Bridget Phillipson

Shadow Education Secretary.

Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010. She was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer in 2021. Before this, she served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2020 to 2021.[1]

Bridget Phillipson

Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Assumed office
29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byKate Green
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
6 April 2020 – 29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byPeter Dowd
Succeeded byPat McFadden
Member of Parliament
for Houghton and Sunderland South
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority3,115 (7.8%)
Personal details
Born (1983-12-19) 19 December 1983 (age 40)
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Political partyLabour
Children2
Alma materHertford College, Oxford
Websitewww.bridgetphillipson.com

References change

  1. Thomson, Rachel Sylvester. "Is Bridget Phillipson Labour's rising star?". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2024-02-08.