19 Facts About Anne McIntosh

Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering was born on 20 September 1954 and is a British politician who has been a life peer since 2015.

Anne McIntosh was not reselected by her Thirsk and Malton constituency association on 31 January 2014, although she continued to represent the Conservative Party in Parliament until the 2015 general election.

Anne McIntosh was given a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and created Baroness McIntosh of Pickering, of the Vale of York in the County of North Yorkshire, on 6 October 2015, and introduced into the House of Lords on 27 October.

Anne McIntosh pursued post-graduate studies at the University of Aarhus in the Jutland region of Denmark.

Anne McIntosh trained for the Scottish Bar in Edinburgh from 1980, being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in June 1982.

Anne McIntosh worked as an advocate with the Community Law Office in Brussels, before becoming a political advisor to the European Democrats group in the European Parliament in 1983 until 1989.

Anne McIntosh served as a Member of the European Parliament until she stood down at the 1999 elections.

Anne McIntosh was elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 general election for the Vale of York which she won by a comfortable 9,721 majority and held the seat without difficulty until it was abolished in 2010.

Anne McIntosh was promoted to the Opposition frontbench in 2001 as Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport and has since held a number of front bench positions including Transport, Foreign Affairs, Work and Pensions, and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, though never at Shadow Cabinet level.

Anne McIntosh was elected as Chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee in 2010.

Anne McIntosh won being returned to Parliament with a majority of 11,281.

Anne McIntosh was elected Chair of the all-party parliamentary groups on Denmark, South Africa, Water, Floods and Environmental Quality.

Anne McIntosh secured an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on 17 November 2010 on the decision-making processes for closing hospital wards.

Anne McIntosh had campaigned for the safety of some constituents living along the A64.

Anne McIntosh had been campaigning for better road safety and road speed measures in the local villages of Rillington, East Heslerton and West Heslerton.

On 31 January 2014, it was announced that Anne McIntosh had lost a vote of confidence, and therefore was not reselected and would not be the Conservative candidate in Thirsk and Malton at the next election.

In March 2015 Anne McIntosh publicly announced that she would not be standing as an Independent and would be standing down from Parliament as Member of Parliament for Thirsk and Malton in May 2015.

Anne McIntosh was given a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours and created Baroness Anne McIntosh of Pickering, of the Vale of York in the County of North Yorkshire, on 6 October.

Anne McIntosh married John Harvey in September 1992 in County Durham, and they have a house in the constituency near to Thirsk.