Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP
Labour
Houghton and Sunderland South
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The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson is the Labour MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
She currently holds the Government posts of Secretary of State for Education, and Minister for Women and Equalities.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Houghton and Sunderland South
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Houghton and Sunderland South
Party history
2010-05-06 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2024-07-08 → present
Minister for Women and Equalities
2024-07-05 → present
Secretary of State for Education
Opposition posts
2021-11-29 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
2020-04-06 → 2021-11-29
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2013-10-07 → 2015-09-18
Opposition Whip (Commons)
Committee memberships
2010-07-12 → 2013-11-04
Home Affairs Committee
2010-07-26 → 2011-10-11
Procedure Committee
2020-01-21 → 2020-05-11
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2017-07-10 → 2019-11-06
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2010-10-11 → 2017-05-03
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2020-03-02 → 2020-09-21
Public Accounts Committee
2017-09-11 → 2019-11-06
Public Accounts Committee
2015-10-26 → 2017-05-03
Public Accounts Committee
2020-03-02 → 2020-05-13
Committee on Standards
2017-10-26 → 2019-11-06
Committee on Standards
2020-03-02 → 2020-05-13
Committee of Privileges
2017-10-26 → 2019-11-06
Committee of Privileges
2018-07-18 → 2019-11-06
European Statutory Instruments Committee
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
bridget.phillipson.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 7087 · House of Commons, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 7087 · House of Commons, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
0191 584 4317
·
106 Newbottle Street, Houghton, DH4 4AJ
Website
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