottish Labour leadership election](/source/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election). During a September 2011 [BBC Scotland](/source/BBC_Scotland) TV interview, Labour leader [Ed Miliband](/source/Ed_Miliband) was unable to recall Macintosh's name.[19] 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."[20] Macintosh officially launched his campaign at [Cumbernauld College](/source/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."[21][22] He later also said he was a [devolutionist](/source/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom), not a [unionist](/source/Unionism_in_Scotland).[23][24] Despite lacking ministerial experience, he was widely seen as a frontrunner.[25] Colleagues who endorsed his bid included his campaign manager [Michael McMahon](/source/Michael_McMahon_(Scottish_politician)), [Claire Baker](/source/Claire_Baker), [Mary Fee](/source/Mary_Fee), [Neil Bibby](/source/Neil_Bibby), [Mark Griffin](/source/Mark_Griffin_(politician)), [Kezia Dugdale](/source/Kezia_Dugdale), [Jenny Marra](/source/Jenny_Marra) and East Renfrewshire MP [Jim Murphy](/source/Jim_Murphy), with whom Macintosh shared his constituency office in [Clarkston, East Renfrewshire](/source/Clarkston%2C_East_Renfrewshire).[26][27] In the ensuing leadership election, Macintosh came second to MSP [Johann Lamont](/source/Johann_Lamont).[28]

Following Scottish Labour's near wipeout at the [2015 general election](/source/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election), Macintosh decided to [stand again for the Scottish Labour leadership](/source/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election), triggered by the resignation of [Jim Murphy](/source/Jim_Murphy).[29] Macintosh faced a straight two-way contest with previous deputy leader [Kezia Dugdale](/source/Kezia_Dugdale),[30] who won the leadership.[31]

### Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament

At the [2016 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election), Macintosh lost the Eastwood constituency, being pushed into third place behind the Conservatives' Jackson Carlaw and the [Scottish National Party](/source/Scottish_National_Party)'s [Stewart Maxwell](/source/Stewart_Maxwell). However, Macintosh was returned as an additional member on Scottish Labour's West Scotland regional list.[32]

On 12 May 2016, Macintosh was elected as [Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament](/source/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament) with 71 votes on the third round of voting by MSPs. He defeated [Murdo Fraser](/source/Murdo_Fraser), Johann Lamont, [John Scott](/source/John_Scott_(MSP)) and [Elaine Smith](/source/Elaine_Smith_(Scottish_politician)). 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](/source/Alex_Cole-Hamilton), [Scottish Liberal Democrat](/source/Scottish_Liberal_Democrat) MSP for [Edinburgh Western](/source/Edinburgh_Western_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)), 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.[33]

In September 2020, Macintosh announced that he would not stand for re-election at the [2021 Scottish Parliament election](/source/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election). 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."[34]

## Personal life

Macintosh and his wife Claire live in [Busby, East Renfrewshire](/source/Busby%2C_East_Renfrewshire) with their six children.[35]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Party membership suspended while Presiding Officer

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights (2014–15)

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-28)** "'It's time to change' – Macintosh sets out stall for Labour Leadership". *The Scotsman*. 12 September 2011.

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Political offices Preceded by Tricia Marwick Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament 2016–2021 Succeeded by Alison Johnstone Scottish Parliament New constituency Member of the Scottish Parliament for Eastwood 1999–2016 Succeeded by Jackson Carlaw Party political offices Preceded by Sarah Boyack Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Community 2014–2016 Succeeded by Alex Rowley

v t e 2015 Scottish Labour leadership election Leadership candidates Kezia Dugdale Ken Macintosh Deputy Leadership candidates Richard Baker Gordon Matheson Alex Rowley

v t e 2011 Scottish Labour Party leadership election Outgoing Leader: Iain Gray Winner Johann Lamont MSP Other nominees Tom Harris MP Ken Macintosh MSP

v t e Former Labour Party MSPs By date first representing Scottish Labour in the Scottish Parliament 1999 Wendy Alexander Scott Barrie Sarah Boyack Rhona Brankin Bill Butler Malcolm Chisholm Cathie Craigie Margaret Curran Susan Deacon Donald Dewar Helen Eadie Patricia Ferguson Sam Galbraith Karen Gillon Trish Godman Rhoda Grant Iain Gray Hugh Henry John Home Robertson Janis Hughes Gordon Jackson Sylvia Jackson Cathy Jamieson Margaret Jamieson Andy Kerr Johann Lamont Marilyn Livingstone Jack McConnell Lewis Macdonald Angus MacKay Kate Maclean Ken Macintosh Maureen Macmillan Paul Martin John McAllion Frank McAveety Tom McCabe Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale Henry McLeish Michael McMahon Duncan McNeil Des McNulty Alasdair Morrison Bristow Muldoon Mary Mulligan Elaine Murray Irene Oldfather Peter Peacock Cathy Peattie Richard Simpson Elaine Smith Elaine Thomson Mike Watson Ian Welsh Karen Whitefield Allan Wilson 2001 Brian Fitzpatrick 2003 Richard Baker Marlyn Glen Christine May 2005 Charlie Gordon 2007 Baron Foulkes of Cumnock James Kelly John Park David Stewart David Whitton 2011 Claudia Beamish Kezia Dugdale Mary Fee Neil Findlay Hanzala Malik Jenny Marra Margaret McCulloch Margaret McDougall Siobhan McMahon Anne McTaggart Graeme Pearson John Pentland Drew Smith 2012 Jayne Baxter 2013 Cara Hilton 2014 Alex Rowley 2016 Lesley Brennan Monica Lennon Richard Leonard Colin Smyth 2021 Foysol Choudhury Pam Duncan-Glancy Paul O'Kane Mercedes Villalba Martin Whitfield 2025 Davy Russell

v t e Presiding Officers of the Scottish Parliament Presiding officers David Steel (1999–2003) George Reid (2003–2007) Alex Fergusson (2007–2011) Tricia Marwick (2011–2016) Ken Macintosh (2016–2021) Alison Johnstone (2021–2026) Kenneth Gibson (2026–present) Deputy presiding officers Patricia Ferguson (1999–2001) George Reid (1999–2003) Murray Tosh (2001–2007) Trish Godman (2003–2011) Alasdair Morgan (2007–2011) John Scott (2011–2016) Elaine Smith (2011–2016) Linda Fabiani (2016–2021) Christine Grahame (2016–2021) Lewis Macdonald (acting, April 2020) Annabelle Ewing (2021–2026) Liam McArthur (2021–2026) Clare Adamson (2026–present) Katy Clark (2026–present)

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