Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson | |||||||||
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Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||
| Secretary of State for Education | |||||||||
| Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Gillian Keegan | ||||||||
| Minister for Women and Equalities | |||||||||
| Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Kemi Badenoch | ||||||||
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| Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South | |||||||||
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Constituency established | ||||||||
| Majority | 7,168 (17.9%) | ||||||||
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| Born | Bridget Maeve Phillipson 19 December 1983 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England | ||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
| Education | St Robert of Newminster Catholic School | ||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Oxford | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010. She was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer in 2021. Before this, she served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2020 to 2021.[1]
On 9 September 2025, Phillipson put her name forward as a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Thomson, Rachel Sylvester. "Is Bridget Phillipson Labour's rising star?". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
- ↑ Crerar, Pippa (9 September 2025). "Phillipson the frontrunner as six female Labour MPs enter deputy leader race". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ↑ Elgot, Jessica (2025-09-11). "Phillipson and Powell confirmed as final contenders in Labour deputy race". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-09-12.