Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official portrait, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 11 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dame Diana Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 29 January 2020 – 4 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Charles Walker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Cat Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 January 2018 – 24 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | James Brokenshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Julian Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 14 July 2016 – 8 January 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Theresa May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Matt Hancock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Staffordshire Moorlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Charlotte Atkins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 1,175 (2.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Karen Anne Howarth 12 March 1970 Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Neil Bradley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Imperial College London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dame Karen Anne Bradley DBE (née Howarth; born 12 March 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands since 2010 and the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee since 2024. She served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019.
Bradley was appointed to the Cameron–Clegg coalition as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 2013, before being promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime in 2014. During the formation of the May government in July 2016, she was appointed to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, where she remained until being appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in January 2018, serving until her dismissal by new Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2019.