Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6597
Fax: 020 7219 0950
ben.bradshaw.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
Labour HQ, 26b Clifton Hill, Exeter, EX1 2DJ
Tel: 01392 424464
Fax: 01392 435523
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Exeter 1997-2010, for Exeter (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Introduced Pesticides Act (Private Member's Bill) 1998;
PPS to John Denham as Minister of State, Department of Health 2000-01;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2001-02;
Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office 2002-03;
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2003-07:
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 2003-06,
Minister of State (MoS) 2006-07;
MoS for Health Services, Department of Health 2007-09;
Minister for the South West 2007-09;
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2009-10;
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport 2010
Party groups
Labour Movement for Europe,
Member:
Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform,
SERA,
Christian Socialist Movement
Select committees
Member: European Scrutiny 1998-2001,
Ecclesiastical Committee 2010-,
Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions 2011-12,
Culture, Media and Sport 2012-
Political interests
Foreign affairs, environment, transport, modernisation of Parliament
Countries of interest
Europe – particularly Germany and Italy, USA
General Election 2010 - Exeter
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Bradshaw, Ben |
Lab |
19942 |
38.11% |
| Foster, Hannah |
Con |
17221 |
32.91% |
| Oakes, Graham |
Lib Dem |
10581 |
20.22% |
| Crawford, Keith |
UKIP |
1930 |
3.69% |
| Gale, Chris |
Lib |
1108 |
2.12% |
| Black, Paula |
Green |
792 |
1.52% |
| Farmer, Robert |
BNP |
673 |
1.29% |
| Result |
Lab Hold (6.03% from Lab to Con) |