About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Chris Philp) represents you, and all of the people who live in Croydon South, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Conservative MP for Croydon South

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @CPhilpOfficial
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Chris Philp campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Office
• Treasury
• Department for Education
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• HM Treasury
• Public Works Loan Board
• Police Custody
• Asylum: Sri Lanka
• Police: Technology
• Migrant Workers: Care Workers

Currently held offices

• Shadow Home Secretary (since 5 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Modernisation Committee ( 9 Sep 2024 to 18 Nov 2024)
• Member, Restoration and Renewal Client Board Committee (22 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Member, House of Commons Commission ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons ( 8 Jul 2024 to 5 Nov 2024)
• Member, Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee ( 1 May 2024 to 8 May 2024)
• Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee ( 7 Feb 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Criminal Justice Bill Committee ( 6 Dec 2023 to 30 Jan 2024)
• Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (25 Jan 2023 to 1 Feb 2023)
• The Minister of State, Home Department (26 Oct 2022 to 5 Jul 2024)
• The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (14 Oct 2022 to 25 Oct 2022)
• The Chief Secretary to the Treasury ( 6 Sep 2022 to 14 Oct 2022)
• Member, Online Safety Bill Committee (18 May 2022 to 28 Jun 2022)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (16 Sep 2021 to 7 Jul 2022)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (15 Sep 2021 to 19 Sep 2021)
• Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 May 2021 to 24 Jun 2021)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (13 Feb 2020 to 16 Sep 2021)
• Minister of State (London) (18 Dec 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (10 Sep 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• Member, Treasury Committee ( 8 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Richard Ottaway
• William Clark
• Richard Thompson
• David Winnick
• Richard Thompson
• David Rees-Williams
• Herbert Williams
• William Mitchell-Thomson
• Allan Smith
• Ian Malcolm

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
• Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Online Safety Bill Committee (17 out of 17)
• Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 16 May 2025

  Immigration and Visas Bill: Second Reading – Chris Philp. Private Members' Bills

• Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Schedule 1 - IMMIGRATION ADVISERS AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE PROVIDERS 12 May 2025

  Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for this unexpected opportunity. The reason the Opposition will vote against the Bill is that it does nothing to restore control of our country’s borders. It repeals the legislative basis for a removals deterrent, which is needed to stop people crossing the English channel. The fact that the Labour Government cancelled that deterrent before it started is why...

• Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Schedule 1 - IMMIGRATION ADVISERS AND IMMIGRATION SERVICE PROVIDERS 12 May 2025

  Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for this unexpected opportunity. The reason the Opposition will vote against the Bill is that it does nothing to restore control of our country’s borders. It repeals the legislative basis for a removals deterrent, which is needed to stop people crossing the English channel. The fact that the Labour Government cancelled that deterrent before it started is why...

More of Chris Philp’s recent appearances