Rt Hon Chris Philp, MP for Croydon South
Chris Philp has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Shadow Home Secretary.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Home Office) (Home Office) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Cabinet Office) | 2022 | |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | 2021 to 2022 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) (Home Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Minister of State (London) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2019 to 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2019 to 2020 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Home Secretary (Home Office) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (Office of the Leader of the House of Commons) | 2024 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Modernisation Committee | 2024 | |
| Restoration and Renewal Client Board | 2024 | |
| House of Commons Commission | 2024 | |
| Members Estimate Committee | 2024 | |
| Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill | 2024 | |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 2024 | |
| Criminal Justice Bill | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill | 2023 |
Show the other 4
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Online Safety Bill | 2022 | |
| Nationality and Borders Bill | 2021 | |
| Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill | 2021 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2015 to 2017 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Chris Philp has 10 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Anthony Todd - £10,000.00 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Jonathan Lourie - £10,000.00 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Alan Morgan - £10,000.00 | 9 Jun 2026 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Galenic Laboratories Ltd | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | A company to which a subsidiary of Pluto Partners LLP provides services became accredited for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. | 25 May 2021 |
| Miscellaneous | A company in which Millgap Ltd holds beneficial ownership of 0.375% became accredited for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme. | 25 May 2021 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Millgap Ltd | 5 Jun 2015 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Pluto Capital Management LLP | 5 Jun 2015 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Pluto Partners LLP | 5 Jun 2015 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Pluto Development Partners LLP | 5 Jun 2015 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Chris Philp asked 79 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
20 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Chris Philp represents Croydon South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Chris Philp won with 40% of the votes, and Ben Taylor (Labour) came second with 35%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Philp | Conservative | 19,757 | 40.0% |
| Ben Taylor | Labour | 17,444 | 35.3% |
| Richard Howard | Liberal Democrat | 4,384 | 8.9% |
| Bob Bromley | Reform UK | 4,149 | 8.4% |
| Elaine Garrod | Green Party | 2,859 | 5.8% |
| Kulsum Hussin | Workers Party of Britain | 612 | 1.2% |
| Mark Samuel | Independent | 173 | 0.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Chris Philp took part in 156 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Chris Philp voted the same way as their party in 154 of the 154 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this