Ben Bradshaw | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 | |
Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Jeremy Hunt |
Succeeded by | Ivan Lewis |
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Andy Burnham |
Succeeded by | Jeremy Hunt |
Minister of State for Health | |
In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Andy Burnham |
Succeeded by | Mike O'Brien |
Minister for the South West | |
In office 28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Jim Knight |
Minister of State for Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare[1] | |
In office 13 June 2003 – 28 June 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Elliot Morley |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | |
In office 29 May 2002 – 13 June 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Stephen Twigg |
Succeeded by | Phil Woolas |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
In office 12 June 2001 – 29 May 2002 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | The Baroness Scotland of Asthal |
Succeeded by | Mike O'Brien |
Member of Parliament for Exeter | |
Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |
Preceded by | John Hannam |
Majority | 10,403 (18.5%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw 30 August 1960 London, England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Neal Dalgleish |
Alma mater | University of Sussex |
Website | Official website parliament..ben-bradshaw |
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (born 30 August 1960) is an English politician and the Member of Parliament for the Exeter constituency in the United Kingdom.[2] He was elected in the 1997 general election. He was a BBC Radio reporter before entering politics. [3] He was a Minister of State in the Department of Health, a Minister for the South West and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. He holds no posts in the current shadow government.
He is a member of the Labour Party.