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.

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Scorecard

63.1% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

363 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

212 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend

11 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs

11 Interests declared 3 at £5,000 or more

618 Debates spoken in 138 written questions tabled

Ranked 464 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.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
27 Oct 2025	Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4	Aye	152–337
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30	No vote	77–390
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9	No vote	104–317
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6	No vote	167–313
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24	No vote	182–307
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part	No vote	389–102
21 Oct 2025	Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46	No vote	105–381
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading	No vote	320–171
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1	No vote	172–322
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part	No vote	318–174
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9	No vote	83–319
20 Oct 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7	No vote	174–321
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9	Aye	160–324
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8	Aye	151–319
15 Oct 2025	Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5	No vote	78–316
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41	Aye	164–333
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40	Aye	163–339
14 Oct 2025	Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26	No vote	78–327
16 Sep 2025	Sentencing Bill: Second Reading	No vote	340–77
16 Sep 2025	Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading	Aye	78–292
16 Sep 2025	Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No	89–79
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121	No	316–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62	No	330–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61	No	330–161
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60	No	318–170

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

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Football Association
Address of donor: Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London SW1P 98Q
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to watch Crystal Palace in the FA Community Shield for me and a family member, value £390
Date received: 10 August 2025
Date accepted: 10 August 2025
Donor status: company, registration 00077797
(Registered 11 August 2025)

On the register since 2 Sep 2025

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)