Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Phillipson MP
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Gillian Keegan
Minister for Women and Equalities
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Kemi Badenoch
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
In office 29 November 2021 – 5 July 2024
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Kate Green
Succeeded by	Damian Hinds
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 6 April 2020 – 29 November 2021
Leader	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Peter Dowd
Succeeded by	Pat McFadden
Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2010
Preceded by	Constituency established
Majority	7,168 (17.9%)
Personal details
Born	Bridget Maeve Phillipson (1983-12-19) 19 December 1983 (age 40) Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England
Political party	Labour
Children	2
Education	St Robert of Newminster Catholic School
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Website	www.bridgetphillipson.co.uk

Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South at the 2010 general election.^[1]