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. He was elected in the 1997 general election. He was a BBC Radio reporter before entering  politics. 
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.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable Sir
- **name**: Ben Bradshaw
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP
- **image**: Official portrait of Mr Ben Bradshaw crop 2.jpg
- **office**: Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- **leader**: Harriet Harman
Ed Miliband
- **term start**: 11 May 2010
- **term end**: 8 October 2010
- **predecessor**: Jeremy Hunt
- **successor**: Ivan Lewis
- **office1**: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- **primeminister1**: Gordon Brown
- **term start1**: 5 June 2009
- **term end1**: 11 May 2010
- **predecessor1**: Andy Burnham
- **successor1**: Jeremy Hunt
- **office2**: Department of Health and Social Care, Minister of State for Health
- **primeminister2**: Gordon Brown
- **term start2**: 28 June 2007
- **term end2**: 5 June 2009
- **predecessor2**: Andy Burnham
- **successor2**: Mike O'Brien (British politician), Mike O'Brien
- **office3**: Regional minister, Minister for the South West
- **primeminister3**: Gordon Brown
- **term start3**: 28 June 2007
- **term end3**: 5 June 2009
- **predecessor3**: _Position established_
- **successor3**: Jim Knight
- **office4**: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Minister of State for Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare
- **primeminister4**: Tony Blair
- **term start4**: 13 June 2003
- **term end4**: 28 June 2007
- **predecessor4**: Elliot Morley
- **successor4**: _Position abolished_
- **office5**: Leader of the House of Commons, Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
- **primeminister5**: Tony Blair
- **term start5**: 29 May 2002
- **term end5**: 13 June 2003
- **predecessor5**: Stephen Twigg
- **successor5**: Phil Woolas
- **office6**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- **primeminister6**: Tony Blair
- **term start6**: 12 June 2001
- **term end6**: 29 May 2002
- **predecessor6**: Patricia Scotland, The Baroness Scotland of Asthal
- **successor6**: Mike O'Brien (British politician), Mike O'Brien
- **office7**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Exeter (UK Parliament constituency), Exeter
- **predecessor7**: John Hannam
- **term start7**: 1 May 1997
- **majority7**: 10,403 (18.5%)
- **birth name**: Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw
- **birth place**: City of Westminster, London, England
- **party**: Labour Party (UK), Labour
- **alma mater**: University of Sussex
- **website**: [http://www.benbradshaw.co.uk/ Official website]
[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-ben-bradshaw/230 parliament..ben-bradshaw]
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2017
- **spouse**: Neal Dalgleish