Nigel Adams was first elected as the Conservative MP for Selby & Ainsty in 2010, being reelected in 2019 with a majority of 20,137.
The constituency of Selby and Ainsty is found in the southern part of North Yorkshire, and contains the towns of Selby and Tadcaster, in a rural belt between Leeds and York. The John Smiths beer factory is found in this constituency at Tadcaster.
Adams has served as Minister of State at the Cabinet Office since September 2021 and attends cabinet. He was formerly Minister of State at the Foreign Office between 2020 and 2021.
He was Minister of State for Sport, Media and the Creative Industries (2019-2020), Under Secretary at the Welsh Office (2018-2019) and a one time government whip.
Born in 1966, Nigel Adams grew up in this constituency and attended Camblesforth Primary followed by Selby High School from 1978 to 1984.
Adams left school aged 17 and started a telecommunications company in his twenties with a £20 a week Enterprise Allowance Scheme Government grant, and grew it until it was acquired by a PLC in 1999.
He was a supporter of Brexit and backed Boris Johnson in the 2019 Conservative leadership election. He is a supporter of the Biomass industry.
He previously campaigned successfully to stop the use of secondary bots in the ticketing industry.
Nigel Adam is married with four children and likes cricket. He captained the Lords and Commons Cricket team against MCC at Lord’s in 2013 where he managed to score an impressive 125 not out.
Email: nigel.adams.mp@parliament.uk
Personal Website: www.selbyandainsty.com
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/nigel.adamsmp
