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
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests)	Aye	364–167
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc)	Aye	327–182
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts)	Aye	362–164
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31	Aye	348–176
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years)	Aye	369–166
2 Dec 2025	Budget Resolution No. 4: Income tax (dividend rates)	Aye	371–166
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading	Aye	322–179
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 80	No	187–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 69	No	189–320
25 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17	No	87–321
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25	No vote	99–367
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85	No vote	57–309
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29	No vote	74–311
24 Nov 2025	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2	No vote	158–318
19 Nov 2025	Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	Aye	326–92
19 Nov 2025	Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 deferred division	Aye	376–16
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading	No vote	320–105
18 Nov 2025	Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Opposition Reasoned Amendment	No vote	165–327
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 5	No vote	147–318
17 Nov 2025	Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill: Committee: Amendment 4	No vote	143–318
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 40	No vote	244–132
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39	No vote	250–133
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	No vote	252–130
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	No vote	254–129
13 Nov 2025	Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 33	No vote	257–128

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)