Allen Adams
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| Member of Parliament for Paisley North Page Template:Nobold/styles.css has no content.Paisley (1979–83) | |
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| Preceded by | John Robertson |
| Succeeded by | Irene Adams |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Party | Labour |
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Allender Steele Adams (16 February 1946 – 5 September 1990), known as Allen Adams, was a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley from 1979 to 1983 and Paisley North from 1983 to 1990. Adams was born in Glasgow, and married Irene Adams on 24 February 1968.[1]
He was elected as a Member of Strathclyde Regional Council for Paisley Craigielea in 1974,[2] a position he held until standing down due to his election as the MP for Paisley.
He served as Labour's Scottish whip whilst an MP. In a notable speech on 31 March 1988, he described Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons as having "behaved towards Scotland with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor", a remark immediately withdrawn, as is the custom in the Commons.[3]
Death
Adams died on 5 September 1990 at the age of 44 from a brain hemorrhage.[4] In the by-election that followed his death, his widow Irene Adams, succeeded him as MP for Paisley North.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Announcements", The Daily Telegraph, 30 June 2005
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.J.M.Bochel; D.T.Denver. Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974 (PDF). Scottish Academic Press. p. 34.
- ^ Mr Allen Adams House of Commons, 31 March 1988 col. 1283 Given that once again this week the Prime Minister has behaved towards Scotland with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Between jellies and a hard place". Herald Scotland. 13 November 1995.
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