Adam Ingram | |
Office: | Minister for Children and Early Years |
Term Start: | 17 May 2007 |
Term End: | 25 May 2011 |
Firstminister: | Alex Salmond |
Predecessor: | Office established |
Successor: | Angela Constance |
Office2: | Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
Term Start2: | 6 May 2011 |
Term End2: | 24 March 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Cathy Jamieson |
Successor2: | Jeane Freeman |
Office3: | Member of the Scottish Parliament for South of Scotland |
Term Start3: | 6 May 1999 |
Term End3: | 22 March 2011 |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1951 |
Birth Place: | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Nationality: | Scottish |
Party: | Scottish National Party |
Children: | 4 |
Profession: | Economist |
Adam Hamilton Ingram (born 1 May 1951) is a Scottish politician who was a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2016. He was first a MSP for the South of Scotland region from 1999 to 2011, then the MSP for the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency from 2011 to 2016.
Ingram was born on 1 May 1951 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. He was an economist before becoming a parliamentarian, and had been the SNP's national organiser.
Ingram stood as a candidate in the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency in the first four Scottish Parliament elections. In the first three elections he lost to Labour's Cathy Jamieson but was elected as a list MSP for the South of Scotland region each time in 1999, 2003 and 2007. He was elected to the constituency in the 2011 election with a majority of 2,581 votes over his nearest rival, Richard Leonard, future Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.
Ingram was a shadow deputy minister from 2000 onwards, with responsibility for Children and Early Education from 2004. After the SNP formed a minority government in 2007, Ingram was the Scottish Government's Minister for Children and Early Years until 2011.