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
• https://facebook.com/chris.philp.official

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Treasury
• Department for Education
• Home Office
• HM Treasury
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Public Works Loan Board
• Schools: Staff
• Southern: Standards
• Local Government Finance
• Local Government: Assets

Currently held offices

• Member, Modernisation Committee (since 9 Sep 2024)
• Member, Members Estimate Committee (since 8 Jul 2024)
• Member, House of Commons Commission (since 8 Jul 2024)
• Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (since 8 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• 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)

• Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (15 out of 16)
• Online Safety Bill Committee (17 out of 20)
• Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee (19 out of 20)
• Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Tenant Fees Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• 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)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)

Recent appearances

• Business of the House 10 Oct 2024

  Will the Leader of the House update the House on the forthcoming business?

• Business of the House 10 Oct 2024

  Mr Speaker, may I start by welcoming your new Chaplain, Rev. Mark Birch, to his role? I am sure we all look forward to working with him. Let me also extend warm birthday wishes to the Leader of the House. It is hard to believe, but today is a very significant birthday for her. The whole House extends warm wishes to her and her family. I am sure there will be a lavish party to mark the...

• Business of the House 10 Oct 2024

  Not true.

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