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Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips

Labour Party
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Birmingham Yardley
MP Since
7 May 2015 (11 years, 4 months)
Status
active
Constituency: Birmingham Yardley

Jess Phillips represents Birmingham Yardley in the House of Commons, sitting as a Labour Party MP. They have served as the constituency's MP for 11 years, 4 months.

Pay & Expenses
£98,599
basic salary / year

This is the basic MP salary, set by IPSA and paid to all 650 MPs regardless of role.

£245,652
total expenses claimed, 2024-25
Staffing
£205,213
Office
£27,603
Accommodation
£0
Travel & Other
£12,836
Source: IPSA official expenses data. Covers parliamentary business costs only — staffing, office running costs, accommodation, and travel — not personal spending.
Voting Record (most recent 15)
Source: official Commons Votes API, all divisions since the 2024 general election.
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 135 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 144 Aye, 244 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 85 Aye, 317 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 143 Aye, 249 No (failed)
Voted No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 233 Aye, 94 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 77 Aye, 255 No (failed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 162 Aye, 246 No (failed)
Voted No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 262 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 151 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 77 Aye, 271 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 167 Aye, 266 No (failed)
Voted No
Railways Bill: Third Reading
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 278 Aye, 149 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 155 Aye, 279 No (failed)
Voted No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 356 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 157 Aye, 287 No (failed)
Voted No
Recent Coverage (10)
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Met chief accepts mistakes made over Simon Levy but defends investigation into murders
Critics - including Labour MP Jess Phillips - have accused the Met of overlooking the first murder carried out by Levy.
BBC News·13 Aug· View coverage →
Ex-minister Jess Phillips admits she pulled a sickie to avoid having to defend Peter Mandelson in the Commons
The Labour MP, who quit her Government role earlier this year, revealed how she once pretended to be ill in order to avoid being quizzed abo…
Daily Mail·11 Aug· View coverage →
Jess Phillips: Prisoner release should be based on 'risk not feelings'
Which prisoners get released early should be based on "risk not feelings", former Home Office minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News.
Sky News·10 Aug· View coverage →
Jess Phillips: Government minister role felt like being in a ‘straitjacket’
The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley also said she thinks about leaving parliament ‘all the time’.
Evening Standard·10 Aug· View coverage →
'I hated it': Ex-minister on life inside the Starmer government
Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says she "hated" being in government.
Sky News·6 Aug· View coverage →
Safeguarding Minister Accused of ‘Refusing to Work’ After Telling Burnham She Doesn’t Want the Job Any More
The MP who replaced Jess Phillips as minister for safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls has been accused by staff and officials …
Guido Fawkes·16 Jul· View coverage →
Brass neck Labour MPs paying tribute to Ann Widdecombe perhaps need to take a look in the mirror, says Patrick Christys
Labour MPs have a brass neck saying nice things about Ann Widdecombe, given some of the horrible, hateful stuff some of their colleagues sai…
GB News·14 Jul· View coverage →
MPs say death threats a daily reality in ‘increasing climate of abuse’
As Ann Widdecombe’s death raises concerns over security, politicians reveal extent of problem Jess Phillips has received so many death threa…
Guardian Politics·14 Jul· View coverage →
Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy
Exclusive: Deputy PM says opponents have ‘no solutions’ to possible collapse of justice system in England and Wales Drugs, drones and heat:…
The Guardian·12 Jul· View coverage →
Social media ban would have stopped me quitting, says Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips says she would not have resigned if Sir Keir Starmer had announced an under-16s social media ban earlier.
Sky Politics·16 Jun