Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson was a Labour Party candidate in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency in the UK Parliamentary general election. They were elected with 18,837 votes.
Bridget Phillipson's policies
Statement to voters
Bridget was born and raised in Washington, attending local schools and joining the Labour Party aged 15.
Full statement
After reading Modern History at Hertford College, Oxford -- where she was also Co-Chair of the University Labour Club -- Bridget returned to the North East. Before becoming an MP, Bridget managed a refuge for women and children fleeing domestic violence.
Since her election in 2010, Bridget has served as an Opposition Whip, and has sat on a number of Parliamentary select committees, including the high-profile Public Accounts Committee. In April 2020 she joined the Shadow Cabinet under Keir Starmer as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, before being appointed Shadow Education Secretary in November 2021.
This statement was last updated on June 3, 2021.
This statement was added by Bridget Phillipson, their team, or by a Democracy Club volunteer, based on information published by the candidate elsewhere.
Record in office
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Bridget Phillipson online
- bphillipsonMP
- Home page
- https://www.bridgetphillipson.com/
- bridgetphillipsonmp
- The party's candidate page for this person
- https://vote.labour.org.uk/bridget-phillipson
| Date | Election | Party | Results | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Houghton and Sunderland South: UK Parliamentary general election | Labour Party | 18,837 votes (elected) | 1st / 5 candidates |
| 2019 | Houghton and Sunderland South: UK Parliamentary general election | Labour Party | 16,210 votes (elected) | 1st / 6 candidates |
| 2017 | Houghton and Sunderland South: UK Parliamentary general election | Labour Party | 24,665 votes (elected) | 1st / 6 candidates |
| 2015 | Houghton and Sunderland South: UK Parliamentary general election | Labour Party | 21,218 votes (elected) | 1st / 5 candidates |
| 2010 | Houghton and Sunderland South: UK Parliamentary general election | Labour Party | 19,137 votes (elected) | 1st / 6 candidates |
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