Jess Phillips
Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, since 7 May 2015
Jess Phillips is the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.
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Voting record
575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.
Declared financial interests
Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.
1. Employment and earnings
Role, work or services: Royalties
Payer: Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) (Collection of copyright payments for authors), 6th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN
Additional information: Any payments will be listed below.
Payment: £365.92
Received on: 12 February 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 13 February 2026)
Payment: £600 This is a copyright payment for an article I wrote in 2018
Received on: 16 October 2025. Hours: No extra hours worked.
(Registered 29 October 2025)
Payment: £600 Payment for copywrite fees of an article written in 2018, which the Guardian have syndicated
Received on: 16 October 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 16 October 2025)
Payment: £12,300 Payment for release of paperback of previously written book
Received on: 31 July 2025. Hours: no extra hours worked.
Ultimate payer: Simon and Schuster (Publisher), 222 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8HB
(Registered 20 August 2025)
Role, work or services: Writing books
Payer: United Agents, Lexington House, 12-26 Lexington St, Soho, London W1F 0LE
Role, work or services: Library copyright fees
Payer: Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ
Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: Guardian News & Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1P 2AP
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
Address of donor: Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two theatre tickets for my husband and I, value £204
Date received: 18 July 2025
Date accepted: 18 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01446309
(Registered 6 November 2025)
Name of donor: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
Address of donor: Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two theatre tickets for my husband and I for press night, value £298
Date received: 16 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 01446309
(Registered 6 November 2025)
Name of donor: Live Nation Ltd
Address of donor: 30 St. John Street, London, England, EC1M 4AY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: I was given two tickets for me and a family member to Black Sabbath Farewell concert in Birmingham, value £565
Date received: 5 July 2025
Date accepted: 5 July 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02409911
(Registered 22 July 2025)
Name of donor: Seabright Live Ltd
Address of donor: 100 Black Prince Rd, London SE1 7SJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hotel for the night in Edinburgh, my husband accompanied me, where I was appearing at an event produced by Seabright Live, value £362
Date received: 1 August 2025
Date accepted: 1 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration 14661522
(Registered 20 August 2025)
8. Miscellaneous
A trustee of the Stacy Wanjiku Welfare Trust. Having raised money for the education and welfare of Stacey Wanjiru I am a trustee of the fund. Stacey is the daughter of Agnes Wanjiru a Kenyan woman murdered in 2012 in a case linked to British Armed Forces. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 16 March 2022
(Registered 24 March 2022)
A director of Birmingham Museums Trust which manages Birmingham Museums including a site in my constituency. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 26 July 2023
(Registered 18 September 2023)
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Debates
443 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:
- Immigration and Asylum Bill
- Prisoner Early Release
- Social Media Ban for Under-16s
- Legacy of Jo Cox
- Topical Questions
- Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address
- Crime and Policing Bill
- Violence against Women and Girls
- Financial Abuse
- Child Exploitation
Money declared to them
No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.
Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →
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