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
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98	Aye	287–150
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41	Aye	284–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37	Aye	291–144
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36	Aye	288–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26	Aye	287–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13	Aye	297–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4	Aye	298–152
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2	Aye	293–155
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439	Aye	292–158
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342	Aye	294–61
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11	Aye	294–156
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E	Aye	293–159
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106	Aye	248–139
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102	Aye	259–136
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B	Aye	254–144
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38	Aye	256–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78	No vote	277–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77	No vote	271–95
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43	No vote	273–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35	No vote	275–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26	No vote	269–162
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15	No vote	276–155
15 Apr 2026	Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	No vote	269–103
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	No vote	278–158
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments	Aye	247–21

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)