Chris Philp
Conservative Party
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Croydon South
MP Since
7 May 2015 (11 years, 5 months)
Role
Shadow Home Secretary
Status
active
Constituency: Croydon South
Chris Philp represents Croydon South in the House of Commons, sitting as a Conservative Party MP. They have served as the constituency's MP for 11 years, 5 months.
Pay & Expenses
£98,599
basic salary / year
This is the basic MP salary, set by IPSA and paid to all 650 MPs regardless of role. Additional salary for Cabinet, Shadow Cabinet, or committee roles is not yet shown here — those figures require careful verification against primary IPSA and Ministerial Salaries documents before publishing.
£215,599
total expenses claimed, 2024-25
Staffing
£206,141
Office
£9,458
Accommodation
£0
Travel & Other
£0
Source: IPSA official expenses data. Covers parliamentary business costs only — staffing, office running costs, accommodation, and travel — not personal spending.
Voting Record (most recent 15)
Source: official Commons Votes API, all divisions since the 2024 general election.
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 144 Aye, 244 No (failed)
Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 143 Aye, 249 No (failed)
Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 85 Aye, 317 No (failed)
Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 135 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion
17 Jun 2026 · Result: 233 Aye, 94 No (passed)
Voted No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 151 Aye, 258 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 162 Aye, 246 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
16 Jun 2026 · Result: 262 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted No
Railways Bill: Third Reading
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 278 Aye, 149 No (passed)
Voted No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 167 Aye, 266 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148
10 Jun 2026 · Result: 155 Aye, 279 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 157 Aye, 287 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 94 Aye, 297 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 356 Aye, 86 No (passed)
Voted No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20
9 Jun 2026 · Result: 90 Aye, 290 No (failed)
Voted Aye
Recent Coverage (20)
Stories mentioning Chris Philptracked across NewsDeck's sources
'Unqualified' civil servants fighting asylum appeals as Home Office faces boat surge
Civil servants with no previous legal experience are being recruited to fight asylum appeals on behalf of the Home Office, as the department…
GB News·15 Oct· View coverage →
British imams telling men to beat their wives if they say no to sex should face criminal investigations, top Tory says
Chris Philp has written to both the Met Police and West Midlands Police demanding criminal investigations following the Mail on Sunday's sho…
Daily Mail·14 Oct· View coverage →
More than 200 firms fined £9million for illegal working STILL allowed to sponsor foreign workers
GB News can reveal that over 200 companies fined a total of over £9million for illegal working practices have been allowed to continue spons…
GB News·13 Oct· View coverage →
Chris Philp: We aren’t ‘abandoning human rights’ leaving the ECHR but doing what must be done to secure our borders
Giles Dilnot asks Chris Philp if immigration had been last year's Conference issue and that now immigration was taking a back seat in party …
ConservativeHome·12 Oct· View coverage →
Tories pledge to 'immediately' shut down Labour's new asylum routes for Afghans and Palestinians
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said the scheme should not be contemplated amid 'rife' illegal immigration.
Daily Mail·6 Oct· View coverage →
Shabana Mahmood accused of having 'no control' of Britain's borders after double undetected small boat crossing
Chris Philp has accused Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood of having "no control of our borders" following the undetected arrival of two small b…
GB News·27 Sept· View coverage →
Tories accused of 'shamelessly copying Reform’s policies' over plan to deport foreign criminals
The Conservatives have been accused of "shamelessly copying Reform's policies" over their plans to deport foreign criminals.
Kemi Badenoch'…
GB News·26 Sept· View coverage →
'The risks are obvious!' British charity tried to convince judges that adult migrants were children
A pro-migrant British charity attempted to convince judges that adult migrants were children.
Care4Calais, an organisation which provides ev…
GB News·22 Sept· View coverage →
No matter how deranged and delusional your podcast is, Liz Truss can go further
In the Trusster’s latest appearance, she says Blair and Brown had a plot to dismantle civilisation and the Tories were part of the woke esta…
The Guardian·16 Sept· View coverage →
Chris Philp: Labour have U-Turned on ILR
We cannot waste a moment more. Every day that passes is another day where thousands of low-skilled migrants become eligible for ILR. Time is…
ConservativeHome·14 Sept· View coverage →
Taxpayers pay migrants £35m to go home since Labour came to power under controversial returns scheme
British taxpayers have now spent more than £35 million funding departure payments for over 20,000 migrants through the government's assisted…
GB News·13 Sept· View coverage →
Home Office splash thousands for deportation of ONE migrant on private charter flight to France
The Home Office chartered a passenger aircraft to deport just one migrant to France, in a flight that cost taxpayers tens of thousands of po…
GB News·11 Sept· View coverage →
Chris Philp hits out at 'two-tier' treatment of Dover and Portsmouth protests: 'It's part of our democracy!'
Chris Philp has launched a scathing attack on critics of the protests in Dover and Portsmouth this weekend, declaring them "two-tier".
Speak…
GB News·8 Sept· View coverage →
Labour blames Tories for 'frustration' over migrant crisis after protests erupt in Dover and Portsmouth
Labour has blamed the Conservatives for the "frustration" over Britain's migrant crisis after protests erupted in Dover and Portsmouth over …
GB News·8 Sept· View coverage →
Migrants 'being granted asylum despite not being entitled to it' as damning UN probe exposes Home Office failures
Migrants risk being granted asylum despite not being entitled to protection because of failings in Home Office decision-making, a damning Un…
GB News·7 Sept· View coverage →
Shabana Mahmood accused of 'chickening out' of migrant crackdown as 1,100 handed permanent stay every working day
Shabana Mahmood has been accused of "chickening out" of her migrant crackdown as more than 1,100 people are being granted permanent settleme…
GB News·7 Sept· View coverage →
Shabana Mahmood hands Cleveland Police £2million to help tackle Middlesbrough crimewave
Shabana Mahmood has handed Cleveland Police an extra £2million to tackle serious crime following a wave of incidents in and around Middlesbr…
GB News·2 Sept· View coverage →
'Ludicrous!' Fury as NHS dishes out free condoms to asylum seekers living in taxpayer-funded hotels
The NHS is providing free condoms to asylum seekers living in taxpayer-funded accommodation, it has emerged.
Local health authorities have …
GB News·30 Aug· View coverage →
The hidden truth behind the shutting of Labour's asylum hotels and why it should terrify you
The hidden truth behind the shutting of Labour's asylum hotels was revealed by the Home Office on Thursday, as asylum seekers are being disp…
GB News·29 Aug· View coverage →
MI5 accused of ‘flagrant racism’ as white candidates told not to bother applying for summer internship
The M15 have been accused of "flagrant racism" as white candidates are once again exempt from applying to the intelligence agency's summer i…
GB News·27 Aug· View coverage →