Bridget Phillipson has represented Houghton and Sunderland South since her election in May 2010, making her the 62nd longest-serving MP in the current parliament and 33rd longest-serving among Labour members. She currently holds the post of Secretary of State for Education, which explains her relatively low voting participation rate of 28.31 per cent, as ministers conventionally vote less frequently than backbench MPs. Her debate activity is considerably more substantial, with 1,387 total contributions across 164 debates, ranking her 171st overall among all MPs and 7th among the 44 MPs elected in her cohort in 2010, with particular focus on Education and Skills, Child Welfare and Safeguarding, and procedural matters.

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