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Dame Karen Bradley

Conservative MP for Staffordshire Moorlands, since 6 May 2010

The Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley is the Conservative MP for Staffordshire Moorlands, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.

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Scorecard

49.9% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
286 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 1 as teller
288 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
17 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
512 Debates spoken in 74 written questions tabled

Ranked 581 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 No vote 287–150
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 No vote 284–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 No vote 291–144
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 No vote 288–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 No vote 287–149
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 No vote 297–147
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 No vote 298–152
21 Apr 2026 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 No vote 293–155
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 No 292–158
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342 No vote 294–61
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 No 294–156
20 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E No 293–159
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 No vote 248–139
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 No vote 259–136
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B No vote 254–144
15 Apr 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 No vote 256–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 No vote 277–150
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 No vote 271–95
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 No vote 273–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 No vote 275–159
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No vote 269–162
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 No vote 276–155
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 269–103
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 278–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments No vote 247–21

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 20 May 2026. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 20 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 18 March 2026. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 23 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 25 February 2026. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 25 February 2026)

On the register since 10 Mar 2026

Payment expected: £150 for a meeting
Completed or provided on: 17 December 2025. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 17 December 2025)

On the register since 6 Jan 2026

Payment expected: £150 For a meeting
Completed or provided on: 16 July 2025. Hours: 1 hr.
(Registered 21 July 2025)

On the register since 5 Aug 2025

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)

On the register since 24 Jul 2025

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)

On the register since 23 Oct 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: Four tickets with hospitality at the Grand Prix, value £4,928
Date received: 5 July 2025 to 6 July 2025
Date accepted: 5 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00882843
(Registered 10 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

8. Miscellaneous

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)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

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)

On the register since 17 Dec 2025

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

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

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)

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

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

On the register since 25 Feb 2025

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

512 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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