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Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips

Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley

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).

Message

Seat status

Marginal

Majority size

693

Recent swing

-26.9% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

Live Nation Ltd (£565)

Seabright Live Ltd (£362)

Lloyds Banking Group (£310)

Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues

DID NOT VOTE
21 Oct 2024

Employment Rights Bill

✓ Passed 386 For, 105 Against

VOTED AYE
29 Nov 2024

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

✓ Passed 330 For, 275 Against

Jess voted with the majority

DID NOT VOTE
11 Dec 2024

Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

✓ Passed 375 For, 9 Against

Where Jess fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips

Member of Parliament

Birmingham Yardley

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

No current committee memberships