Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (born August 30, 1960) British politician and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Exeter and the Minister for Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare with the rank of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Exeter is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities. ...

Ben Bradshaw was born in London, the son of a Church of England vicar and was educated at the Thorpe St Andrew School, the University of Sussex where he was awarded a degree in German, he also attended the University of Fribourg. He became a reporter with the Exeter Express and Echo in 1984, he was appointed as a reporter with the Eastern Daily Press in Norwich in 1985. He joined the BBC in 1986 as reporter with BBC Radio Devon. In 1989 he became the award winning Berlin correspondent with BBC Radio and was serving in the city at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He became a reporter in 1991 with BBC Radio's The World At One programme, where he stayed until his election to Westminster. He won the Sony News Reporter Award in 1993. Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... Thorpe St Andrew is a suburb of Norwich in Norfolk, England. ... The University of Sussex is an English campus university located near the East Sussex village of Falmer, near Brighton and Hove and on the edge of the South Downs. ... The University of Fribourg (in French: Université de Fribourg, in German: Universität Freiburg) is a university in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland. ... A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43′ 25″ N, 3° 31′ 39″ W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... This page is about the year 1984. ... The Eastern Daily Press is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, and northern parts of Suffolk and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, UK. It is owned and published by Archant, formerly known as Eastern Counties Newspaper Group. ... Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch or Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ... This article is about the year. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Radio Devon is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Devon, and began transmissions on 17 January 1983, replacing a previous breakfast show (Morning SouWest) for Devon and Cornwall broadcast on the local frequencies of Radio 4. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues and people. ... BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ... Berlin Wall on November 16, 1989 The Berlin Wall (German: Die Berliner Mauer) was a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World at One www. ... The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their sittings. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), NYSE: SNE is a global Japanese consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... News is essentially new information or current events. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Ben Bradshaw was selected to contest the marginal parliamentary seat of Exeter at the 1997 General Election after the first choice candidate, John Lloyd, was barred from standing. The sitting Conservative MP, John Hannam had retired and the Conservatives chose Adrian Rogers to be their candidate. This created a very interesting election campaign, Bradshaw an openly gay man, and Rogers a Christian and leading member of the religious right. The campaign was vitriolic and bitter with allegations of homophobia and sin. The result, however was not close, and Ben Bradshaw was elected as the Labour MP for Exeter with a majority of 11,705. He made his maiden speech on July 4, 1997. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... Since its inception, the term homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Sensei-98 states: The term Religious Right, is a very broad label applied to a number of political and religious movements and groups. ... The term homophobia is a term derived from the words homosexual and phobia. ... Sin has been a term most usually used in a religious context, and today describes any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In Parliament Ben Bradshaw introduced the Pesticides Act in 1998 [1], which gave more powers to inspectors. He became a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the Department of Health John Denham in 2000. After the 2001 General Election Bradshaw entered Tony Blair's government as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, he became the Deputy to the Leader of the House of Commons Robin Cook in 2002, and has been an Under Secretary of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2003. An airplane spreading pesticide. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... Many governments, both national and more local, have a Department of Health. This article is about the British one. ... John Denham is the name of either: John Yorke Denham (b. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ... Robin Cook, December 1997 The Right Honourable Robert Finlayson Cook usually called Robin Cook (February 28, 1946, Bellshill – August 6, 2005, Inverness), was a politician in the British Labour Party. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

When first elected in 1997, Ben Bradshaw was one of the first gay MPs to be out at the time he was initially elected, along with Stephen Twigg. He lives with his partner, Neal Dalgleish, who is a BBC producer. Only days after being appointed a junior foreign minister he was answering questions following the The New York terrorist attacks of September 11. He does not own a car but cycles everywhere. His support for the Iraq War proved unpopular amongst many in a seat with a high student population. Look up gay in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Coming out of the closet (very often shortened to coming out in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes the voluntary public announcement of ones sexual orientation, sexual attractions, gender identity, or (less commonly) paraphilia. ... Stephen Twigg (born December 25, 1966) is a British politician and former Labour Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate. ... The neutrality of this section is disputed. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ... The Iraq war or war in Iraq, is both an informal and formal term for military conflicts in Iraq that began with the invasion of 2003 by the multinational coalition of American, British, and other forces. ...

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ben Bradshaw MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Ben Bradshaw MP
• [2] - Pesticides Act 1998