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==Early life== ==Early life==
Adams was educated at ] in Paisley, marrying ] in February 1968 with whom she had three children. In 1970 she was on Paisley Town Council and by 1972 was appointed ]. In 1974, as Katherine Adams, she became a councillor for Stanley Ward of ]<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=119}}</ref>, but failed to be reelected in 1977 following a general collapse in the Labour vote.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf|page=72|title=Scottish District Elections 1977|publisher=University of Dundee|author1=J.M.Bochel|author2=D.T.Denver}}</ref> In 1979, she stood for and won the Paisley Craigielea seat on ] succeeding her husband, ], who had stepped down from the council following his election as MP. She successfully stood for reelection in 1982<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf|page=45|title=Scottish Regional Elections 1982|publisher=University of Dundee and University of Lancaster|author1=J.M.Bochel|author2=D.T.Denver}}</ref>, retiring in 1986.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1986.pdf|page=30|title=Scottish Regional Elections 1986|publisher=University of Dundee and University of Lancaster|author1=J.M.Bochel|author2=D.T.Denver}}</ref> Adams was educated at ] in Paisley, marrying ] in February 1968 with whom she had three children. In 1970 she was on Paisley Town Council and by 1972 was appointed ]. In 1974, as Katherine Adams, she became a councillor for Stanley Ward of ],<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=119}}</ref> but failed to be reelected in 1977 following a general collapse in the Labour vote.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-District-Elections-1977.pdf|page=72|title=Scottish District Elections 1977|publisher=University of Dundee|author1=J.M.Bochel|author2=D.T.Denver}}</ref> In 1979, she stood for and won the Paisley Craigielea seat on ] succeeding her husband, ], who had stepped down from the council following his election as MP. She successfully stood for reelection in 1982,<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1982.pdf|page=45|title=Scottish Regional Elections 1982|publisher=University of Dundee and University of Lancaster|author1=J.M.Bochel|author2=D.T.Denver}}</ref> retiring in 1986.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Scottish-Regional-Elections-1986.pdf|page=30|title=Scottish Regional Elections 1986|publisher=University of Dundee and University of Lancaster|author1=J.M.Bochel|author2=D.T.Denver}}</ref>


==Commons career== ==Commons career==
Her husband, Allen Adams, had been MP for ] until his death on 5th September 1990 at the age of 44 from a brain haemorrhage.<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> Irene, who had served as his secretary during his time as MP, stood in ] and despite a swing to the SNP, went on to win with 44% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/fymp/m12.pdf|title=By-election results: 1987-92|publisher=]|page=14}}</ref>. She successfully defended the seat in the next three General Elections. Her husband, Allen Adams, had been MP for ] until his death on 5 September 1990 at the age of 44 from a brain haemorrhage.<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> Irene, who had served as his secretary during his time as MP, stood in ] and despite a swing to the SNP, went on to win with 44% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/fymp/m12.pdf|title=By-election results: 1987-92|publisher=]|page=14}}</ref> She successfully defended the seat in the next three General Elections.


As an MP, she had been outspoken on the issue of drug abuse and gang violence and received death threats.<ref name=hera_Betw /> Media sources speculated that the 1999 torching of her car was as a result of this work.<ref name="news_BBCN1">{{Cite web| title = MP hit by car blaze| work = BBC News| date = 7 July 1999| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/388334.stm}}</ref> Despite being loyal to the Labour government of the day<ref name="news_BBCN4">{{Cite web| title = Anger over whisky tax backing| work = BBC News| date = 28 April 2004| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3665017.stm}}</ref>, Adams was seen as clearly on its left wing including being against the Iraq war, a ] and one of the more pro-] Scottish Labour members.<ref name="news_BBCN2">{{Cite web| title = Irene Adams| work = BBC News| date = 17 October 2002 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2123399.stm}}</ref> Within the Labour party, it was alleged that she had been the target of "bad mouthing" by fellow Labour MP ], which lead to Graham's expulsion from the party in 1999.<ref name="news_BBCN3">{{Cite web | title = Expelled MP prepares legal battle | work = BBC News | date = 10 September 1998 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/168370.stm}}</ref> As an MP, she had been outspoken on the issue of drug abuse and gang violence and received death threats.<ref name=hera_Betw /> Media sources speculated that the 1999 torching of her car was as a result of this work.<ref name="news_BBCN1">{{Cite web| title = MP hit by car blaze| work = BBC News| date = 7 July 1999| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/388334.stm}}</ref> Despite being loyal to the Labour government of the day,<ref name="news_BBCN4">{{Cite web| title = Anger over whisky tax backing| work = BBC News| date = 28 April 2004| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3665017.stm}}</ref> Adams was seen as clearly on its left wing including being against the Iraq war, a ] and one of the more pro-] Scottish Labour members.<ref name="news_BBCN2">{{Cite web| title = Irene Adams| work = BBC News| date = 17 October 2002 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2123399.stm}}</ref> Within the Labour party, it was alleged that she had been the target of "bad mouthing" by fellow Labour MP ], which lead to Graham's expulsion from the party in 1999.<ref name="news_BBCN3">{{Cite web | title = Expelled MP prepares legal battle | work = BBC News | date = 10 September 1998 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/168370.stm}}</ref>


Adams was persuaded to stand down with the promise of a peerage, in order to allow sitting West Renfrewshire MP ] to be selected to fight in the May 2005 election for the newly merged seat of ]. Following the General Election, on 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a ] as '''Baroness Adams of Craigielea''', of Craigielea in the County of ], on 28 June.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57692 |date=4 July 2005|page=8639}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/minutes/050718/ldminute.htm|title=House of Lords; Minutes of Proceedings|date=18 July 2005|publisher=]|accessdate=2008-09-20}}</ref> Adams was persuaded to stand down with the promise of a peerage, in order to allow sitting West Renfrewshire MP ] to be selected to fight in the May 2005 election for the newly merged seat of ]. Following the General Election, on 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a ] as '''Baroness Adams of Craigielea''', of Craigielea in the County of ], on 28 June.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57692 |date=4 July 2005|page=8639}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/minutes/050718/ldminute.htm|title=House of Lords; Minutes of Proceedings|date=18 July 2005|publisher=]|accessdate=2008-09-20}}</ref>
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| title = MPs' expenses: Baroness Adams challenges Commons to sue her| author = Rosa Prince| work = Daily Telegraph | date = 15 October 2010 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8007279/MPs-expenses-Baroness-Adams-challenges-Commons-to-sue-her.html}}</ref> | title = MPs' expenses: Baroness Adams challenges Commons to sue her| author = Rosa Prince| work = Daily Telegraph | date = 15 October 2010 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8007279/MPs-expenses-Baroness-Adams-challenges-Commons-to-sue-her.html}}</ref>


Adams is not noted for being an active member of the House of Lords, and attracted criticism for claiming expenses despite having only made a single contribution, her maiden speech, between May 2005 and October 2010.<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/politics/westminster/anger-at-250-000-expenses-claims-of-lazy-labour-lords-1.710315|title=Anger at £250,000 expenses claims of ‘lazy Labour lords’|work=sundaypost.com|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> She currently lives in a converted mill in Paisley<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Baroness Adams: the peer who claimed £200,000 but has spoken only once|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6852178/Baroness-Adams-the-peer-who-claimed-200000-but-has-spoken-only-once.html|work=Daily Telegraph|date=26 November 2001}}</ref>. Adams is not noted for being an active member of the House of Lords, and attracted criticism for claiming expenses despite having only made a single contribution, her maiden speech, between May 2005 and October 2010.<ref name="Telegraph" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/politics/westminster/anger-at-250-000-expenses-claims-of-lazy-labour-lords-1.710315|title=Anger at £250,000 expenses claims of ‘lazy Labour lords’|work=sundaypost.com|accessdate=14 September 2015}}</ref> She currently lives in a converted mill in Paisley.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Baroness Adams: the peer who claimed £200,000 but has spoken only once|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6852178/Baroness-Adams-the-peer-who-claimed-200000-but-has-spoken-only-once.html|work=Daily Telegraph|date=26 November 2001}}</ref>


==References== ==References==
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For other people with the same name, see Catherine Adams.
The Right HonourableThe Baroness Adams of Craigielea
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 June 2005
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Paisley North
In office
9 November 1990 – 11 April 2005
Preceded byAllen Adams
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
Personal details
Born (1947-09-27) 27 September 1947 (age 77)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
SpouseAllen Adams (married 1968-1990)

Katherine Patricia Irene Adams, Baroness Adams of Craigielea (born 27 December 1947) is a Scottish Labour Party peer, who served as Member of Parliament in the constituency of Paisley North from 1990 to 2005.

Early life

Adams was educated at Stanley Green High School in Paisley, marrying Allen Adams in February 1968 with whom she had three children. In 1970 she was on Paisley Town Council and by 1972 was appointed Justice of the Peace. In 1974, as Katherine Adams, she became a councillor for Stanley Ward of Renfrew District Council, but failed to be reelected in 1977 following a general collapse in the Labour vote. In 1979, she stood for and won the Paisley Craigielea seat on Strathclyde Regional Council succeeding her husband, Allen Adams, who had stepped down from the council following his election as MP. She successfully stood for reelection in 1982, retiring in 1986.

Commons career

Her husband, Allen Adams, had been MP for Paisley North until his death on 5 September 1990 at the age of 44 from a brain haemorrhage. Irene, who had served as his secretary during his time as MP, stood in the subsequent by-election and despite a swing to the SNP, went on to win with 44% of the vote. She successfully defended the seat in the next three General Elections.

As an MP, she had been outspoken on the issue of drug abuse and gang violence and received death threats. Media sources speculated that the 1999 torching of her car was as a result of this work. Despite being loyal to the Labour government of the day, Adams was seen as clearly on its left wing including being against the Iraq war, a Eurosceptic and one of the more pro-devolution Scottish Labour members. Within the Labour party, it was alleged that she had been the target of "bad mouthing" by fellow Labour MP Tommy Graham, which lead to Graham's expulsion from the party in 1999.

Adams was persuaded to stand down with the promise of a peerage, in order to allow sitting West Renfrewshire MP Jim Sheridan to be selected to fight in the May 2005 election for the newly merged seat of Paisley and Renfrewshire North. Following the General Election, on 13 May 2005 it was announced that she would be created a life peer as Baroness Adams of Craigielea, of Craigielea in the County of Renfrewshire, on 28 June.

Peerage and Expenses

Despite no longer being a member of the House of Commons, Adams along with 13 other MPs was the subject of a court case over the release of information into parliamentary expenses. As a result of the widespread expenses scandal within parliament, she was ultimately asked pay over £50,000 which she initially refused to do.

Adams is not noted for being an active member of the House of Lords, and attracted criticism for claiming expenses despite having only made a single contribution, her maiden speech, between May 2005 and October 2010. She currently lives in a converted mill in Paisley.

References

  1. J.M.Bochel; D.T.Denver. Scottish Regional and District Elections 1974 (PDF). Scottish Academic Press. p. 119.
  2. J.M.Bochel; D.T.Denver. Scottish District Elections 1977 (PDF). University of Dundee. p. 72.
  3. J.M.Bochel; D.T.Denver. Scottish Regional Elections 1982 (PDF). University of Dundee and University of Lancaster. p. 45.
  4. J.M.Bochel; D.T.Denver. Scottish Regional Elections 1986 (PDF). University of Dundee and University of Lancaster. p. 30.
  5. ^ "Between jellies and a hard place". Herald Scotland. 13 November 1995.
  6. "By-election results: 1987-92" (PDF). House of Commons Information Office. p. 14.
  7. "MP hit by car blaze". BBC News. 7 July 1999.
  8. "Anger over whisky tax backing". BBC News. 28 April 2004.
  9. "Irene Adams". BBC News. 17 October 2002.
  10. "Expelled MP prepares legal battle". BBC News. 10 September 1998.
  11. "No. 57692". The London Gazette. 4 July 2005. p. 8639.
  12. "House of Lords; Minutes of Proceedings". Parliament of the United Kingdom. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  13. Martin Rosenbaum (7 May 2008). "Open Secrets: MPs in court today". BBC News.
  14. Rosa Prince (15 October 2010). "MPs' expenses: Baroness Adams challenges Commons to sue her". Daily Telegraph.
  15. ^ "Baroness Adams: the peer who claimed £200,000 but has spoken only once". Daily Telegraph. 26 November 2001.
  16. "Anger at £250,000 expenses claims of 'lazy Labour lords'". sundaypost.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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Preceded byAllen Adams Member of Parliament for Paisley North
1990 – 2005 		Constituency abolished

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