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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 May 2016 – 13 May 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Fabiani" title="Linda Fabiani">Linda Fabiani</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Grahame" title="Christine Grahame">Christine Grahame</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Macdonald" title="Lewis Macdonald">Lewis Macdonald</a> (interim)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tricia_Marwick" title="Tricia Marwick">Tricia Marwick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alison_Johnstone" title="Alison Johnstone">Alison Johnstone</a> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin-bottom:-.65em; ; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="line-height:normal; padding:0.2em; border:1px dashed lightgrey;;"><div style="text-align: center; padding: 0 0.4em; margin: 0 3.3em">Parliamentary offices </div></th> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(1 of 7 Regional MSPs)</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 May 2016 – 5 May 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:#eee;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the Scottish Parliament<br />for <a href="/wiki/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Eastwood</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 May 1999 – 24 March 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Carlaw" title="Jackson Carlaw">Jackson Carlaw</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Kenneth Donald Macintosh</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1962-01-15</span>) </span>15 January 1962<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 62)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> (since 2016)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Co-operative</a> (until 2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Claire</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Busby,_East_Renfrewshire" title="Busby, East Renfrewshire">Busby, East Renfrewshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Television journalist, producer (1987–1999)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:lavender;text-align:center;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Other offices</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2014–2016: <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretary_for_Social_Justice,_Communities_and_Pensioners%27_Rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights">Scottish Labour Spokesperson for Community</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kenneth Donald Macintosh</b> (born 15 January 1962) is a Scottish politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament</a> from 2016 to 2021. Elected as a member of <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a>, he suspended his party membership on becoming Presiding Officer. Macintosh was a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Member of the Scottish Parliament">Member of the Scottish Parliament</a> (MSP) from 1999 to 2021, representing the <a href="/wiki/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Eastwood constituency</a> from <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a> to 2016, and then the <a href="/wiki/West_Scotland_(Scottish_Parliament_electoral_region)" title="West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)">West Scotland region</a> from <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a> to 2021. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>, Macintosh was employed between 1987 and 1999 as a television producer for the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, working on its news broadcasts and election coverage. He was first elected in the <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999 Scottish Parliament election</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Scottish Labour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Co-operative Party</a> candidate, and retained his seat of <a href="/wiki/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Eastwood</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 elections</a>, but lost it in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 election</a>. In that election, he was returned on the regional list. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family_background_and_education">Family background and education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family background and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kenneth Donald Macintosh was born on 15 January 1962 in <a href="/wiki/Inverness" title="Inverness">Inverness</a>. Macintosh was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Portree" title="Portree">Portree</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oban" title="Oban">Oban</a> primary schools before attending the state comprehensive <a href="/wiki/Royal_High_School,_Edinburgh" title="Royal High School, Edinburgh">Royal High School, Edinburgh</a>. Both his parents were headteachers. His father, Dr Farquhar Macintosh CBE, was a <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Gaelic speaker</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Skye" title="Isle of Skye">Isle of Skye</a>, a leading intellectual in <a href="/wiki/Scottish_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish education">Scottish education</a>, rector of Royal High School and chair of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Examination_Board" title="Scottish Examination Board">Scottish Examination Board</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Margaret Macintosh, came from <a href="/wiki/Peebles" title="Peebles">Peebles</a> and was head of <a href="/wiki/Drummond_Community_High_School" title="Drummond Community High School">Drummond Community High</a> and assistant head of <a href="/wiki/Wester_Hailes_Education_Centre" title="Wester Hailes Education Centre">Wester Hailes Education Centre</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh" title="University of Edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> with a History MA (Hons) in 1984, Macintosh became a television producer in 1987 for the <a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a> <a href="/wiki/BBC_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Network">Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also worked on <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_with_Frost" title="Breakfast with Frost">Breakfast with Frost</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_News" title="Breakfast News">Breakfast News</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Nine_O%27Clock_News" title="BBC Nine O'Clock News">Nine O'Clock News</a></i>. In addition, he also worked as a researcher on <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">election</a> programmes for both <a href="/wiki/David_Dimbleby" title="David Dimbleby">David Dimbleby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dimbleby" title="Jonathan Dimbleby">Jonathan Dimbleby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_parliamentary_career">Early parliamentary career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KenMacintoshMSP20110511.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/KenMacintoshMSP20110511.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="201" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="201" /></a><figcaption>Official parliamentary portrait, 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999 Scottish Parliament election</a>, Macintosh won the <a href="/wiki/Eastwood_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Eastwood</a> constituency with a majority of 2,125 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2002, Macintosh was appointed as a ministerial parliamentary aide to Minister for Education and Young People, <a href="/wiki/Cathy_Jamieson" title="Cathy Jamieson">Cathy Jamieson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from this role in September 2002 when he voted against the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_1st_Scottish_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the 1st Scottish Parliament">Labour–Liberal Democrat Coalition</a> <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Executive">Scottish Executive</a> over the closure of the <a href="/wiki/A%26E_department" class="mw-redirect" title="A&E department">A&E department</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Victoria_Infirmary" title="Glasgow Victoria Infirmary">Glasgow Victoria Infirmary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Macintosh became Deputy Convenor on the <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Committees of the Scottish Parliament">Standards Committee</a> but had to resign from this position in 2005 after it was revealed he had failed to declare £330 of hospitality from <a href="/wiki/McDonald%27s" title="McDonald's">McDonald's</a> within the required time.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006 and 2007 Macintosh has proposed a <a href="/wiki/Member%27s_Bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Member's Bill">Member's Bill</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a> providing for the tougher regulation of <a href="/wiki/Sunbed" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunbed">sunbed</a> <a href="/wiki/Parlour" title="Parlour">parlours</a>, which passed successfully.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since his election in 1999 has been a member of the cross-party group on cancer.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From February 2007 to April 2007, he was a ministerial parliamentary aide to <a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_McConnell" title="Jack McConnell">Jack McConnell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Macintosh was re-elected as MSP for Eastwood at the <a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007 election</a> with a narrow majority of 913, where he fought off a strong challenge from the Conservative Party's <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Carlaw" title="Jackson Carlaw">Jackson Carlaw</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the election, Macintosh was appointed Shadow <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Schools_and_Skills" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Schools and Skills">Minister for Schools and Skills</a>. He considered running for the <a href="/wiki/2008_Scottish_Labour_Party_leadership_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election">2008 Scottish Labour leadership election</a> but pulled out and instead backed <a href="/wiki/Andy_Kerr_(Scottish_politician)" title="Andy Kerr (Scottish politician)">Andy Kerr</a>'s candidacy.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011 parliamentary election</a> he once again defeated Jackson Carlaw with an increased majority of 2,012. The swing was 8.7% from Conservative to Labour.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Macintosh had feared losing the constituency following boundary changes<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (with the removal of <a href="/wiki/Barrhead" title="Barrhead">Barrhead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neilston" title="Neilston">Neilston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uplawmoor" title="Uplawmoor">Uplawmoor</a>) which gave a notional Conservative majority of almost 3,500.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the party's loss to the SNP, Macintosh was made Shadow Culture and External Affairs Secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only a week later, however, he took over the Shadow Education portfolio after MSP <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Chisholm" title="Malcolm Chisholm">Malcolm Chisholm</a> resigned over an internal party disagreement.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_and_2015_Scottish_Labour_Party_leadership_elections">2011 and 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2011 and 2015 Scottish Labour Party leadership elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Macintosh announced his candidacy in <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2011 Scottish Labour leadership election">2011 Scottish Labour leadership election</a>. During a September 2011 <a href="/wiki/BBC_Scotland" title="BBC Scotland">BBC Scotland</a> TV interview, Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Ed_Miliband" title="Ed Miliband">Ed Miliband</a> was unable to recall Macintosh's name.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Macintosh officially launched his campaign at <a href="/wiki/Cumbernauld_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumbernauld College">Cumbernauld College</a> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later also said he was a <a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">devolutionist</a>, not a <a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Scotland" title="Unionism in Scotland">unionist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite lacking ministerial experience, he was widely seen as a frontrunner.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Colleagues who endorsed his bid included his campaign manager <a href="/wiki/Michael_McMahon_(Scottish_politician)" title="Michael McMahon (Scottish politician)">Michael McMahon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claire_Baker" title="Claire Baker">Claire Baker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Fee" title="Mary Fee">Mary Fee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Bibby" title="Neil Bibby">Neil Bibby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Griffin_(politician)" title="Mark Griffin (politician)">Mark Griffin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Marra" title="Jenny Marra">Jenny Marra</a> and East Renfrewshire MP <a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a>, with whom Macintosh shared his constituency office in <a href="/wiki/Clarkston,_East_Renfrewshire" title="Clarkston, East Renfrewshire">Clarkston, East Renfrewshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the ensuing leadership election, Macintosh came second to MSP <a href="/wiki/Johann_Lamont" title="Johann Lamont">Johann Lamont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC-2011-12-17_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC-2011-12-17-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Scottish Labour's near wipeout at the <a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015 general election</a>, Macintosh decided to <a href="/wiki/2015_Scottish_Labour_leadership_election" title="2015 Scottish Labour leadership election">stand again for the Scottish Labour leadership</a>, triggered by the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Murphy" title="Jim Murphy">Jim Murphy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Macintosh faced a straight two-way contest with previous deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Kezia_Dugdale" title="Kezia Dugdale">Kezia Dugdale</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who won the leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament">Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016 Scottish Parliament election</a>, Macintosh lost the Eastwood constituency, being pushed into third place behind the Conservatives' Jackson Carlaw and the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Maxwell" title="Stewart Maxwell">Stewart Maxwell</a>. However, Macintosh was returned as an additional member on Scottish Labour's West Scotland regional list.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 12 May 2016, Macintosh was elected as <a href="/wiki/Presiding_Officer_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament">Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament</a> with 71 votes on the third round of voting by MSPs. He defeated <a href="/wiki/Murdo_Fraser" title="Murdo Fraser">Murdo Fraser</a>, Johann Lamont, <a href="/wiki/John_Scott_(MSP)" title="John Scott (MSP)">John Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elaine_Smith_(Scottish_politician)" title="Elaine Smith (Scottish politician)">Elaine Smith</a>. He suspended his Scottish Labour Co-operative membership upon taking office, per the tradition of the presiding officer being strictly non-partisan. </p><p>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. <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cole-Hamilton" title="Alex Cole-Hamilton">Alex Cole-Hamilton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Liberal_Democrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Liberal Democrat">Scottish Liberal Democrat</a> MSP for <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Western_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency)" title="Edinburgh Western (Scottish Parliament constituency)">Edinburgh Western</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2020, Macintosh announced that he would not stand for re-election at the <a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021 Scottish Parliament election</a>. 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."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Macintosh and his wife Claire live in <a href="/wiki/Busby,_East_Renfrewshire" title="Busby, East Renfrewshire">Busby, East Renfrewshire</a> with their six children.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ken_Macintosh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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