Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips
MP
Jess Phillips MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 July 2024
Prime Minister	Keir Starmer
Preceded by	Laura Farris
Member of Parliament; for Birmingham Yardley
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2015
Preceded by	John Hemming
Majority	693 (1.9%)
2020–2023
Shadow portfolios
2020–2023	Domestic Violence and Safeguarding
Personal details
Born	Jessica Rose Trainor; 9 October 1981 (age 42); Birmingham, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Tom Phillips
Children	2
Residence(s)	Moseley, Birmingham, England
Alma mater	University of Leeds (BA); University of Birmingham (PGDip);
Signature
Website	jessphillips.net

Jessica Rose Phillips (née Trainor; born 9 October 1981) is a British politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office since July 2024.

Phillips was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lucy Powell, the Shadow Education Secretary, in 2015. A vocal critic of the former Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Phillips resigned as a PPS in protest over Corbyn's leadership^[1] and said she would "find it incredibly difficult" to continue as an MP if Corbyn were re-elected as Labour leader.^[2] She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Corbyn in the 2016 leadership election.^[3] Phillips was a candidate for Labour leader in the 2020 leadership election, but withdrew early in the contest.^[4] Since 2019, Phillips has received the second highest income on top of her MP's salary amongst Labour Party MPs.^[5]

^ Brown, Graeme (27 June 2016). "Jess Phillips resigns from role as rebellion continues". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ Walker, Jonathan (20 July 2016). "Jess Phillips says she could resign as Labour MP if Jeremy Corbyn wins". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ "Labour leadership: Jess Phillips quits race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn". BBC News. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Westminster Accounts: MPs earn 17.1m on top of their salaries since the last election with Tories taking 15.4m". Sky News. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

[Brown-1] Brown, Graeme (27 June 2016). "Jess Phillips resigns from role as rebellion continues". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

[Walker-2] Walker, Jonathan (20 July 2016). "Jess Phillips says she could resign as Labour MP if Jeremy Corbyn wins". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[labourlist.org-3] "Full list of MPs and MEPs backing challenger Owen Smith". LabourList. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[4] "Labour leadership: Jess Phillips quits race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn". BBC News. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[5] "Westminster Accounts: MPs earn 17.1m on top of their salaries since the last election with Tories taking 15.4m". Sky News. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

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