Chris Philp | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
| Assumed office 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | James Cleverly |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Lucy Powell |
| Succeeded by | Jesse Norman |
| Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire | |
| In office 26 October 2022 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Quin |
| Succeeded by | Diana Johnson |
| Minister for the Cabinet Office Paymaster General | |
| In office 14 October 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Edward Argar |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Quin |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 6 September 2022 – 14 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss |
| Preceded by | Simon Clarke |
| Succeeded by | Edward Argar |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy | |
| In office 16 September 2021 – 7 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Matt Warman |
| Succeeded by | Damian Collins |
| Minister for London | |
| In office 18 December 2019 – 13 February 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Nick Hurd |
| Succeeded by | Paul Scully |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts[a] | |
| In office 10 September 2019 – 16 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Argar |
| Succeeded by | Tom Pursglove |
| Member of Parliament for Croydon South | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Ottaway |
| Majority | 2,313 (4.7%) |
| Camden Borough Councillor for Gospel Oak | |
| In office 4 May 2006 – 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Raj Chada |
| Succeeded by | Theo Blackwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 July 1976 West Wickham, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth Philp (m. 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Website | www |
Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp[1] (born 6 July 1976) is a British politician who has served as Shadow Home Secretary since November 2024. He held the post of Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire from October 2022 to July 2024.[2] He was previously appointed to Liz Truss's cabinet from September to October 2022 as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then as Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General. A member of the Conservative Party, he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon South following his election in 2015.
In August 2019, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid. In September 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice and in February 2020 at the Home Office. He was also briefly the Minister for London from December 2019 to February 2020. He was moved to the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy by Johnson in the September 2021 reshuffle. He resigned from this post during the July 2022 government crisis.
After Johnson resigned in July 2022, Philp supported Liz Truss’s bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister, she promoted Philp to the cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in September 2022. In October 2022, when Kwasi Kwarteng was dismissed as Chancellor as a result of his "mini-budget", Philp was demoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General.[3][4][5] After Rishi Sunak succeeded Truss as Prime Minister, Philp became Minister of State at the Home Office until the end of the Conservative government in July 2024.[6]
In Opposition, Philp held the role Shadow Leader of the House of Commons in the Sunak caretaker Shadow Cabinet before becoming Shadow Home Secretary in November 2024 following the election of Kemi Badenoch as leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition. [7][8]
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- ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "Treasury chief secretary Chris Philp moved aside and replaced by Edward Argar amid economic chaos". Sky News. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Rishi Sunak demotes Truss allies as reshuffle continues". BBC News. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Grylls, George (26 October 2022). "Demotions for Truss supporters Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Chris Philp". The Times. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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