Official portrait of Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Phillipson

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

Minister for Women and Equalities

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.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading Aye 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading No 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Aye 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading against party line No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No vote 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No vote 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 No vote 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 No vote 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 No vote 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No vote 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No vote 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 No vote 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 No vote 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 No vote 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 No vote 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 No vote 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 No vote 230–256

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)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£5,000

Name of donor: Iain Simpson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 7 October 2025
Date accepted: 7 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 23 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£15,000

Name of donor: Francesca Perrin
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 6 October 2025
Date accepted: 6 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

Name of donor: Fast Foster & Company Ltd
Address of donor: 124 Finchley Road, London NW3 5JS
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 14 October 2025
Date accepted: 27 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 15235147
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£20,000

Name of donor: Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury)
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 3 October 2025
Date accepted: 3 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£20,000

Name of donor: Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury )
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 via Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, for my deputy leadership campaign.
Date received: 17 October 2025
Date accepted: 17 October 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 28 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

Name of donor: 89Up Ltd
Address of donor: 64-68 Pentonville Road, London N1 9PR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Staff time for designing and updating a website and associated functionality to support my campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, plus associated website service costs (estimated), value £1,500
Date received: 4 October 2025 to 25 October 2025
Date accepted: 4 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 06886828
(Registered 31 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

£6,000

Name of donor: Paul Callaghan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Purchased on my behalf from the Labour Party access to campaign technology for telephoning members as part of my Labour Deputy Leadership campaign, value £6,000
Date received: 12 September 2025
Date accepted: 12 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 2 October 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

£5,268

Name of donor: 89up Ltd
Address of donor: 64-68 Pentonville Road, London N1 9PR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Staff time for designing and updating a website and associated functionality to support my campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, plus associated website service costs, value £5,268.97
Date received: 11 September 2025 to 3 October 2025
Date accepted: 11 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 06886828
(Registered 6 October 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Culture Quarter Ventures Ltd
Address of donor: The Dun Cow, 9 High Street West, Sunderland SR1 3HA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Donation of venue space for launch event for my campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party, including hire fee for space, technical staffing and equipment, front of house staffing, cleaning costs and refreshment cost, value £1,531.20
Date received: 13 September 2025
Date accepted: 13 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 10441014
(Registered 6 October 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

Name of donor: Paul Callaghan
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Purchased on my behalf from the Labour Party access to campaign technology for sending a text message to members as part of my Labour Deputy Leadership campaign, value £4,000
Date received: 12 September 2025
Date accepted: 12 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 October 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

8. Miscellaneous

I am the beneficiary of the work of Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, which is a private company limited by guarantee without share capital.
Date interest arose: 18 September 2025
(Registered 6 October 2025)

On the register since 8 Oct 2025

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Debates

446 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

9 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £89,191 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
17 Oct 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP David Sainsbury of Turville Individual Cash £20k
16 Oct 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP Jim Murphy Individual Cash £10k
7 Oct 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP Iain Simpson Individual Cash £5,000
6 Oct 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP Francesca Perrin Individual Cash £15k
6 Oct 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP Labour First Company Non Cash Staff costs £3,923
3 Oct 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP David Sainsbury of Turville Individual Cash £20k
12 Sep 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP Paul Callaghan Individual Non Cash Other £6,000
12 Sep 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP Paul Callaghan Individual Non Cash Other £4,000
11 Sep 2025 Ms Bridget Phillipson MP sitting MP 89up Ltd Company Non Cash Staff costs £5,268

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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