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Bridget Phillipson

Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP

Labour · Houghton and Sunderland South · DH4 4NN

Key facts

Party Labour (Lab)
ConstituencyHoughton and Sunderland South
First elected6 May 2010
ResultLab Hold
GenderF
Emailbridget.phillipson.mp@parliament.uk
Phone020 7219 7087
Websitehttp://www.BridgetPhillipson.com

Election results

Results for Houghton and Sunderland South at the most recent general election.

Bridget Phillipson
Labour 18837 47.1%
Sam Wood-Brass
Reform UK 11668 29.1%
Chris Burnicle
Conservative 5514 13.8%
Paul Edgeworth
Liberal Democrat 2290 5.7%
Richard Bradley
Green Party 1723 4.3%

Government posts

PostFromTo
Minister for Women and Equalities 8 July 2024 Present
Secretary of State for Education 5 July 2024 Present

Opposition posts

PostFromTo
Shadow Secretary of State for Education 29 November 2021 30 May 2024
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury 6 April 2020 29 November 2021
Opposition Whip (Commons) 7 October 2013 18 September 2015

Committees

CommitteeFromTo
Home Affairs Committee 12 July 2010 4 November 2013
Procedure Committee 26 July 2010 11 October 2011
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 21 January 2020 11 May 2020
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 10 July 2017 6 November 2019
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 11 October 2010 3 May 2017
Public Accounts Committee 2 March 2020 21 September 2020
Public Accounts Committee 11 September 2017 6 November 2019
Public Accounts Committee 26 October 2015 3 May 2017
Committee on Standards 2 March 2020 13 May 2020
Committee on Standards 26 October 2017 6 November 2019
Committee of Privileges 2 March 2020 13 May 2020
Committee of Privileges 26 October 2017 6 November 2019
European Statutory Instruments Committee 18 July 2018 6 November 2019

Constituencies represented

ConstituencyFromTo
Houghton and Sunderland South Present
Houghton and Sunderland South Present

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour 6 May 2010 Present