Bridget Phillipson

Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, since 6 May 2010

Minister for Women and Equalities

The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson is the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. She currently holds the Government post of Minister for Women and Equalities.

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Scorecard

42.1% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote

242 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

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

4 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs

13 Interests declared 7 at £5,000 or more

446 Debates spoken in 2061 written questions tabled

Ranked 601 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
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49	Aye	332–160
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48	Aye	328–160
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47	Aye	327–164
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46	Aye	314–178
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23	Aye	329–163
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8	Aye	316–172
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7	Aye	330–158
15 Sep 2025	Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	326–160
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading	No vote	362–87
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10	No vote	153–300
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23	No vote	158–297
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58	No vote	92–364
10 Sep 2025	Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2	No vote	69–300
9 Sep 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading	Aye	330–179
9 Sep 2025	Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment	No vote	116–333
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64	Aye	335–160
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53	Aye	401–96
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39	Aye	325–171
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26	Aye	404–98
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19	Aye	336–158
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18	Aye	402–97
8 Sep 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11	Aye	398–93
4 Sep 2025	House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3	No vote	338–74
4 Sep 2025	House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2	No vote	331–73
4 Sep 2025	House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	336–77

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. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£10,000

Name of donor: Jim Murphy
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign
Date received: 16 October 2025
Date accepted: 16 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 12 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Name of donor: Labour First
Address of donor: Labour First, 3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE.
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Staffing support for my Labour deputy leadership bid, plus emails sent and calls made, which were supportive of my deputy leadership campaign, value £3,923
Date received: 6 October 2025 to 23 October 2025
Date accepted: 6 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10694816
(Registered 23 October 2025)