Jess Phillips | |||||||
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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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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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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]