Ken Macintosh

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 62) Inverness, Scotland
Political party	Independent (since 2016)[a]
Other political affiliations	Scottish Labour Co-operative (until 2016)
Spouse	Claire
Children	6
Residence	Busby, East Renfrewshire
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 from 2016 to 2021. Elected as a member of Scottish Labour, he suspended his party membership on becoming Presiding Officer. Macintosh was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2021, representing the Eastwood constituency from 1999 to 2016, and then the West Scotland region from 2016 to 2021.

Born in Inverness, Macintosh was employed between 1987 and 1999 as a television producer for the BBC, working on its news broadcasts and election coverage. He was first elected in the 1999 Scottish Parliament election as a Scottish Labour and Co-operative Party candidate, and retained his seat of Eastwood in the 2003, 2007 and the 2011 elections, but lost it in the 2016 election. In that election, he was returned on the regional list.

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