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Nigel Adams was born on 30 November, 1966 in Goole, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, is a British politician (born 1966). Discover Nigel Adams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 30 November, 1966
Birthday 30 November
Birthplace Goole, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1966

Nigel Adams (born 30 November 1966) is a British former politician who served as Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2022.

Adams was born in Goole in 1966 and raised in Selby.

He is the son of a school caretaker and school cleaner.

Adams attended Camblesforth Primary School and Selby Grammar School.

1992

Adams joined the Conservative Party in 1992.

1994

In 1994, with a £20 a week Enterprise Allowance Scheme Government grant, he co-founded Advanced Digital Telecom, which was sold for £3.1 million to JWE Telecom in 1999.

2005

He contested the marginal Rossendale and Darwen seat at the 2005 general election, coming second with a swing to the Conservatives of 1.9% compared to the 3.1% average they achieved nationally.

2006

Adams was then selected as the candidate for the Conservative Party in the newly created seat of Selby and Ainsty in 2006.

2010

A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Selby and Ainsty from 2010 until his resignation in 2023.

Four years later at the 2010 general election, Adams was elected with a 23.71% majority.

2014

Following his election to Parliament, Adams was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Lords and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, The Lord Strathclyde, and subsequently to his successor, The Lord Hill of Oareford until his resignation in August 2014.

In September 2014 Adams was appointed to the Number 10 Policy Board with responsibility for economic affairs.

2015

Adams was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Selby and Ainsty at the 2015 general election with 27,725 votes, a majority of 13,557 votes and 52.5% of the total votes cast, a swing from Labour of 1.0% compared to a negative national swing of 0.4%.

In January 2015, Adams introduced the Onshore wind subsidies (abolition) bill to Parliament which passed to the next stage following a close vote.

2016

In 2016, Adams was one of the key figures in the unsuccessful Conservative Party leadership bid by Boris Johnson.

In January 2016, the Labour Party unsuccessfully proposed an amendment in Parliament that would have required private landlords to make their homes "fit for human habitation".

According to Parliament's register of interests, Adams was one of 72 Conservative MPs who voted against the amendment who personally derived an income from renting out property.

The Conservative Government had responded to the amendment that they believed homes should be fit for human habitation but did not want to pass the new law that would explicitly require it.

Adams was in favour of Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.

2017

Following his successful re-election in June 2017, he was appointed Assistant Government Whip.

His departmental responsibilities included Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Northern Ireland Office (NIO).

Adams appeared in the 2017 BBC docudrama Theresa vs. Boris: How May became PM.

He was re-elected again at the snap election on 8 June 2017 with 32,921 votes and an increased majority and vote share of 13,772 and 58.7% respectively.

Until June 2017, Adams was Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Biomass Group and in 2013 he wrote an article describing the benefits of biomass.

He regards wind and solar generation as relatively expensive and inflexible methods of renewable energy.

Whilst coal is reliable and available, it is not renewable and converts inactive carbon stored underground into carbon dioxide thus increasing levels.

Drax power station in his constituency is a major UK electricity producer capable of burning biomass.

Until June 2017, Adams was Chairman of the All Party Group for Music and in November 2015 he instigated several Parliamentary debates on the difficulties facing UK musicians accessing visas for touring the US.

The group has additionally held a session on the State of Access report aimed at improving access to live music for deaf and disabled people.

Adams has campaigned to change the law on Secondary Ticketing and he successfully persuaded the government to outlaw the use of bots for the purpose of purchasing event tickets for resale.

He also successfully lobbied to outlaw the use of flares and fireworks at music events and festivals.

He was Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Heritage.

In March 2017, Adams was instructed to apologise to the House of Commons after the Commons Committee on Standards ruled that he had breached the MPs' code of conduct by failing to declare his interest in a telecommunications company while taking part in parliamentary inquiries relating to the industry.

He had previous held various government ministerial posts.

2018

Following the Government reshuffle in January 2018, he was promoted to Lord Commissioner to HM Treasury in the Government Whips Office.

He was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in May 2018, continuing to act as Lord Commissioner to HM Treasury alongside his ministerial duties.

A second power station in the constituency at Eggborough, also capable of burning biomass, closed in 2018 and was subsequently demolished.

These have included as an Assistant Government Whip on two occasions (June 2017 to January 2018, November 2018 to April 2019), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales and Minister for Sport, Media and Creative Industries.

2020

On 13 February 2020, Adams was appointed Minister of State for Asia during the first cabinet reshuffle of the second Johnson ministry.

On 16 September 2021, Adams was appointed Minister of State without Portfolio at the Cabinet Office during the cabinet reshuffle.