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

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)