Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey
Andrew Robert McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey PC ( born April 30, 1933, London, † 27 August 2010) was a British politician ( Labour Party ).
Life and career
Education and work
McIntosh was born in St Pancras, north London. He attended the Haberdasher Aske 's Hampstead School, The Royal Grammar School in 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 economics ( Economics). In 1957 he returned to Britain and worked for the Gallup. He then worked for various industrial companies in market research. He founded in 1965 his own research firm IFF Research, which worked with clients from the private, public and voluntary sectors. He was from 1965 to 1981 Managing Director (Managing Director) at IFF Research. From 1988 to 1997 he was there Deputy Chairman ( Deputy Chairman ).
Political career
In 1963 he was elected to the Hornsey Borough Council and was after its restructuring from 1964 to 1968 Member of the City Council of the London Borough of Haringey. He was Chairman of the Development Control Committee. The Greater London Council from 1973 to 1983, he represented the constituency of Tottenham. From 1977 to 1980 he was opposition spokesman ( Opposition Leader) for planning and communication. In 1980 he was dortiger Labour chairman, succeeding Sir Reginald Goodwin. To win, McIntosh had to make a crucial vote against Ken Livingstone, who had emerged as the leader of a radical group within the Labour Group. McIntosh won with 14 votes to 13. The position of Livingstone had previously been reinforced by its opposition to the planned cuts of Goodwin. When the Labour Party won the 1981 election as GLC, McIntosh was Chairman ( Leader) of the Labour Group. On the day after the election, however, McIntosh was overthrown and Livingstone elected as Chairman of the Labour group and the entire GLC. This process later led to the abolition of the GLC and the introduction of today's Mayor's Office. 1983 McIntosh left after his admission to the House of Lords the GLC.
In June 2003 he was appointed under Minister Tessa Jowell Minister of State for Media and Cultural Heritage ( Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Media and Heritage ) to the Department for Culture Media and Sport. This office he held until 2005. His responsibilities included the areas radio and press freedom, cultural heritage and architecture, libraries, and gambling. In this capacity, he was confronted with questions about the future ownership of the Daily Telegraph, as the dispute between Conrad Black and the Sun-Times Media Group, formerly Hollinger International, reached its climax. After two years he resigned and became president of the charity organization Gamcare.
He became a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council in 2005 and remained active 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 of journalists " on 27 January 2007, the Euro Europe appointed him its rapporteur on media freedom. He sat down for an improvement of the Bologna process.
Membership in the House of Lords
In December 1982, McIntosh was proposed by Michael Foot as a life peer. On January 17, 1983, he was appointed in the County of Greater London to the Life peer as Baron McIntosh of Haringey, of Haringey. He held on February 9, 1983 his inaugural speech. In the same year he became opposition spokesman on economic affairs (Industry Matters ), from 1985, of Education and Science until 1987. Starting in 1987, he was the spokesperson for the Environment and Local Administration. He was elected Deputy Opposition Chairman (Leader) in the House of Lords under Ivor Richard in 1992 and was also the spokesman of the Interior. He sat down for a lowering of the Einwilligungssalters ( Age of Consent ) a homosexual contacts. In 1997 he became deputy senior Whip the government (Government Deputy Chief Whip ) and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard as the successor of Nicholas Cavendish, 6th Baron Chesham. During his tenure, the Labour government pushed through the House of Lords Act 1999 by the exclusion of most of Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords. It was one of McIntosh's tasks to operate in the House of Lords, despite the upset many conservative peers continue to keep going. In 2003, Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, his successor. From 1997 to 2001 he was Deputy Chair of Committees. He was from 1997 to 2005 and Speaker in the House of Lords for the UK Treasury (HM Treasury). From 1999 to 2002 he was Deputy Speaker of the Upper House. For the last time he reported to 28 June 2010 there have their say. On 13 July 2010 he was present at last a vote.
Other offices and honors
McIntosh was from 1963 to 1967 editor of the Journal of the Market Research Society, later, he was from 1972 to 1973 and Chairman from 1995 to 1998 president of the Society. From 1967 to 1968 he was a member of the Metropolitan Water Board, and from 1974 to 1980 Chairman of the Association of Neighbourhood Councils.
At the Drayton School in Tottenham he was from 1967 to 1983 as Director ( Governor ) operates. From 1983 to 1992 he was chairman of the St Vincent de Paul Society ( SVP) in the UK. From 1985 to 1986, McIntosh Chairman ( Chairman ) of the Fabian Society. At the Working Men 's College in Camden, he was from 1988 to 1997 honorary Rector ( Honorary Principal ). Since 2007 he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute at the University of Westminster and since 2008 Honorary Professor ( Honorary Professor ) for the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Salford.
He was made an honorary member of the National Secular Society and deservedly supporters (Distinguished Supporter ) of the British Humanist Association, and Vice Chairman ( Vice - Chair ) of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. He became a member of the Privy Council in 2002.
Private
McIntosh was married to the University Professor of Applied Social Sciences Naomi Sargant since 1962. She died in 2006. He had two sons and a stepson. McIntosh died on 27 August 2010 at the age of 77 years after a prolonged lung disease. He was buried on 8 September in a humanist ceremony.