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
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 62 stand part	No vote	344–181
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No.2) Bill Committee: Clause 10 stand part	No vote	324–180
12 Jan 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12	No vote	167–350
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Rural communities	Aye	105–332
7 Jan 2026	Opposition Day: Jury trials	Aye	182–290
17 Dec 2025	National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Second Reading	No	312–165
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading	No	341–195
16 Dec 2025	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition)	Aye	118–340
15 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 120N to Commons Amendment 120G and their Amendments 120P to 120S to Commons Amendment 120H	No	311–96
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer	Aye	90–297
10 Dec 2025	Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work	No	320–98
10 Dec 2025	Opposition day: Seasonal work	Aye	98–325
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Second Reading	No vote	329–173
9 Dec 2025	Railways Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No vote	170–332
9 Dec 2025	UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion	No	100–100
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA62 but not to insist on Commons Amendment 62C and to propose Gov (a) in lieu of LA62	No vote	327–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion not to insist on Commons Amendment 72C but to disagree with LA72D to LA72H and to propose Gov (a) and (b) in lieu of LA72D to LA72H	No vote	326–162
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B	No vote	395–98
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to LA23 and LA106 to LA120, not to insist on Commons Amendment 120C, 120D and 120E but to propose Gov (a) to (f) in lieu of LA23 and LA106 to LA120	No vote	300–96
8 Dec 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 1B but to propose Government amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 1B	No vote	327–96
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 15	Aye	154–303
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: Amendment 16	Aye	143–304
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26	No vote	77–298
3 Dec 2025	Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3	No vote	87–299
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty	No	357–174

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)