Adam Ingram (SNP politician)

For the former member of the United Kingdom Parliament, see Adam Ingram (Labour politician).

Adam Ingram MSP


Minister for Children and Early Years
In office 17 May 2007 – 25 May 2011
First Minister	Alex Salmond
Preceded by	new post
Succeeded by	Angela Constance (as Minister for Children and Young People)
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2011
Preceded by	Cathy Jamieson
Majority	2581
Member of the Scottish Parliament for South of Scotland
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 1999
Personal details
Born	(1951-05-01) 1 May 1951 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Married
Children	Four children
Profession	Economist
Website	Official website

Adam Ingram MSP (born 1 May 1951 in Kilmarnock) is the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley.

Electoral record

Ingram has fought the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley constituency in all four Scottish Parliament elections. He lost out in the first three elections 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 eventually defeated his Labour rival, Richard Leonard, in May 2011.

Positions held

An economist before becoming a parliamentarian, he previously was the SNP's national organiser. He 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.

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Scottish Parliament
Preceded by Cathy Jamieson	Member of the Scottish Parliament for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 2011–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Post created	Minister for Children and Early Years 2007–2011	Succeeded by Angela Constance (as Minister for Children and Young People)

Members of the Scottish Parliament in the South of Scotland region

Elected in the 2011 election

Constituency MSPs	John Scott (Con, Ayr) Adam Ingram (SNP, Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) Aileen Campbell (SNP, Clydesdale) Elaine Murray (Lab, Dumfriesshire) Iain Gray (Lab, East Lothian) John Lamont (Con, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) Alex Fergusson (Con, Galloway and West Dumfries) Willie Coffey (SNP, Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) Christine Grahame (SNP, Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale)

Additional members	Claudia Beamish (Lab} Chic Brodie (SNP) Jim Hume (Lib Dem) Joan McAlpine (SNP) Aileen McLeod (SNP) Graeme Pearson (Lab) Paul Wheelhouse (SNP)

SNP (8 seats), Labour (4 seats), Conservative (3 seats), Lib Dems (1 seats)

Scottish National Party MSPs

Cabinet Secretaries	Nicola Sturgeon John Swinney Angela Constance Michael Matheson Keith Brown Richard Lochhead Shona Robison Roseanna Cunningham Fiona Hyslop Alex Neil

Ministers	Fergus Ewing Joe FitzPatrick Derek Mackay Annabelle Ewing Aileen Campbell Alasdair Allan Maureen Watt Jamie Hepburn Marco Biagi Margaret Burgess Paul Wheelhouse Humza Yousaf Aileen McLeod

Backbench	George Adam Clare Adamson Christian Allard Colin Beattie Chic Brodie Roderick Campbell Willie Coffey Bruce Crawford Graeme Dey Nigel Don Bob Doris James Dornan Jim Eadie Linda Fabiani Kenneth Gibson Rob Gibson Christine Grahame Adam Ingram Colin Keir Bill Kidd Richard Lyle Kenny MacAskill Angus MacDonald Gordon MacDonald Mike MacKenzie John Mason Stewart Maxwell Joan McAlpine Mark McDonald Christina McKelvie Fiona McLeod Stuart McMillan Gil Paterson Dennis Robertson Michael Russell Alex Salmond Stewart Stevenson Kevin Stewart Dave Thompson David Torrance Sandra White

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Adam Ingram (SNP politician)

Electoral record

Positions held

See also

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