The maternal Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis) vaccination program in the UK has successfully reduced cases of pertussis in young infants. In addition to prevention of pertussis cases, it is also important to investigate persistence of maternal antibody during infancy and possible interference of maternal antibodies with infant responses to vaccines. We recruited mother‐infant pairs from vaccinated and unvaccinated pregnancies and measured concentrations of IgG against pertussis toxin (PTx), filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), pertactin (Prn), diphtheria toxin (DTx), tetanus toxoid (TTx) Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and Streptococcus pneumoniae in mothers and infants at birth, and in infants at 7 weeks and at 5 months. 31 mother‐infant pairs were tested. Tdap‐vaccinated women had significantly higher antibody against Tdap antigens, compared to unvaccinated women (DTx p=0.01; PTx, FHA, Prn and TTx p<0.001). All antibodies were actively transferred to the infants (transfer ratio >1) with higher transfer of DTx (P=0.04) and TTx (P=0.02) antibody in Tdap‐vaccinated pregnancies compared to unvaccinated. Infants from Tdap‐vaccinated pregnancies had significantly elevated antibodies to all antigens at birth (p<0.001) and at 7 weeks (FHA, Prn, TTx p<0.001; DTx p=0.01; PTx p=0.004) compared to infants from unvaccinated pregnancies. Infants from Tdap‐vaccinated and unvaccinated pregnancies had comparable antibody concentrations following primary pertussis immunization (PTx p=0.77; FHA p=0.58; Prn p=0.60; DTx p=0.09; TTx p=0.88). These results support maternal immunisation as a method of protecting vulnerable infants during their first weeks of life.