Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips

Constituency: Birmingham Yardley

Party: Labour (Co-op)

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Synopsis

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).

Jess Phillips, the Labour (Co-op) MP for Birmingham Yardley, has been in parliament since May 2015, making her the 118th longest-serving MP across all parties and the 66th longest-serving within her own parliamentary group. Her participation in voting has been notably low at 34.57 percent of eligible divisions, placing her 578th overall and 374th among Labour MPs, though her debate contributions have been substantially more active with 593 contributions across 106 debates, ranking her 346th overall. Her primary focus areas in debates have been policing and crime, women's rights, and justice and law, while her voting patterns have concentrated on justice and law, employment and workers' rights, and parliamentary procedure. There is a marked divergence between her voting and debate activity levels, with her debate ranking considerably higher than her voting ranking.

Summary generated on 27/03/2026 (View details)

VOTING PARTICIPATION

159 / 466

34.12%

Ranked #589 of 650 MPs (10th percentile)

DEBATE CONTRIBUTIONS

106 / 7614

593 total contributions

Ranked #288 of 650 MPs (56th percentile)

REGISTERED INTERESTS

8

£15,604.92

£

Total declared interests