Bridget Phillipson

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

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 0 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
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Hospitality sector	No vote	158–334
3 Sep 2025	Opposition day: Property taxes	No vote	98–335
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading	Aye	365–164
2 Sep 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment	No	167–367
16 Jul 2025	Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division	Aye	333–54
16 Jul 2025	Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division	Aye	334–54
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Tax	No vote	165–342
15 Jul 2025	Opposition Day: Welfare	No	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	Aye	336–242
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38	No	149–334
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8	No	130–443
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45	No	175–401
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part	Aye	335–135
9 Jul 2025	Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12	No	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	Aye	415–98
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18	No	178–338
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3	No	86–340
8 Jul 2025	Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1	No	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	Aye	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. (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)