UK Parliament · member 4046
Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Member for this seat since
- 6 May 2010
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Bridget Phillipson, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Jim Murphy - £10,000.00 (registered 12 November 2025)
- 89Up Ltd - £1,500.00 (registered 31 October 2025)
- Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury) - £20,000.00 (registered 28 October 2025)
- Francesca Perrin - £15,000.00 (registered 28 October 2025)
- Fast Foster & Company Ltd - £2,000.00 (registered 28 October 2025)
- Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury ) - £20,000.00 (registered 28 October 2025)
- Iain Simpson - £5,000.00 (registered 23 October 2025)
- Labour First - £3,923.00 (registered 23 October 2025)
- Paul Callaghan - £4,000.00 (registered 6 October 2025)
- 89up Ltd - £5,268.97 — £5,269 (registered 6 October 2025)
- Culture Quarter Ventures Ltd - £1,531.20 (registered 6 October 2025)
- Paul Callaghan - £6,000.00 (registered 2 October 2025)
Miscellaneous
- I am the beneficiary of the work of Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, which is a private company limited by guarantee without share capital. (registered 6 October 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 242 recorded divisions where Bridget Phillipson and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Bridget Phillipson voted the same way as most voting Labour members 238 times (98.3%).
This compares Bridget Phillipson with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£92,142 across 10 reported donations from 8 distinct donor names, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Sainsbury of Turville | Individual | 2 | £40,000 | 2025-10-03 to 2025-10-17 |
| Francesca Perrin | Individual | 1 | £15,000 | 2025-10-06 |
| Jim Murphy | Individual | 1 | £10,000 | 2025-10-16 |
| Paul Callaghan | Individual | 2 | £10,000 | 2025-09-12 |
| 89up Ltd | Company | 1 | £5,269 | 2025-09-11 |
| Iain Simpson | Individual | 1 | £5,000 | 2025-10-07 |
| Labour First | Company | 1 | £3,923 | 2025-10-06 |
| Public First | Company | 1 | £2,950 | 2024-02-20 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £34,472 across 116 claim lines; 2024-25: £277,646 across 210 claim lines; 2023-24: £281,902 across 238 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 83 | £20,004 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 13 | £8,500 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 20 | £5,968 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 16 | £234,592 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 140 | £27,898 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 41 | £6,622 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £5,035 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 6 | £2,418 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £1,081 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 14 | £235,591 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 173 | £29,351 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 32 | £6,330 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 9 | £5,053 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 8 | £4,207 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £1,370 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2020 | Staff Travel · Hotel - UK Not London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2019-20 | £990 | Paid |
| 31 January 2013 | Office Costs · Other | 130131 office — Royal Mail Response Services Licence - MP account | £100 | Paid |
| 4 March 2014 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | 05/07/2014 — NPOWER LTD (SME ELECTRIC Utilities-Electric, Gas, Sanitary, Water | £99 | Paid |
| 11 May 2022 | Office Costs · Bought-in services | Office services — Inspection of fire extinguishers - constituency office | £99 | Paid |
| 2 December 2011 | Office Costs · Other | 30/11/2011 — Royal Mail Response Services Licence - MP Account | £99 | Paid |
| 9 September 2022 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | VIKING UK | £98 | Paid |
| 17 May 2012 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | 06/11/2012 — WWW.STAPLES.CO.UK Stationery Office and School Supply Stores | £980 | Paid |
| 31 March 2019 | Travel · Aggregated Travel Costs | Aggregated figure for travel during 2018-19 — Aggregated figure for travel during 2018-19 | £9,783 | Paid |
| 31 March 2024 | Staff Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2023-24 | £97 | Paid |
| 19 April 2022 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | VIKING UK | £97 | Paid |
| 14 June 2022 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | VIKING UK | £97 | Paid |
| 6 July 2015 | Office Costs · IT/Other Equipment Hire | 15/07/2015 — Photocopier usage | £97 | Paid |
| 14 March 2011 | Office Costs · Landline Hire | 1102 constituency office — Constituency office telephone | £97 | Paid |
| 7 April 2020 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | STAPLES.CO.UK | £97 | Paid |
| 1 June 2023 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | materials for mailings | £97 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.