Jess Phillips | |||||||
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls | |||||||
| Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||
| Preceded by | Laura Farris | ||||||
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley | |||||||
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||
| Preceded by | John Hemming | ||||||
| Majority | 693 (1.9%) | ||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | Jessica Rose Trainor 9 October 1981 Birmingham, England | ||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||
| Spouse | Tom Phillips | ||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||
| Residence(s) | Moseley, Birmingham, England | ||||||
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| Signature |  | ||||||
| Website | jessphillips | ||||||
Jessica Rose Phillips (née Trainor; born 9 October 1981) is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls since July 2024.[1]
Phillips was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lucy Powell, the Shadow Education Secretary, in 2015. A vocal critic of the former Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Phillips resigned as a PPS in protest over Corbyn's leadership[2] and said she would "find it incredibly difficult" to continue as an MP if Corbyn were re-elected as Labour leader.[3] She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Corbyn in the 2016 leadership election.[4] Phillips was a candidate for Labour leader in the 2020 leadership election, but withdrew early in the contest.[5] Since 2019, Phillips has received the second highest income on top of her MP's salary amongst Labour Party MPs.[6]
- ^ "Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Brown, Graeme (27 June 2016). "Jess Phillips resigns from role as rebellion continues". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Walker, Jonathan (20 July 2016). "Jess Phillips says she could resign as Labour MP if Jeremy Corbyn wins". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Labour leadership: Jess Phillips quits race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn". BBC News. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Westminster Accounts: MPs earn 17.1m on top of their salaries since the last election with Tories taking 15.4m". Sky News. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.