Scottish Labour MSP Ken Macintosh has declared his candidacy to be the next presiding officer.

Macintosh is the second Labour MSP to enter the race after the party's former leader Johann Lamont also declared her intention to stand for the role earlier on Tuesday.

The West of Scotland MSP said he will move Holyrood away from "tribal and partisan" politics.

Macintosh said: "The most important attribute for a presiding officer is to be able to command the respect and trust of all members from all sides.

"I believe it is not enough to win support from your own party colleagues, in many ways, the presiding officer will and should be judged on the confidence shown in them by MSPs from other political parties.

"Just as the First Minister spoke at the weekend of her wish to reach out, what the parliament needs now is someone who can work across the party and political divides, not someone who is likely to exacerbate them.

"I still recall the principles of openness and cross-party working on which the parliament was founded and, perhaps now more than ever, we need a presiding officer who will use those principles to steer us away from the tribal and partisan hostility that has occasionally dominated the chamber in recent years."

Macintosh lost his Eastwood constituency seat on Thursday but was re-elected to Holyrood on the West of Scotland regional list.

He describes himself as "fair" and "accessible", which he believes will allow him to work across party lines in the role, which requires the presiding officer to be non-partisan.

All of Scotland's 129 MSPs will elect the new presiding officer on Thursday afternoon.

If Lamont or Macintosh are successful then they would be the first presiding officer from Labour's Holyrood group.

A successful Labour candidate would reduce their MSP group to 23, eight fewer than the Conservatives.