<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Political party </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Prime Minister </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> William Whitelaw </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 March 1972 </Td> <Td> 2 December 1973 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward Heath </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Francis Pym </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 December 1973 </Td> <Td> 4 March 1974 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Merlyn Rees </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 March 1974 </Td> <Td> 10 September 1976 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Harold Wilson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Roy Mason </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 September 1976 </Td> <Td> 4 May 1979 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Callaghan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Humphrey Atkins </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 May 1979 </Td> <Td> 14 September 1981 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Margaret Thatcher </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> James Prior </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 September 1981 </Td> <Td> 11 September 1984 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Douglas Hurd </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 September 1984 </Td> <Td> 3 September 1985 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Tom King </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 September 1985 </Td> <Td> 24 July 1989 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Peter Brooke </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 July 1989 </Td> <Td> 10 April 1992 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Major </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Sir Patrick Mayhew </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 April 1992 </Td> <Td> 2 May 1997 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Mo Mowlam </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 May 1997 </Td> <Td> 11 October 1999 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tony Blair </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Peter Mandelson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 October 1999 </Td> <Td> 24 January 2001 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> John Reid </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 January 2001 </Td> <Td> 24 October 2002 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Paul Murphy </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 October 2002 </Td> <Td> 6 May 2005 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Peter Hain ( also Welsh Secretary ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 May 2005 </Td> <Td> 27 June 2007 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Shaun Woodward </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 28 June 2007 </Td> <Td> 11 May 2010 </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gordon Brown </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Owen Paterson </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 May 2010 </Td> <Td> 4 September 2012 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Cameron ( Coalition ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Theresa Villiers </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 September 2012 </Td> <Td> 14 July 2016 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David Cameron ( II ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> James Brokenshire </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 July 2016 </Td> <Td> 8 January 2018 </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Theresa May </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Karen Bradley </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 January 2018 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Conservative </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who is the secretary of state for northern ireland
Karen Bradley