User:Nigel Adams Selby Ainsty

Nigel Adams is the Conservative Parliamentary candidate at the next General Election for the parliamentary constituency of Selby and Ainsty.

Nigel Adams lives in the heart of the new Selby and Ainsty seat with his wife and four children. Nigel was raised in the constituency and attended Camblesforth Primary followed by Selby Grammar now Selby High School from 1978 to 1984.

Nigel is a Governor at Selby High School and has been Chairman of Governors at Camblesforth Primary School.

Nigel Adams started his own telecommunications company from scratch at the age of 26 with a £20 a week Government grant. He grew the company successfully year on year until it was acquired by a PLC in 1999/2000. Nigel is currently a director of two Yorkshire based telecommunications companies.

Nigel's upbringing cannot be described as that of an "old school tory". His parents moved from South Yorkshire mining villages to the Selby area in the late 1950's. His late mother, Bella, worked as a school cleaner and for 20 years as a Home Help for North Yorkshire Social Services. His father, Derek, retired as school caretaker at Read School, Drax in the 1980's.

Nigel Adams is a keen sportsman and still plays Cricket locally for Drax CC and occasionally Golf. He is a charity fundraiser on the Yorkshire committee of The Lord's Taverners and is a former member of Yorkshire County Cricket Club's members committee.

A seasoned campaigner since 1992. Nigel has campaigned vigorously on several issues affecting the area including Post Office closures, local NHS services and helped spearhead the campaign against the threat of Eco Towns.

At the 2005 General Election, Nigel contested the Labour seat of Rossendale and Darwen in East Lancashire, reducing Labour's majority to 3,676.