Karen Bradley
Conservative - Staffordshire Moorlands
1,175 (2.7%) majority - 2024 General ElectionFirst elected: 6th May 2010
Select Committees
Home Affairs Committee (since September 2024)National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (since November 2024)
Liaison Committee (Commons) (since December 2024)
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill (since June 2025)
3 APPG Officer Positions (as of 18 Jun 2025)
Advertising, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, North Macedonia7 APPG Memberships
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland and the Irish in Britain, Heritage Rail, Israel, British Council and Soft Power, Digital Inclusion, Waterways23 Former APPG Officer Positions
Adult Social Care, British Council, British Museum, Business Travel, Challenger Banks and Building Societies, Data Poverty, Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, Festivals, Football, Football Club, Formula One, Future Financial Services, Hospitality and Tourism, Loneliness, Missing Children and Adults, Northern Ireland Economy, Peak District, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities, Taxation, Union, United Arab Emirates, War HeritageDivision Voting information
Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Legislation Debates
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Staffordshire Moorlands Petitions
e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.
If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.
If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).
of 25,787 signatures (0.68%)
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Latest EDMs signed by Karen Bradley
Social Security
Tabled by: Rishi Sunak (Conservative - Richmond and Northallerton)That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying that the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (S.I., 2024, No. 869), dated 22 August 2024, a copy of which was laid before this House on 22 August 2024, be annulled.
(Most recent: 10 Sep 2024)
Signatures by party:
Conservative: 74
Independent: 4
Democratic Unionist Party: 2
Scottish National Party: 1
Commons initiatives
These initiatives were driven by Karen Bradley, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.
MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.
Karen Bradley has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Karen Bradley has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
13 Bills introduced by Karen Bradley
Extend the period for forming an Executive under section 1(1) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 and to impose a duty on the Secretary of State to report on progress towards the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th July 2019 and was enacted into law.
Extend the period for forming an Executive under section 1(1) of the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 and to impose a duty on the Secretary of State to report on progress towards the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th July 2019 and was enacted into law.
A Bill To make provision about electronic communications infrastructure and services; to provide for restricting access to online pornography; to make provision about protection of intellectual property in connection with electronic communications; to make provision about data-sharing; to make provision about functions of OFCOM in relation to the BBC; to provide for determination by the BBC of age-related TV licence fee concessions; to make provision about the regulation of direct marketing; to make other provision about OFCOM and its functions; and for connected purposes.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 27th April 2017 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to make provision about the regional rate in Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2019; and amend the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th March 2018 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to Authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31 March 2018 and 2019; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for those years; to revise the limits on the use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31 March 2018; and to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the sum appropriated for the year ending 31 March 2019.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th March 2018 and was enacted into law.
Make provision about the regional rate in Northern Ireland for the year ending 31 March 2020; and amend the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th March 2019 and was enacted into law.
To authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the years ending 31 March 2019 and 2020; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources for those years; to revise the limits on the use of certain accruing resources in the year ending 31 March 2019; and to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the sum appropriated for the year ending 31 March 2020.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th March 2019 and was enacted into law.
To authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of Northern Ireland of certain sums for the service of the year ending 31 March 2019; to appropriate those sums for specified purposes; to authorise the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to borrow on the credit of the appropriated sums; to authorise the use for the public service of certain resources (including accruing resources) for the year ending 31 March 2019; and to repeal certain spent provisions.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 20th July 2018 and was enacted into law.
To facilitate the formation of an Executive in Northern Ireland by extending the time for making Ministerial appointments following the election of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 2 March 2017; and to make provision about the exercise of governmental functions in, or in relation to, Northern Ireland in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 1st November 2018 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to confer power on the Secretary of State to determine salaries and other benefits for Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly in respect of periods when there is no Executive.
This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th March 2018 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to enable the United Kingdom to implement the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 1954 and the Protocols to that Convention of 1954 and 1999
This Bill received Royal Assent on 23rd February 2017 and was enacted into law.
A Bill to require companies to prepare an annual statement on carbon in their supply chains; and for connected purposes.
Friday 6th May 2022
A Bill to require companies to prepare an annual statement on carbon in their supply chains; and for connected purposes.
9 Bills co-sponsored by Karen Bradley
Assets of Community Value (Sports Facilities) Bill 2024-26
Sponsor - Emma Foody (LAB)
Road Traffic (Testing of Blood) Bill 2023-24
Sponsor - Jonathan Gullis (Con)
Teenagers (Safety and Wellbeing) Bill 2022-23
Sponsor - Alex Norris (LAB)
Disposable Barbecues Bill 2021-22
Sponsor - Robert Largan (Con)
Death by Dangerous Driving (Sentencing) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Baroness May of Maidenhead (Con)
Internet Access Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Darren Jones (Lab)
Pregnancy and Maternity (Redundancy Protection) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Maria Miller (Con)
Company Transparency (Carbon in Supply Chains) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Karen Bradley (Con)
Magistrates (Retirement Age) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Edward Timpson (Con)
Latest 1 Written Question
(View all written questions)The Home Office continues to work with a range of stakeholders to fulfil its statutory obligations, while seeking to reduce the overall cost of asylum accommodation, and to end the use of hotels.
Minister of State (Home Office)