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DeutschKeith Bradley, Baron Bradley
The Lord Bradley | |
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| Minister of State for Prisons | |
| In office 8 June 2001 – 28 May 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Charles Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Benn |
| Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household | |
| In office 27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | George Mudie |
| Succeeded by | Keith Hill |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security | |
| In office 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Oliver Heald |
| Succeeded by | Angela Eagle |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2006 Life Peerage | |
| Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington | |
| In office 11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Fred Silvester |
| Succeeded by | John Leech |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1950 Birmingham, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Aston University, University of York, Manchester Metropolitan University |
Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley, PC (born 17 May 1950) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer. He was formerly the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Withington from 1987 until 2005.
Early life
[edit]He went to Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield. He studied at Aston University, gaining a DipAcct in 1970. From Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University), he gained a BA in Social Science in 1976. From the University of York, he gained an MPhil in 1978.
He worked for the chartered accountants Charles Impey & Co from 1969 to 1973. He was a research officer for Manchester City Council Housing Department from 1978 to 1981. From 1981 to 1987, he was Secretary of Stockport Community Health Council.
Parliamentary career
[edit]He was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency at the 1987 general election, having served as a councillor in Old Moat Ward (Manchester) since 1983. After the 1997 general election he became a junior minister at the Department of Social Security, and then became Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Queen's Household in 1998. He was a junior minister in the Home Office for Criminal Justice, Sentencing, and Law Reform from 2001 to 2002, and then a backbench MP and member of the Health Select Committee. He is a member of the Privy Council. Bradley lost his seat in Parliament when he was defeated by a swing of over 17% to the Liberal Democrat candidate, John Leech, in the 2005 general election.
In April 2006 it was announced that Keith Bradley would become a working life peer in the House of Lords, and he became Baron Bradley, of Withington in the County of Greater Manchester on 12 June 2006.[1] Lord Bradley is also a Special Adviser to the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester.
In October 2006 it was announced that Keith Bradley had been appointed to the board of The Christie Hospital as a non executive director. He was appointed Chair of the Trust in May 2011.[2] In February 2014 he announced that he would resign from the board as a consequences of disagreements about the way in which the suspension of the Chief Executive was being handled.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Lord Bradley and his wife, Rhona Bradley, have two sons (Matthew and Jonathan) and a daughter (Rebecca). He married Rhona Ann Graham in 1987. He was criticized for sending Jonathan to Manchester Grammar School.[4] His sister, Sally Bradley and her partner William (Billy) Harrop, were killed on Sunday 21 April during breakfast at one of the Hotels in the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 58012". The London Gazette. 15 June 2006. p. 8197.
- ^ Keith, Bradley. "Christie appoints new chairman". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ "Christie hospital chairman Lord Bradley to resign". Manchester Evening News. 28 February 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "'I'm back!' former MP Bradley is made lord". Manchester Evening News. 13 April 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "'Kindred spirits' die in Sri Lanka blasts". BBC News. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Halliday, Josh (23 April 2019). "Tributes to Manchester doctor and former firefighter killed in Sri Lanka". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
