# Allen Adams

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{{short description|British politician}}
{{for|the American politician and lawyer|J. Allen Adams}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Allen Adams
| office      = Member of Parliament<br />for [Paisley North](/source/Paisley_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency))<br />{{nobold|[Paisley](/source/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) (1979–83)}}
| term_start  = 3 May 1979
| term_end    = 5 September 1990
| predecessor = [John Robertson](/source/John_Robertson_(Paisley_MP))
| successor   = [Irene Adams](/source/Irene_Adams)
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1946|02|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), Scotland
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1990|9|5|1946|2|16|df=y}}
| party       = [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK))
| spouse      = {{marriage|[Irene Adams](/source/Irene_Adams)|1968}}
}}
'''Allender Steele Adams''' (16 February 1946 – 5 September 1990), known as '''Allen Adams''', was a Scottish [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) politician who served as the [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Paisley](/source/Paisley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1979 to 1983 and [Paisley North](/source/Paisley_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1983 to 1990.
Adams was born in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), and married [Irene Adams](/source/Irene_Adams) on 24 February 1968.<ref>"Announcements", ''[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)'', 30 June 2005</ref>

He was elected as a Member of [Strathclyde Regional Council](/source/Strathclyde) for Paisley Craigielea in [1974](/source/1974_Strathclyde_Regional_Council_election),<ref>{{cite book|title=Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974|publisher=Scottish Academic Press|author1=J.M.Bochel|author2=D.T.Denver|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-and-District-Elections-1974.pdf|page=34}}</ref> a position he held until standing down due to his election as the MP for Paisley.

He served as Labour's Scottish [whip](/source/whip_(politics)) whilst an MP. In a notable speech on 31 March 1988, he described [Margaret Thatcher](/source/Margaret_Thatcher) in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) 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having ''"behaved towards Scotland with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor"'', a remark immediately withdrawn, as is the custom in the Commons.<ref>{{UK Parliament | date= 31 March 1988| place=House of Commons|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=1988-03-31a.1277.0&s=speaker%3A14181#g1283.4|speaker=Mr Allen Adams|column=1283|title=Given that once again this week the Prime Minister has behaved towards Scotland with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor}}</ref>

==Death==
Adams died on 5 September 1990 at the age of 44 from a brain hemorrhage.<ref name="hera_Betw">{{Cite web| title = Between jellies and a hard place| date = 13 November 1995| work = Herald Scotland| url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12063239.Between_jellies_and_a_hard_place/}}</ref> In the [by-election that followed his death](/source/1990_Paisley_North_by-election), his widow [Irene Adams](/source/Irene_Adams%2C_Baroness_Adams_of_Craigielea), succeeded him as MP for Paisley North.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

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== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-allen-adams | Allen Adams }}

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