Karen Bradley

The Right Honourable Dame Karen Bradley DBE MP
Official portrait, 2017
Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
Incumbent
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[a]
In office 14 July 2016 – 8 January 2018
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	John Whittingdale
Succeeded by	Matt Hancock
Junior ministerial offices Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Preventing Abuse, Exploitation and Crime In office 8 February 2014 – 14 July 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Sarah Newton Lord Commissioner of the 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
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Charlotte Atkins
Majority	1,175 (2.8%)
Personal details
Born	Karen Anne Howarth (1970-03-12) 12 March 1970 (age 54)[1] Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Neil Bradley
Children	2
Alma mater	Imperial College London
Website	www.karenbradley.co.uk

Dame Karen Anne Bradley^[2] 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.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

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