Adam Ingram entered the Commons in the 1987 election, and during this parliamentary term acted as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Neil Kinnock. Upon the Labour party's election victory in 1997, he was appointed Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office with responsibilities including security. In 2001 he became Armed Forces Minister at the Ministry of Defence, a position he held until Gordon Brown became Prime Minister in 2007. Adam Ingram currently is the MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow and serves as the Vice-chair of the All-Party Nuclear Energy Group and the Secretary All-Party Iraq Group. He is also a member of the Privy Council.