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
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Hospitality sector	No vote	158–334
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Property taxes	Aye	98–335
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading	No	365–164
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment	Aye	167–367
16 Jul 2025	Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division	No vote	333–54
16 Jul 2025	Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division	No vote	334–54
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Tax	Aye	165–342
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Welfare	Aye	106–440
11 Jul 2025	Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1	No vote	0–47
11 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–58
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading	No vote	336–242
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38	No vote	149–334
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No vote	130–443
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45	Aye	175–401
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part	No vote	335–135
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No vote	105–370
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50	No vote	103–416
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39	No vote	35–469
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading	No	415–98
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18	Aye	178–338
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3	No vote	86–340
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1	Aye	167–346
4 Jul 2025	Motion to sit in private	No vote	1–33
2 Jul 2025	Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025	Aye	385–26
2 Jul 2025	Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C	No	321–158

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)