Karen Bradley
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Karen Anne Bradley
is a British Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician and the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 (MP) for Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)
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, elected at the 2010 general election.

Born Karen Anne Howarth in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944...

, she was educated at Buxton Girls' School and Imperial College London
Imperial College London
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, where she graduated with a BSc in mathematics.

In 1991 she joined Deloitte & Touche as a tax manager, after seven years she became a senior tax manager with KPMG
KPMG
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. In 2004 she set up business as a fiscal and economic consultant before rejoining KPMG in 2007, where she remained until her election to the House of Commons.

She contested Manchester Withington
Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester, Withington is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system...

 at the 2005 general election
United Kingdom general election, 2005
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, coming third. She has been a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee since 2010.

She is married to Neil Bradley, they have two sons and live in Leek
Leek, Staffordshire
Leek is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England, on the River Churnet. It is an ancient borough and was granted its royal charter in 1214.It is the administrative centre for the Staffordshire Moorlands District Council...

.

She was a member of the A-List and was selected in July 2006.

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