Adam Ingram (Labour politician)
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The Right Honourable Adam Ingram |
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| Minister of State for the Armed Forces | |
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In office 7 June 2001 – 29 June 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | John Spellar |
| Succeeded by | Bob Ainsworth |
| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 2 May 1997 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Michael Ancram |
| Succeeded by | Jane Kennedy |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 11 November 1988 – 18 July 1992 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Kevin Barron |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Armstrong |
| Member of Parliament for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Michael McCann |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 February 1947 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Open University |
Adam Paterson Ingram (born 1 February 1947) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 1987 to 2010.
Ingram attended Cranhill Senior Secondary School in Cranhill, Glasgow a year below Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope and is a graduate of the Open University. He became a trade union official with NALGO from 1977 to 1987 after several years working as a computer programmer/analyst from 1967 to 1977. A Justice of the Peace and former chairman of East Kilbride Constituency Labour Party, Ingram was East Kilbride District Councillor from 1980 to 1987 and leader of the District Council from 1984 to 1987.
Ingram was the Labour candidate for Strathkelvin and Bearsden in 1983, but entered the Commons following the 1987 election and during this parliamentary term acted as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Neil Kinnock. After Labour's landslide election victory in 1997 he was appointed Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office with responsibilities including Security.
In 2001 he became Armed Forces Minister at the Ministry of Defence, a position he held until Gordon Brown became Prime Minister in 2007. He was the longest serving Defence Minister in British history and is a member of the Privy Council.
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