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Brian Adam

Brian Adam MSP

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen North
Incumbent
Assumed office 01 May 2003
Preceded by	Elaine Thomson
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Majority	3,749 (15.1%)

Born	June 10 1948 (1948-06-10) (age 64) Newmill, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party

Brian Adam (born 10 June, 1948, Newmill) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen North.

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He was an Aberdeen District Councillor from 1988 until 1996 and an Aberdeen City Councillor from 1995 until his election. In 1999 he contested Aberdeen North, reducing the Labour majority from 10,000 at the 1997 Westminster election to just 398. He was elected as the second North East Scotland regional MSP in 1999 and went on to win the Aberdeen North constituency from Labour in the 2003 election with a majority of 457. He held the constituency in the 2007 election with a majority of 3,749.

A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, he worked as the principal biochemist at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and was a trade union activist prior to his election. He is a father of 5 and grandfather of one. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Brian Adam is also an avid follower of Aberdeen Football Club and attends the majority of their games.

Shadow Ministerial Posts

May 1999 to September 2000 - Deputy Whip
September 2000 to April 2003 - Deputy Business Manager & Deputy Chief Whip
May 2003 to September 2004 - Shadow Deputy Minister for Education & Lifelong Learning
September 2004 - Shadow Deputy Minister for Tourism

Parliamentary Posts

June 2003 - Convener of the Standards Committee

Scottish Parliament

Preceded by
Elaine Thomson

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen North
2003 – present

Incumbent

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Members of the Scottish Parliament in the North East Scotland region

Elected in the 2007 election

SNP (8 seats), Labour (3 seats), Lib Dems (3 seats), Con (2 seats)

Constituency MSPs
Lewis Macdonald (Lab, Aberdeen Central) • Brian Adam (SNP, Aberdeen North) • Nicol Stephen (Lib Dem, Aberdeen South) • Andrew Welsh (SNP, Angus) • Stewart Stevenson (SNP, Banff and Buchan) • Shona Robison (SNP, Dundee East) • Joe Fitzpatrick (SNP, Dundee West) •Alex Salmond (SNP, Gordon) • Mike Rumbles (Lib Dem, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Additional Members
Richard Baker (Lab) • Nigel Don (SNP) • Marlyn Glen (Lab) • Alex Johnstone (Con) • Alison McInnes (Lib Dem) • Nanette Milne (Con) • Maureen Watt (SNP)

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Scottish National Party MSPs

Elected in the 2007 election
Brian Adam · Bashir Ahmad · Alasdair Allan · Keith Brown · Aileen Campbell · Willie Coffey · Angela Constance · Bruce Crawford · Roseanna Cunningham · Nigel Don · Bob Doris · Fergus Ewing · Linda Fabiani · Joe Fitzpatrick · Kenneth Gibson · Rob Gibson · Christine Grahame · Chris Harvie · Jamie Hepburn · Fiona Hyslop · Adam Ingram · Bill Kidd · Richard Lochhead · Kenny MacAskill · Tricia Marwick · Jim Mather · Michael Matheson · Stewart Maxwell · Ian McKee · Christina McKelvie · Stuart McMillan · Alasdair Morgan · Alex Neil · Gil Paterson · Shona Robison · Michael Russell · Alex Salmond · Shirley-Anne Somerville · Stewart Stevenson · Nicola Sturgeon · John Swinney · David Thompson · Maureen Watt · Andrew Welsh · Sandra White · Bill Wilson · John Wilson

Category: Scottish biochemists

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