Allen Adams
Allender Steele Adams, known as Allen Adams, was a Scottish Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Paisley from 1979 to 1983 and Paisley [North (UK Parliament constituency)|Paisley North] from 1983 to 1990.
Adams was born in Glasgow, and married Irene Adams on 24 February 1968.
He was elected as a Member of Strathclyde Regional Council for Paisley Craigielea in 1974, a position he held until standing down due to his election as the MP for Paisley.
He served as Labour's Scottish whip whilst an MP. In a notable speech on 31 March 1988, he described Margaret Thatcher in the House of Commons as having "behaved towards Scotland with all the sensitivity of a sex-starved boa constrictor", a remark immediately withdrawn, as is the custom in the Commons.