[2] A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was previously a councillor for the Mid-Formartine ward of Aberdeenshire from 2017 until her election as an MSP in May 2021.

[7][1][8]In November 2020, she was announced as the SNP's candidate for the Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency for the 2021 Scottish election, succeeding five-term holder Stewart Stevenson.

On Twitter, she posted an upcoming event that was happening in Aberdeenshire, when she received a reply which said "I want to shoot you in the head.

Adam's phone number was placed on the police's log list, meaning if she calls them, she will receive an answer urgently.

[12] In January 2022, Adam responded to Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for sexual abuse by tweeting: "Paedophiles and predators are people.

Alba Party general secretary Christopher McEleny interpreted this as an attempt to humanise child abusers, which Adam firmly rejected.

"[15] Adam condemned what she called a "malcious, creepy attempt" to silence her in December 2022 during a GRA reform debate.

[17] In February 2025, Adam was reported to be on an all-female "hit list" of SNP MSPs that were to be asked to stand down from the Scottish Parliament to make room for ex-MPs who had lost their seats in the 2024 general election.

The alleged list was reported to have been drawn up at Stephen Flynn's direction by Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP Seamus Logan.