Paula Bradley (born 23 June 1969) is a Northern Irish unionist politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from May 2021 to June 2023, and an Antrim and Newtownabbey Councillor for the Glengormley Urban DEA since 2022.

She was elected Deputy Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party on 14 May 2021, and became the first woman to hold the office on 28 May 2021.

In July 2021 Bradley said that some of the things said about the LGBT community by her party colleagues had been “absolutely atrocious” and that she was sorry: “I can certainly say I apologise for what others have said and done in the past, because I do think there have been some very hurtful comments and some language that really should not have been used.”[5] Bradley announced on 17 March 2022 that she would not seek re-election at the 2022 Assembly election, reversing a decision she had previously made.

She told BBC News NI that she wanted to look after her mother, Charlotte, who has a number of health issues.

"[6] In May 2022, after standing down from the Assembly, she was co-opted onto Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, as a representative of Glengormley Urban, to replace Phillip Brett, who succeeded Bradley as a North Belfast MLA in the Assembly election held that same month.