Jess Phillips MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley is Jess Phillips (Labour), MP there since 7 May 2015.
Offices and committees
The Members API lists no current government, opposition or committee post for Jess Phillips; earlier posts are below.
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) | Home Office | 9 July 2024 | 12 May 2026 |
| Shadow Minister (Domestic Violence and Safeguarding) | Home Office | 10 April 2020 | 15 November 2023 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Crime and Policing Bill | 20 March 2025 | 13 May 2025 |
| Education Committee | 30 April 2024 | 30 May 2024 |
| Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill | 31 January 2024 | 7 February 2024 |
| Criminal Justice Bill | 6 December 2023 | 30 January 2024 |
| Victims and Prisoners Bill | 14 June 2023 | 11 July 2023 |
| Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill | 8 February 2023 | 22 February 2023 |
| Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill | 7 December 2022 | 14 December 2022 |
| National Security Bill | 29 June 2022 | 18 October 2022 |
| Local Government (Disqualification) Bill | 24 November 2021 | 1 December 2021 |
| Women and Equalities Committee | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Backbench Business Committee | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
| Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion | 15 November 2016 | 6 November 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 1600089e1fd4.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Jess Phillips, as the MP registered them: Employment and earnings (6), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (3), Miscellaneous (2). Latest registration . Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Library copyright fees - Public Lending Right
- Type of work or service being provided: Library copyright fees
- Name of the payer: Public Lending Right
- Payment received on 12 February 2026 - £365.92
Royalties
- Name of the payer: Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)
- Brief description of the payer's business: Collection of copyright payments for authors
Writing articles
- Name of the payer: Guardian News & Media Ltd
- Payment received on 16 October 2025 - £600.00
- Payment received on 16 October 2025 - £600.00
Writing books - United Agents
- Type of work or service being provided: Writing books
- Name of the payer: United Agents
Cliveden Literary Festival - £1,430.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Myself and my husband spent a night at Cliveden House where I spoke at the literary festival. We also attended an evening meal and had green room hospitality and the organisation made a donation to the national trust.
- Value of the benefit: £1,430.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-10-10
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-10-10
- Name of the donor: Cliveden Literary Festival
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Cliveden Literary Festival
Media Appearance - LBC
- Type of work or service being provided: Media Appearance
- Name of the payer: LBC
- Payment received on 25 August 2026 - £1,000.00
Podcast appearance - United Agents
- Type of work or service being provided: Podcast appearance
- Name of the payer: United Agents
- Payment received on 16 October 2026 - £1,640.00
- Payment received on 30 September 2026 - £3,280.00
- Payment received on 11 September 2026 - £820.00
- Payment received on 01 August 2026 - £1,640.00
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre - £298.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two theatre tickets for my husband and I for press night
- Value of the benefit: £298.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-16
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-16
- Name of the donor: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre - £204.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two theatre tickets for my husband and I
- Value of the benefit: £204.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-07-18
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-07-18
- Name of the donor: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre
A director of Birmingham Museums Trust which manages Birmingham Museums including a site in my constituency. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2023-07-26
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
A trustee of the Stacy Wanjiku Welfare Trust. Having raised money for the education and welfare of Stacey Wanjiru I am a trustee of the fund. Stacey is the daughter of Agnes Wanjiru a Kenyan woman murdered in 2012 in a case linked to British Armed Forces. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2022-03-16
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Jess Phillips's office spent £205,213 on staff, from a staffing budget of £250,820, according to IPSA. The figure for 2023-24 was £202,389. IPSA lists office spending of £27,603 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £205,212.55 | £202,389.14 | £196,998.07 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,602.94 | £27,236.47 | £25,159.24 |
| Accommodation: spent | £28,882.08 | £32,023.30 | £30,140.08 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £5,748.42 | £6,171.68 | £6,382.08 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £216.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £35,970 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Birmingham Yardley BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Communications Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Researcher (permanent part time), Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 397 votes by Jess Phillips in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 47 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 1 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. On 21 October 2026 Jess Phillips voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists no written question tabled by Jess Phillips since 4 July 2024 (read 15 October 2026). Ministers do not table written questions to their own departments.
2024 general election
Jess Phillips won Birmingham Yardley at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 11,275 votes (31.2%), a majority of 693 over Jody McIntyre (Workers Party of Britain). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Birmingham Yardley figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Jess Phillips corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Jess Phillips:
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.