Karen Bradley

The Right Honourable
Dame Karen Bradley
DBE MP
The Right Honourable Dame Karen Bradley DBE MP
	Official portrait, 2017
Chair of the House of Commons Procedure Committee
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 29 January 2020
Preceded by	Charles Walker
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
Prime Minister
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	16,428 (37.6%)
Personal details
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	Official website

Dame Karen Anne Bradley DBE (née Howarth; born 12 March 1970) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2018 to 2019, and has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands since 2010.

Bradley was appointed to the Cameron–Clegg coalition in 2014 as Minister of State for the Home Department. 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 in 2019.

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