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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
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) Aye 364–167
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) Aye 327–182
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) Aye 362–164
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 Aye 348–176
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) Aye 369–166
2 Dec 2025 Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates) Aye 371–166
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading Aye 322–179
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80 No 187–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69 No 189–320
25 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 No 87–321
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 No 99–367
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 No 57–309
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 No 74–311
24 Nov 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 158–318
19 Nov 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 326–92
19 Nov 2025 Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 376–16
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Aye 320–105
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment No 165–327
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5 No 147–318
17 Nov 2025 Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4 No 143–318
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40 No vote 244–132
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No vote 250–133
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 No vote 252–130
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 No vote 254–129
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33 No vote 257–128

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:

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 →


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

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