Official portrait of Chris Philp

Chris Philp

Conservative MP for Croydon South, since 7 May 2015

Shadow Home Secretary

The Rt Hon Chris Philp is the Conservative MP for Croydon South, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Home Secretary.

Scorecard

62.9% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
371 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
219 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
13 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
10 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more
620 Debates spoken in 152 written questions tabled

Ranked 473 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. 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

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading against party line Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No vote 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 No vote 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 No vote 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 Aye 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

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.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

£10,000

Name of donor: Anthony Todd
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 support for my work as Shadow Home Secretary
Donor status: individual
(Registered 13 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Jonathan Lourie
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 support for my work as Shadow Home Secretary
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

£10,000

Name of donor: Alan Morgan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 support for my work as Shadow Home Secretary
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 June 2026)

On the register since 16 Jun 2026

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: Millgap Ltd
Nature of business: Consulting, advisory and investment
(Registered 5 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Name of company or organisation: Pluto Capital Management LLP
Nature of business: Property finance and investment
(Registered 5 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Name of company or organisation: Pluto Partners LLP
Nature of business: Property finance and investment
(Registered 5 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Name of company or organisation: Pluto Development Partners LLP
Nature of business: Property finance and investment
(Registered 5 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000

Name of company or organisation: Galenic Laboratories Ltd
Nature of business: Compounding Pharmacy
Interest held: from 21 October 2024
(Registered 31 October 2024)

On the register since 3 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

A company to which a subsidiary of Pluto Partners LLP provides services became accredited for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
Date interest arose: 22 March 2021
(Registered 25 May 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

A company in which Millgap Ltd holds beneficial ownership of 0.375% became accredited for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
Date interest arose: 22 March 2021
(Registered 25 May 2021)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

620 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 1 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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