Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey

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Andrew Robert McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey PC (born April 30, 1933 in London - † August 27, 2010 ) was a British politician ( Labor Party ).

life and career

education and profession

McIntosh was born in St Pancras , North London . He attended Haberdasher Aske's Hampstead School , the Royal Grammar School at High Wycombe and Jesus College , where he graduated with a Master of Arts . At Ohio State University he was from 1956 to 1957 Fellow in the field of economics ( Economics ). In 1957 he returned to the UK and worked for the Gallup polling institute . He then worked for various industrial companies in market research . In 1965 he founded his own market research company IFF Research , which worked with clients from the private, public and non-profit sectors. From 1965 to 1981 he was Managing Director at IFF Research . From 1988 to 1997 he was Deputy Chairman there ( Deputy Chairman ).

Political career

In 1963 he was elected to the Hornsey Borough Council and was, after its restructuring, from 1964 to 1968 a member of the City Council of the London Borough of Haringey . There he became chairman of the Development Control Committee . In the Greater London Council he represented the constituency of Tottenham from 1973 to 1983 . From 1977 to 1980 he was opposition spokesman ( opposition leader ) for planning and communication. In 1980 he became Labor Chairman there, succeeding Sir Reginald Goodwin . To win, McIntosh had to face a ballot against Ken Livingstone , who emerged as the leader of a radical group in the Labor Group. McIntosh won by 14 votes to 13. Livingstone's position had previously been strengthened by its opposition to Goodwin proposed cuts. When the Labor Party won the GLC election in 1981, McIntosh became the leader of the Labor Group. However, the day after the election, McIntosh was overthrown and Livingstone was elected chairman of the Labor Group and the entire GLC. This process later led to the abolition of the GLC and the introduction of today's mayor's office. In 1983 McIntosh left the GLC after joining the House of Lords .

In June 2003 he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Media and Heritage in the Department for Culture Media and Sport under Minister Tessa Jowell . He held this office until 2005. His responsibilities included freedom of broadcasting and the press, cultural heritage and architecture, libraries and gambling. In that capacity, he was confronted with questions about the future ownership of the Daily Telegraph when the dispute between Conrad Black and the Sun-Times Media Group , previously Hollinger International , reached its climax. After two years he resigned and became president of the charity organization Gamcare .

In 2005 he became a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and remained there until his death. From 2008 until his death he was there Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Sub-Committee on the Media and since January 2010 he was chairman of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education . After the adoption of the resolution on “Threats to Life and Freedom of Speech by Journalists” on January 27, 2007, the Council of Europe appointed him rapporteur on freedom of the media. He worked to improve the Bologna Process .

Membership in the House of Lords

In December 1982 McIntosh was proposed as a Life Peer by Michael Foot . On January 17, 1983, he was named Life Peer as Baron McIntosh of Haringey , of Haringey in the County of Greater London. He gave his inaugural address on February 9, 1983. In the same year he was opposition spokesman for economic affairs ( Industry Matters ), from 1985 also for education and science until 1987. From 1987 he was spokesman for the environment and local government. In 1992 he was elected deputy opposition leader ( Leader ) in the House of Lords under Ivor Richard and was also spokesman for home affairs. He campaigned for a lowering of the age of consent for homosexual contacts. In 1997 he became Deputy Chief Whip of the Government ( Government Deputy Chief Whip ) and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, succeeding Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham . During his tenure, the Labor government implemented the House of Lords Act 1999 to exclude most hereditary peers from the House of Lords . It was part of McIntosh's job to keep the House of Lords running despite the resentment of many conservative peers . In 2003 Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham , succeeded him. From 1997 to 2001 he was Deputy Chair of Committees . From 1997 to 2005 he was also Speaker in the House of Lords for the UK Treasury ( HM Treasury ). From 1999 to 2002 he was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. He spoke there for the last time on June 28, 2010. He was last present for a vote on July 13, 2010.

Further offices and honors

McIntosh was the editor of the Journal of the Market Research Society from 1963 to 1967 , and later served as its chairman from 1972 to 1973 and president from 1995 to 1998. From 1967 to 1968 he was a member of the Metropolitan Water Board and from 1974 to 1980 chairman of the Association of Neighborhood Councils .

At the Drayton School in Tottenham he was director ( governor ) from 1967 to 1983 . From 1983 to 1992 he was chairman of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) in Great Britain. From 1985 to 1986 McIntosh Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Fabian Society . From 1988 to 1997 he was Honorary Principal at Working Men's College in Camden . Since 2007 he has been Visiting Research Fellow of the Policy Studies Institute at the University of Westminster and since 2008 Honorary Professor of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Salford .

He became an Honorary Member of the National Secular Society and Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association , as well as Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. In 2002 he became a member of the Privy Council .

Private

McIntosh had been married to University Professor of Applied Social Sciences Naomi Sargant since 1962 . She died in 2006. He had two sons and a stepson. McIntosh died on August 27, 2010 at the age of 77 from prolonged lung cancer . He was buried in a humanistic ceremony on September 8th.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mr Andrew McINTOSH profile Andrew McIntosh on the homepage of the Council of Europe, accessed 26 September 2010
  2. ^ Committee on Culture, Science and Education Commission de la culture, de la science et de l'éducation Members of the Culture Committee on the website of the Council of Europe
  3. ^ Resolution 1535 (2007) Resolution 1535 on the side of the Council of Europe
  4. ^ Andrew McIntosh ( July 9, 2009 memento on the Internet Archive ) Andrew McIntosh's profile at the Policy Studies Institute
  5. ^ All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group obituary in the Guardian, July 28, 2006
  6. ↑ Naomi Sargant's obituary in the Guardian, July 28, 2006
personal data
SURNAME McIntosh, Andrew, Baron McIntosh of Haringey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McIntosh, Andrew Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 2010