The Lord McIntosh of Haringey | |
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 Speaking in the Lords chamber, March 2010 | |
| Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Lords Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard | |
| In office 3 May 1997 – 13 June 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | The Lord Chesham |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Davies of Oldham |
| Member of theHouse of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 17 January 1983 – 27 August 2010 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Robert McIntosh (1933-04-30)30 April 1933 London, England |
| Died | 27 August 2010(2010-08-27) (aged 77) London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Andrew Robert McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey,PC (30 April 1933 – 27 August 2010) was a BritishLabour politician and last elected Principal of theWorking Men's College.
McIntosh was born at theRoyal Free Hospital inHampstead on 30 April 1933.[1] He was educated atHaberdasher Aske's Hampstead School, theRoyal Grammar School, High Wycombe,Jesus College, Oxford andOhio State University.[2]
In 1962, McIntosh marriedNaomi Sargant, an academic, and they were together until her death in 2006.[1][3] They had two sons, and McIntosh became a stepfather to her son from a prior marriage.[1]
McIntosh divided his time between a home inHighgate, London, and one in theProvence region of France.[1] On 27 August 2010, he died fromnon-Hodgkin lymphoma at his home in Highgate, aged 77.[1] He was cremated, and his ashes were buried atHighgate Cemetery.[1]
He served as a councillor in theLondon Borough of Haringey (1964–68). He representedTottenham on theGreater London Council (1973–83). When Labour won control of the GLC in 1981, McIntosh was leader of the Labour group. A centrist, McIntosh narrowly beat left-wingerKen Livingstone 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 alife peer on 17 January 1983 asBaron McIntosh of Haringey ofHaringey in Greater London.[4] He served as awhip and a culture spokesman in theHouse of Lords. He was sworn in as a member of thePrivy Council in 2002.
Andrew McIntosh was the UK's Minister for the Media and Heritage at theDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 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 theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe[5] sitting as Chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Culture, Science and Education from January 2010[6] and chairman of its Sub-Committee on the Media from 2008 to 2009.[7]
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.[8]
McIntosh became an Honorary Associate of theNational Secular Society, a Distinguished Supporter of theBritish Humanist Association and vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group.[citation needed]
McIntosh was a market researcher at Gallup poll (1957–61), Hoover Ltd (1961–63), and Osram (GEC) Ltd (1963–65).[9]
He founded IFF Research (originally named Industrial Facts & Forecasting) in 1965 and was its managing director between 1965 and 1981.[10] He edited the journal of theMarket Research Society (MRS; 1963–1967), became MRS chairman (1972–1973), and then its president (1995–1998).[11]
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Leader of theLabour Party on theGreater London Council 1980–1981 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theFabian Society 1985 – 1986 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1997–2003 | Succeeded by |