Jess Phillips
- Constituency
- Birmingham Yardley
- Region
- England
- Member since
- 7 May 2015
This parliament
- Voting participation
- 63%
- Debates contributed to
- 136
- Registered interests
- 11
- Declared value
- £72,861
Record last updated 19 Sep 2026
Jess Phillips, Labour (Co-op) MP for Birmingham Yardley, is in the longest serving 25% of MPs and the longest serving 25% of Labour (Co-op) MPs, having been first elected in May 2015 and re-elected to the current parliament on July 5, 2024. She cast 371 votes from 589 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 63%, placing her in the bottom 25% of Labour (Co-op) MPs by votes cast. She contributed 641 times across 136 debates in the current parliament, with her top debate topics being Policing & Crime, Justice & Law, and Child Welfare & Safeguarding, while her top voting topics were Parliamentary Procedure, Employment & Workers Rights, and Justice & Law.
Summary generated on 18/09/2026 (View details)
VOTING PARTICIPATION
371 / 589
62.99%
Ranked #476 of 654 MPs (27th percentile)
DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS
136 / 11739
641 total contributions
Ranked #333 of 654 MPs (49th percentile)
REGISTERED INTERESTS
11
£72,860.92
Ranked #82 of 654 MPs (88th percentile)
PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
Jess Phillips is the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. She currently holds the Government post of Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office).
Constituencies
- Birmingham Yardley Jul 2024 – present
- Birmingham, Yardley May 2015 – May 2024 · 3 terms
Posts held
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) Jul 2024 – May 2026
- Shadow Minister (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding) Apr 2020 – Nov 2023 · Opposition