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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.

Scorecard

62.8% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
361 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
214 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
14 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
443 Debates spoken in 673 written questions tabled

Ranked 471 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 Aye 277–158
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Aye 278–73
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Aye 281–70
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Aye 356–90
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 Aye 301–157
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Aye 300–101
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Aye 291–174
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 Aye 299–169
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 307–176
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No vote 290–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 292–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4 No vote 300–149
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 286–163
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 295–162
25 Mar 2026 Victims and Courts Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 291–158
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence No vote 98–306
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas No vote 108–297
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 No vote 278–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 No vote 281–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 280–164
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No vote 279–167
23 Mar 2026 National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 280–161
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans No 88–266
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty No vote 103–259
18 Mar 2026 Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 277–99

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.

On the register since 31 Mar 2026

Payment: £365.92
Received on: 12 February 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 13 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 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)

On the register since 4 Nov 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)

On the register since 21 Oct 2025

£12,300

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)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

Role, work or services: Writing books
Payer: United Agents, Lexington House, 12-26 Lexington St, Soho, London W1F 0LE

On the register since 1 Oct 2024

Role, work or services: Library copyright fees
Payer: Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ

On the register since 2 May 2024

Role, work or services: Writing articles
Payer: Guardian News & Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1P 2AP

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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)

On the register since 18 Nov 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)

On the register since 18 Nov 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)

On the register since 21 Oct 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)

On the register since 2 Sep 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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

443 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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