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Bridget Phillipson

Labour Houghton and Sunderland South

Voting record

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Voted for
2
Voted against
4
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Bridget Phillipson’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Bridget Phillipson — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,330 of 2,376 (56%).

23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) Ayes 78, Noes 408 No
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 No
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 No
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 No
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 No
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 174, Noes 292 No
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Ayes 61, Noes 311 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Ayes 91, Noes 378 No
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 Ayes 172, Noes 334 No
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Ayes 181, Noes 335 No
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 167, Noes 350 No
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 No
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case Ayes 174, Noes 327 No
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare Ayes 106, Noes 440 No
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Bridget Phillipson currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Minister for Women and Equalities — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — since 2026-07-20 Government
Previously held
Minister for Women and Equalities — Department for Education (2024-07-08 to 2026-07-20) Government
Secretary of State for Education — Department for Education (2024-07-05 to 2026-07-20) Government
Shadow Secretary of State for Education — Department for Education (2021-11-29 to 2024-05-30) Shadow
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury — HM Treasury (2020-04-06 to 2021-11-29) Shadow
Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2013-10-07 to 2015-09-18) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Bridget Phillipson →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Paul Callaghan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Purchased on my behalf from the Labour Party access to campaign technology for telephoning members as part of my Labour Deputy Leadership campaign, value £6,000
Date received: 12 September 2025
Date accepted: 12 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 2 October 2025)

Name of donor: 89up Ltd
Address of donor: 64-68 Pentonville Road, London N1 9PR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Staff time for designing and updating a website and associated functionality to support my campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, plus associated website service costs, value £5,268.97
Date received: 11 September 2025 to 3 October 2025
Date accepted: 11 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 06886828
(Registered 6 October 2025)

Name of donor: Culture Quarter Ventures Ltd
Address of donor: The Dun Cow, 9 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3HA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Donation of venue space for launch event for my campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, including hire fee for space, technical staffing and equipment, front of house staffing, cleaning costs and refreshment cost, value £1,531.20
Date received: 13 September 2025
Date accepted: 13 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10441014
(Registered 6 October 2025)

Name of donor: Paul Callaghan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Purchased on my behalf from the Labour Party access to campaign technology for sending a text message to members as part of my Labour Deputy Leadership campaign, value £4,000
Date received: 12 September 2025
Date accepted: 12 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 October 2025)

Name of donor: Labour First
Address of donor: Labour First, 3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Staffing support for my Labour deputy leadership bid, plus emails sent and calls made, which were supportive of my deputy leadership campaign, value £3,923
Date received: 6 October 2025 to 23 October 2025
Date accepted: 6 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10694816
(Registered 23 October 2025)

Name of donor: Iain Simpson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 7 October 2025
Date accepted: 7 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 October 2025)

Name of donor: Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury)
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 3 October 2025
Date accepted: 3 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Name of donor: Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury )
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 17 October 2025
Date accepted: 17 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Name of donor: Francesca Perrin
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 6 October 2025
Date accepted: 6 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Name of donor: Fast Foster & Company Ltd
Address of donor: 124 Finchley Road, London NW3 5JS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 14 October 2025
Date accepted: 27 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15235147
(Registered 28 October 2025)

Name of donor: 89Up Ltd
Address of donor: 64-68 Pentonville Road, London N1 9PR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Staff time for designing and updating a website and associated functionality to support my campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, plus associated website service costs (estimated), value £1,500
Date received: 4 October 2025 to 25 October 2025
Date accepted: 4 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 06886828
(Registered 31 October 2025)

Name of donor: Jim Murphy
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign
Date received: 16 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 November 2025)

8. Miscellaneous

I am the beneficiary of the work of Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, which is a private company limited by guarantee without share capital.
Date interest arose: 18 September 2025
(Registered 6 October 2025)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Bridget Phillipson yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Bridget Phillipson has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£314,212.07 paid out to or for Bridget Phillipson across 333 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Bridget Phillipson’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £243,918.37 (31 claims)
Office Costs — £49,169.63 (228 claims)
Accommodation — £12,590.24 (61 claims)
MP Travel — £5,034.62 (5 claims)
Staff Travel — £2,417.80 (6 claims)
Dependant Travel — £1,081.41 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Postage & couriers — £912.44, 2026-03-26 — VIKING [200013613-8325]
Utilities — £88.39, 2026-03-25 — Water
Software & applications — £100.00, 2026-03-19 — CANVA [***] [200013613-11249]
Stationery & printing — £111.73, 2026-03-17 — XMA March 2026
Stationery & printing — £85.20, 2026-03-12 — ZETTLE_ SMART OFFICE S [200013613-7878]
Stationery & printing — £85.66, 2026-03-11 — XMA March 2026
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £101.52, 2026-03-11 — Landline & internet package
Stationery & printing — £182.40, 2026-03-10 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for Bridget Phillipson →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Bridget Phillipson — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Bridget Phillipson’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Bridget Phillipson isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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