Bridget Phillipson

Bridget Maeve Phillipson (born 19 December 1983) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010. She was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Education in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer in 2021. Before  this, she served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2020 to 2021.

On 9 September 2025, Phillipson put her name forward as a candidate for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party. She lost the election to Lucy Powell on 25 October 2025.

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