Chris Philp’s voting in Parliament

Chris Philp is a Conservative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Conservative MPs.

However, Chris Philp sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Chris Philp voted for allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life; comparable Conservative MPs generally voted against. Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2015. Conservative, 1 votes, in 2015

We have lots more plain English analysis of Chris Philp’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Chris Philp’s full vote analysis page for more.

Chris Philp has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Shoplifting 26 May 2023

  The Home Office works closely with retailers and trade organisations such as the British Retail Consortium (BRC), Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), and police partners via the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) to understand the crime trends retailers are experiencing. Recent discussions at the NRCSG have included...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence 26 May 2023

  The Government is clear that violence and abuse towards any worker is not acceptable. Last year we introduced a statutory aggravating factor for assault against any public facing workers via section 156 of the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. This applies in cases of assault where an offence is committed against those performing a public duty or providing a service to the public....

• Written Answers — Home Office: Antisocial Behaviour: Arrests and Prosecutions 26 May 2023

  The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales, by financial year, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) However, the data are collected by wider offence group, therefore data on more specific offences such as antisocial behaviour are not available. Additionally, the data are...

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Profile

Conservative MP for Croydon South

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

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

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
• HM Treasury
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Department for Transport
• Public Works Loan Board
• Schools: Cost Effectiveness
• Southern: Standards
• Pupils: Travel
• Local Government: Assets

Currently held offices

• Member, Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill Committee (since 25 Jan 2023)
• The Minister of State, Home Department (since 26 Oct 2022)
• Member, Online Safety Bill Committee (since 18 May 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• 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)
• 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)

• 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)
• 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)
• Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Neighbourhood Planning Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (18 out of 20)