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Bridget Phillipson | |
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_2.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Secretary of State for Education | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Gillian Keegan |
| Minister for Women and Equalities | |
| Assumed office 8 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Kemi Badenoch |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Education | |
| In office 29 November 2021 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Kate Green |
| Succeeded by | Damian Hinds |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 6 April 2020 – 29 November 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Peter Dowd |
| Succeeded by | Pat McFadden |
| Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Majority | 7,168 (17.9%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bridget Maeve Phillipson 19 December 1983 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | St Robert of Newminster Catholic School |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Website | www |
Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010.[1]
Born in Gateshead, Phillipson attended St Robert of Newminster Catholic School. She went on to study at the University of Oxford before working in local government and then as a manager at Wearside Women in Need. Phillipson joined the Labour Party at the age of fifteen, and was elected the co-chair of Oxford University Labour Club in 2003. She was elected to the House of Commons at the 2010 general election as MP for Houghton and Sunderland South. She was reelected at the 2015 general election and campaigned to remain in the European Union (EU) in the 2016 Brexit referendum. She was reelected in both the 2017 and 2019 general elections.
Phillipson endorsed Keir Starmer's successful campaign in the 2020 Labour leadership election and subsequently joined his shadow cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In the November 2021 British shadow cabinet reshuffle, she was promoted to Shadow Education Secretary. After Labour's victory in the 2024 general election, Phillipson was appointed Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities in the Starmer cabinet.