Alex Phillips (TV presenter)

For the former MEP for South East England and Mayor of Brighton and Hove, see Alexandra Phillips (Green politician).

Alexandra Phillips
Phillips in 2019
Born
Alexandra Lesley Phillips

(1983-12-26) 26 December 1983 (age 40)
Gloucester, England
EducationDenmark Road High School
Sir Thomas Rich's School
Alma materDurham University
Cardiff University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • broadcaster
  • former MEP
Notable workGB News
  • McCoy & Phillips
  • The Great British Breakfast
  • The Afternoon Agenda
  • We Need To Talk About...
Political partyReform (since 2023)
Brexit (2019–2020)
Conservative (2016–2019)
UKIP (before 2016)
Member of the European Parliament
for South East England
In office
2 July 2019 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byDiane James
Succeeded byConstituency abolished

Alexandra Lesley Phillips (born 26 December 1983) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former politician.

Phillips served as a Brexit Party member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England constituency from 2019 to 2020. She was the second candidate on the party's list for the constituency after party leader Nigel Farage.[1] In February 2023, Phillips joined Reform UK.

Phillips was head of media at the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which she left in September 2016. She was a GB News presenter between June 2021 and September 2022. In July 2023 Phillips joined Talk.

  1. ^ "2019 European elections: List of candidates for the South East". BBC News. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.