Jess Phillips
British Labour politician (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jessica Rose Phillips (née Trainor; born 9 October 1981) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she was Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding in Keir Starmer's Opposition frontbench from 2020 to 2023.
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Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley | |||||||
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||
Preceded by | John Hemming | ||||||
Majority | 10,659 (25.0%) | ||||||
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Born | Jessica Rose Trainor (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 42) Birmingham, England | ||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||
Residence(s) | Moseley, Birmingham | ||||||
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Website | jessphillips | ||||||
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]