Karen Bradley

Karen Bradley
MP

Bradley at the UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum in June 2014
Minister for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime
Assumed office
8 February 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron
Preceded by '
Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
In office
7 October 2013 – 8 February 2014
Prime Minister David Cameron
Preceded by Robert Goodwill
Succeeded by John Penrose
Member of Parliament
for Staffordshire Moorlands
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded by Charlotte Atkins
Majority 10,174 (23.9%)
Personal details
Born Karen Anne Howarth
(1970-03-12) 12 March 1970
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Neil Austin Bradley
Children 2 sons
Residence Leek, Staffordshire
Alma mater Imperial College London
Committees Work and Pensions Select Committee
Religion Christian
Website karenbradley.co.uk
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Karen Anne Bradley[1] (born 12 March 1970)[2] is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands, elected at the 2010 general election.[3][4] In September 2012, she was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip in the Government Whips' Office.[5] In 2013, she was promoted becoming a Government Whip (Junior Lord of the Treasury). In February 2014, she became Minister for Security, based in the Home Office and replacing James Brokenshire.[6]

Biography

Born Karen Anne Howarth in Newcastle-under-Lyme,[7] she was educated at Buxton Girls' School and Imperial College London, where she graduated with a BSc in Mathematics.

In 1991 she joined Deloitte & Touche as a tax manager, and after seven years she became a senior tax manager with KPMG. In 2004 she set up business as a fiscal and economic consultant before rejoining KPMG in 2007, where she remained until her election to the House of Commons.[6]

She contested Manchester Withington at the 2005 general election, coming third. She was a member of the Conservative Party's A-List and was selected for Staffordshire Moorlands in July 2006.[8]

Karen Bradley was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee since 2010, and in 2012 was elected co-secretary of the backbench 1922 Committee.[9] She relinquished these positions on her appointment to the Government Whips' Office in September 2012.

She is married to Neil Bradley and they have two sons.

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 59418. p. 8745. 13 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Karen Bradley MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Staffordshire Moorlands District Council election results
  4. ↑ Elections 2010: Karen Bradley takes Staffordshire Moorlands with 6,700 majority on ThisIsStaffordshire.co.uk
  5. ↑ "List of Government departments and ministers", Cabinet Office, 6 September 2012
  6. 1 2 "Karen Bradley MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/goldlist/2009/04/the-18-of-the-original-100-alisters-selected-for-conservative-seats-.html
  9. ↑ "New faces elected on to influential Conservative 1922 committee". BBC News (BBC). Retrieved 12 July 2012.

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charlotte Atkins		 Member of Parliament for Staffordshire Moorlands
2010–present 		Incumbent
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