Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley
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Keith John Charles Bradley, Baron Bradley (born 17 May 1950, 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.
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[edit] Early life
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.
[edit] Parliamentary career
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. His decision to send his son to Manchester Grammar School, a selective, fee-paying private school, which the Labour Party are theoretically opposed to, also played badly with his constituents (though, ironically his replacement, the Liberal Democrat John Leech, was an ex-pupil of the same school).
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. Lord Bradley is also a Special Adviser to the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester.
In October 2006 it was announced the Keith Bradley had been appointed to the board of The Christie Hospital as a non executive director.
[edit] Personal life
Lord Bradley and his wife, Rhona Bradley, have two sons and a daughter. He married Rhona Ann Graham in 1987.
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Frederick Silvester |
Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington 1987–2005 |
Succeeded by John Leech |
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| Preceded by George Mudie |
Treasurer of the Household (Deputy Chief Whip) 1998–2001 |
Succeeded by Keith Hill |
