Ben Bradshaw
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (born
August 30,
1960) is a
British Labour Member of Parliament for
Exeter (since May
1997), as well as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (the most junior rank of government minister) at the
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since June 2003). He was one of the first
gay MPs to be "out" at the time he was initially elected; his Conservative opponent was a "family values" campaigner who made
sexuality an issue in the campaign.