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Dame Karen Bradley

Conservative Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting record

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Voted for
4
Voted against
5
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 100%

How often Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way as most of the Conservative party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Dame Karen Bradley doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland Office (2018-01-08 to 2019-07-24) Government
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2017-07-03 to 2018-01-08) Government
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport — Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2016-07-14 to 2017-07-03) Government
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) — Home Office (2014-02-08 to 2016-07-14) Government
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) — Whips Office (Commons) (2013-10-07 to 2014-02-08) Government
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) — Whips Office (Commons) (2012-09-06 to 2013-10-07) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Dame Karen Bradley →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

1. Employment and earnings

Role, work or services: Member of the Advisory Board of the House Magazine
From: 12 May 2021.
Payer: Political Engagement Limited, 11th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
ACOBA consulted: Yes
(Registered 1 July 2021; updated 9 December 2022 and 19 October 2023)
Payment expected: £150 for a meeting
Completed or provided on: 17 December 2025. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 17 December 2025)
Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 25 February 2026. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 25 February 2026)
Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 18 March 2026. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 23 March 2026)
Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 20 May 2026. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 20 May 2026)
Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 15 July 2026. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 15 July 2026)

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Allwyn Entertainment Ltd
Address of donor: 37-39 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, WD17 1JA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets and hospitality to Women’s Rugby World Cup Final 2025 at Twickenham, value £1,190
Date received: 27 September 2025
Date accepted: 27 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 13157556
(Registered 7 October 2025)

Name of donor: Silverstone Circuits Ltd
Address of donor: The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuits, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality at the Grand Prix at Silverstone, value £930 per person, total value £1,860, value £1,860
Date received: 4 July 2026
Date accepted: 4 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 14 July 2026)

Name of donor: Allwyn Entertainment Ltd
Address of donor: 37-39 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire WD17 1JA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to attend the Grand Prix at Silverstone for me and a member of my family. Value £2,200 per person, total value £4,400, value £4,400
Date received: 5 July 2026
Date accepted: 5 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 13157556
(Registered 14 July 2026)

8. Miscellaneous

Trustee (unpaid) of the Human Trafficking Foundation, a non-profit organisation which works to help victims of human trafficking and modern slavery. I consulted ACOBA about this role.
Date interest arose: 1 November 2020
(Registered 5 November 2020; updated 4 March 2021)

Member (unpaid) of the panel for the Community Foundation for Staffordshire’s We Love the Moorlands programme, which offers funding support to assist grassroots community and voluntary organisations that are based across the Moorlands area.
Date interest arose: 25 June 2021
(Registered 11 November 2021)

Chair of the new Restoring Your Railway Leek – Stoke Board and Steering Committee. This is an unpaid role and meetings are monthly.
Date interest arose: 10 December 2021
(Registered 8 April 2022)

Transport

A Trustee of the Arise Foundation, a charity which seeks to confront modern slavery and human trafficking through frontline organisations. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 31 March 2022
Date interest ended: 1 June 2026
(Registered 26 April 2022; updated 11 June 2026)

A member of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Board to assist Staffordshire Moorlands District Council in the Governance of the new funding programme. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 29 November 2022
(Registered 30 November 2022)

Substitute member of the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Date interest arose: 14 November 2024
(Registered 4 December 2024)

Treasurer of the British Group of the Inter Parliamentary Union. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 13 November 2024
(Registered 17 February 2025)

Vice-chair of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 24 January 2025
(Registered 21 February 2025)

Member of the Inter Parliamentary Union Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 24 October 2025
(Registered 3 November 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Dame Karen Bradley yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Dame Karen Bradley has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£293,440.84 paid out to or for Dame Karen Bradley across 223 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Dame Karen Bradley’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £216,579.12 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £35,896.15 (198 claims)
Accommodation — £29,290.00 (1 claim)
MP Travel — £4,741.07 (7 claims)
Miscellaneous — £3,136.07 (6 claims)
Staff Travel — £1,944.53 (6 claims)
Dependant Travel — £1,853.90 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £236.51, 2026-04-07 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £120.81, 2026-03-26 — Landline
Utilities — £64.29, 2026-03-18 — Water
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-11 — XMA March 2026
Utilities — £336.46, 2026-03-10 — Electricity
Stationery & printing — £165.90, 2026-03-10 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-10 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £203.82, 2026-03-04 — XMA March 2026

Every claim on file for Dame Karen Bradley →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Dame Karen Bradley — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Dame Karen Bradley’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Dame Karen Bradley is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Crypto and Digital Assets — Officer
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Macedonia — Co-Chair
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Dame Karen Bradley personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Dame Karen Bradley is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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