Jess Phillips
British politician (born 1981)
Jessica Rose Phillips (née Trainor; born 9 October 1981) is a British Labour Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since the 2015 general election.[1]
Jess Phillips | |||||||
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |||||||
Assumed office 9 July 2024 | |||||||
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||
Preceded by | Andrew Sharpe, Baron Sharpe of Epsom | ||||||
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley | |||||||
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||
Preceded by | John Hemming | ||||||
Majority | 693 (1.9%) | ||||||
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Personal details | |||||||
Born | Jessica Rose Trainor 9 October 1981 Birmingham, England | ||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||
Residence | Moseley, Birmingham, England | ||||||
Alma mater | |||||||
Website | jessphillips |
In January 2020, Phillips briefly ran for Leader of the Labour Party in the 2020 leadership election.[2][3]
Phillips was appointed by Keir Starmer to serve as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, a position in the Shadow Home Office, on 9 April 2020.[4] She resigned from her position following a vote on a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war on 15 November 2023.[5]
References
change- ↑ "Jess Phillips: Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ↑ "Labour leadership: Jess Phillips joins race to replace Jeremy Corbyn". BBC News. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ "Labour leadership: Jess Phillips quits race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn". BBC. 21 January 2020.
- ↑ "Jess Phillips handed Labour frontbench role as Sir Keir Starmer unveils full shadow cabinet". The Independent. 9 April 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ "'Heavy heart': Jess Phillips' letter of resignation in full". The Guardian. 15 November 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 November 2023.