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Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bradley
PC
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Keith Bradley MP at a children's fair in Manchester 2003.
Treasurer of the Household
In office
27 July 1998 – 8 June 2001
Prime Minister Tony Blair
Preceded by George Mudie
Succeeded by Keith Hill
Member of Parliament
for Manchester Withington
In office
11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by Frederick Silvester
Succeeded by John Leech
Personal details
Born (1950-05-17) 17 May 1950 (age 66)
Birmingham
Nationality British
Political party Labour
Alma mater Aston University, University of York, Manchester Metropolitan University

Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley PC (born 17 May 1950 in Birmingham) 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.

He went to Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield. He studied at Aston University, gaining a DipAcct in 1970. From Manchester Polytechnic, 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 1969-73. He was a research officer for Manchester City Council Housing Department from 1978-81. From 1981-7, he was Secretary of Stockport Community Health Council.

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 2001-2, 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.


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