Bradley Thomas is the Conservative MP for Bromsgrove, having first been elected to parliament at the 2024 general election.

In the 2024 general election, Thomas won 16,533 votes, representing 32.8% of the vote. The Labour candidate, Neena Gill, received 13,517 votes (26.8%), while the Reform UK candidate, Glen Brampton, secured 9,584 votes (19.0%). Thomas was duly elected with a majority of 3,016.  

The Bromsgrove constituency is located in Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. The seat has been held continuously by the Conservative Party since its recreation in 1983. Thomas’ immediate predecessor MP was Sajid Javid, a former chancellor and home secretary, who stood down from parliament in 2024.  

Political Career

Thomas currently serves as shadow parliamentary under secretary of state for business, innovation, science and trade and an opposition whip. Thomas was appointed to these roles as part of the August/September 2026 shadow ministerial reshuffle, Kemi Badenoch’s second as Conservative leader.

Thomas served as parliamentary private secretary (PPS) in the shadow energy security and net zero team from November 2024 to September 2026.

Thomas is also a member of the House of Commons energy security and net zero committee (since October 2024). The committee scrutinises the work of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

In October 2025, Thomas introduced the Cyber Extortion and Ransomware (Reporting) Bill to parliament under the 10-minute rule procedure. Citing a 50% increase in “highly significant” cyber-incidents reported by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Thomas argued that current legislation has failed to keep pace with the threats posed by state-sponsored actors and criminal gangs.

He stated: “Cyber-crime, particularly extortion and ransomware, has outpaced existing legislation. It has allowed dangerous gaps to emerge in our intelligence gathering – gaps that criminals are likely to exploit.”

The proposed legislation called for a mandatory reporting regime for any UK-registered company with an annual turnover exceeding £25 million, as well as those responsible for critical national infrastructure. These organisations would be required to notify the government within 72 hours of becoming a victim of a cyber-extortion or ransomware attack.

Thomas concluded: “The choice before us is stark: either we allow ourselves to become increasingly exposed as criminals outpace our outdated legislation… or we rise to meet the moment with urgency, resolve and the protections our country demands.”

Thomas is listed as a member of the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for British heritage.

Thomas delivered his maiden speech on 22 July 2024, during a debate on the economy, welfare and public services.

In it, he said: “We must never forget that the single biggest driver of our economic success is a thriving free market – an environment where businesses are incentivised to invest, creating the prosperity that will underpin our national success.

“The government must exercise restraint as they seek to create new bureaucracies, which increase the size of the state under the veil of public service reform, and they should be cautious as additional spending, funded through taxation or borrowing without serious structural reform of public service delivery, will fail every stakeholder who interacts with public services.”

He added: “The government’s proposal to impose VAT on these schools is not only an ill-conceived affront to the children and families who currently exercise choice in education provision but an attack on the wider education system…

“I say that as someone who was proudly educated in excellent state schools.”

Before entering parliament, Thomas was elected as a Conservative councillor on Wychavon District Council in 2014. He led the council from 2018 to 2023 and stood down as a councillor in 2024.

Political Views

Leadership elections

Tory leadership 2024: Thomas supported Robert Jenrick’s candidacy in the 2024 Conservative Party leadership election. The contest was triggered by the resignation of Rishi Sunak following the party’s defeat in the 2024 general election.

Jenrick, a former immigration minister, positioned himself on the right wing of the party, advocating for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). He emerged as an early frontrunner, topping the first two parliamentary ballots. After reaching the final two, he was defeated in the membership vote by Kemi Badenoch, receiving 41,388 votes (43.5%) compared to Badenoch’s 53,806 (56.5%).

During the campaign, Thomas described Jenrick as a “conviction politician whose principles are rooted in a common-sense conservatism focused on the renewal of our nationhood.”

Factional identity and party tradition

Mass deportation: In May 2025, Thomas signed an early day motion (EDM) concerning the mass deportation of illegal migrants. The motion, tabled by the independent MP Rupert Lowe, expressed “grave concern at the continued presence of over one million illegal migrants in the United Kingdom”.

The EDM urged the government to “implement a comprehensive national strategy to identify, detain, and deport all individuals found to be residing in the United Kingdom illegally, and to ensure that such policies are backed by the necessary legislative, diplomatic, logistical and financial resources to restore confidence in the rule of law and the security of our borders.”

Brexit and Europe

Customs union vote (2025): In December 2025, Thomas voted against the UK-EU Customs Union (Duty to Negotiate) Bill. The bill, introduced under the 10-minute rule procedure by Liberal Democrat Europe spokesperson Al Pinkerton, sought to mandate the government to enter into negotiations with the European Union to establish a bespoke customs union.

Assisted dying

Thomas voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, better known as the assisted dying bill, at both second reading (November 2024) and third reading (June 2025).

Social values and conscience issues

Abortion decriminalisation (2025): Thomas voted against a backbench amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that sought to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales in June 2025. The amendment, which was passed by a majority of 242 votes, removed women from the threat of prosecution for ending a pregnancy at any stage. As an issue of conscience, MPs were allowed to vote according to their personal beliefs.

Foreign policy and security

IPAC: Thomas is a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) – an international, cross-party network of legislators from democratic countries focused on relations with the People’s Republic of China. The alliance, established on 4 June 2020, the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, was formed to unite “lawmakers worldwide, promoting democracy and addressing threats to the rules-based and human rights systems posed by the rise of China.”

Before Politics

Bradley Anthony Thomas grew up in Worcestershire.

Thomas’ career before entering parliament centred on roles in the global energy sector.  

Personal Life

Thomas is married.  

Trivia

Thomas succeeded Sajid Javid as MP for Bromsgrove.