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Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips

Labour

MP for Birmingham Yardley · Since 2015

32
Votes
11
Speeches
48
Total Events
£1K
Gifts & Hospitality

Parliamentary Activity

32
Votes Cast
11
Speeches

Disclosure History (84 entries)

13 Feb 2026Employment
£366

Received Date: 12 February 2026 Value: £365.92 Hours Worked: 0.00 Source

6 Nov 2025Gift/Hospitality
£298Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre

Description: Two theatre tickets for my husband and I for press night Value: £298.00 Received Date: 16 October 2025 Accepted Date: 16 October 2025 Donor Name: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Donor Public Address: Hurst Street, Birmingham B5 4TB Donor Status: Company Donor Company Name: Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Donor Company Identifier: 01446309 Donor Company Identifier Source: Companies House Source

29 Oct 2025Employment
£600

Received Date: 16 October 2025 Description: This is a copyright payment for an article I wrote in 2018 Value: £600.00 Hours Worked: 0.00 Hours Details: No extra hours worked Source

16 Oct 2025Employment
£600

Received Date: 16 October 2025 Description: Payment for copywrite fees of an article written in 2018, which the Guardian have syndicated Value: £600.00 Hours Worked: 0.00 Source

20 Aug 2025Gift/Hospitality
£362Seabright Live Ltd

Description: Hotel for the night in Edinburgh, my husband accompanied me, where I was appearing at an event produced by Seabright Live Value: £362.00 Received Date: 1 August 2025 Accepted Date: 1 August 2025 Donor Name: Seabright Live Ltd Donor Public Address: 100 Black Prince Rd, London SE1 7SJ Donor Status: Company Donor Company Name: Seabright Live Ltd Donor Company Identifier: 14661522 Donor Company Identifier Source: Companies House Source

22 Jul 2025Gift/Hospitality
£565Live Nation Ltd

Description: I was given two tickets for me and a family member to Black Sabbath Farewell concert in Birmingham. Value: £565.00 Received Date: 5 July 2025 Accepted Date: 5 July 2025 Donor Name: Live Nation Ltd Donor Public Address: 30 St. John Street, London, England, EC1M 4AY Donor Status: Company Donor Company Name: Live Nation Ltd Donor Company Identifier: 02409911 Donor Company Identifier Source: Companies House Source

13 Nov 2024Employment
£28KSimon & Shuster UK

Received Date: 13 November 2024 Description: Payment from book contract Value: £27675.00 Hours Worked: 0.00 Ultimate Payer Different: Yes Ultimate Payer Name: Simon & Shuster UK Ultimate Payer Address: 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB Ultimate Payer Business: Publishing Source

31 Oct 2024Employment
£2K

Payment: £2,460 Received on: 1 October 2024. Hours: 2 hrs. Ultimate payer: Sky News, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD Paid directly to: a charity (Registered 27 October 2024) Source

2 Oct 2024Employment
£2K

Payment: £1,938 Received on: 21 August 2024. Hours: 5 hrs This is final payment for podcast appearances with Sky News in April, May, June. Ultimate payer: Sky News, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5QD (Registered 6 September 2024) Source

4 Sept 2024Employment
£1K

Payment: £1,394 Received on: 26 July 2024. Hours: 1 hr. Ultimate payer: Sky News, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD (Registered 21 August 2024) Source

16 Aug 2024Donation
£3KKomal Nowaz

Name of donor: Komal Nowaz Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 19 July 2024) Source

2 May 2024Employment
£430

Payment: £430 as copyright fees for borrowing of my books Received on: 22 March 2024. Hours: no extra hours worked. (Registered 16 April 2024) Source

22 Apr 2024Employment
£1K

Payment: £1,046 Received on: 19 March 2024. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 19 March 2024) Source

18 Apr 2024Misc

A director of Birmingham Museums Trust which manages Birmingham Museums including a site in my constituency. This is an unpaid role. Date interest arose: 26 July 2023 (Registered 18 September 2023) Source

8 Dec 2023Employment

23 November 2023, received £300 for an appearance on the weekly New Paper Review slot in November 2023. Hours: 1 hr. Source

21 Nov 2023Employment

26 October 2023, received £600 for two appearances on the weekly News Paper review slot in October 2023. Hours: 2 hrs. Source

18 Oct 2023Employment

25 September 2023, received £600 for an appearance on the weekly News Paper review slot in September 2023. Hours: 2 hrs. Source

18 Sept 2023Misc

From 26 July 2023, a director of Birmingham Museums Trust which manages Birmingham Museums including a site in my constituency. This is an unpaid role. Source

13 Sept 2023Employment

23 August 2023, received £300 for an appearance on the weekly News Paper review slot in July 2023. Hours: 1 hr. Source

1 Aug 2023Gift/Hospitality
£448Giants Live Ltd

Name of donor: Giants Live Ltd Address of donor: 3 Tansley Close, Dorridge, Solihull, West Midlands B93 8UB Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Four tickets to Giant Live Strongman Event at the Royal Albert Hall, total value £448 Date received: 8 July 2023 Date accepted: 8 July 2023 Donor status: company, registration 09784296 Source

26 Jul 2023Gift/Hospitality
£578Love Supreme

Name of donor: Love Supreme Address of donor: 3 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two adult tickets and two child tickets to the Love Supreme festival at which I was speaking (£577.78), plus accommodation (£150), total value £727.78 Date received: 1-2 July 2023 Date accepted: 1 July 2023 Donor status: company, registration 07167313 Source

27 Jun 2023Employment

23 June 2023, received £900 for three appearances on the weekly News Paper review slot in April 2023. Hours: 3 hrs. Source

7 Jun 2023Employment

24 May 2023, received £900 for three appearances on the weekly News Paper review slot in March 2023. Hours: 3 hrs. Source

24 May 2023Employment

18 May 2023, received £175 for syndication of previously written article to another publication (Abitur Englisch Rheinland-Pfalz textbook). Hours: no additional hours. Source

24 Apr 2023Employment

31 March 2023, received £227.85 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, as royalties from a book. Hours: no additional hours. Source

27 Mar 2023Employment

22 March 2023, received £4,738 from the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), 6th Floor, International House, 1 St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN, for use of previously published articles and works. Hours: no additional hours. Source

14 Mar 2023Misc

From 21 October 2015, a director of the Lionel Cooke Memorial Fund, a fund that provides for political organisations to undertake activity such as encouraging wider political representation. This is an unpaid role. Source

3 Mar 2023Employment

27 February 2023, received £588.61 from Public Lending Right, British Library, Boston Spa, Wetherby LS23 7BQ, for payments for previously written books being borrowed from UK libraries. Hours: no additional hours. Source

15 Feb 2023Employment

25 January 2023, received £1,225 for four appearances on the weekly NewsPaper review slot between December 2022 and January 2023. Hours: 4 hrs. Source

17 Jan 2023Employment

23 December 2022, received £2,700 for nine appearances on the weekly NewsPaper review slot between October 2022 and December 2022. Hours: 9 hrs. Source

19 Dec 2022Employment

19 December 2022, received £400 from Radley College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 2HR, for a speech delivered on 1 December 2022. Hours: 2 hrs. Fee paid direct to a state school in my constituency. Source

12 Dec 2022Visit Abroad
Ministry for Business, Tourism and The Port

Name of donor: Ministry for Business, Tourism and The Port Address of donor: HM Government of Gibraltar, Suite 971, Europort, Gibraltar GX11 1AA Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): For me and my spouse, flights £980, hotel £350, two dinners £322, total value £1,652 Destination of visit: Gibraltar Dates of visit: 25-27 November 2022 Purpose of visit: To attend the GIBUNCO Gibraltar International Literary Festival 2022. Source

9 Nov 2022Employment

Payment of £1,000 expected from Letters Live Limited, 4 Uxbridge Street, London W8 7SY, for performing at a charity event on 27 October 2022. Hours: 2 hrs. This fee will be paid direct to charity. Source

8 Nov 2022Employment

2 November 2022, received £400 from the New Statesman, Standard House, 12-13 Essex Street, London WC2R 3AA, for writing a diary column. Hours: 1 hr. Source

4 Nov 2022Employment

6 October 2022, received £1,000 from University of Bristol, Beacon House, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1QU, for delivering a lecture. Hours: 2 hrs. Source

2 Nov 2022Employment

7 October 2022, received £250 from Emma Bridgewater Festival in a Factory, Lichfield Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3EJ, for participating in a talk. Hours: 1 hr. Source

10 Oct 2022Employment

16 September 2022, received £2,642 from Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Broadway, Manchester, Salford M50 2AB, for signing new contract for recording of a weekly podcast. Hours: no additional hours. Source

12 Sept 2022Employment

9 September 2022, received £3,000 from Open Mike Productions, Hammer House, 113-117 Wardour St, London W1F 0UN, for appearing on the Last Leg TV show. Hours: 3 hrs. Source

2 Sept 2022Gift/Hospitality
£475Seabright Productions Ltd

Name of donor: Seabright Productions Ltd Address of donor: 7-10 Adam Street, London WC2N 6AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: One night's stay at a hotel in Edinburgh, value £475.20 and mileage expenses for travel to Edinburgh and back to Birmingham, value £236, total value £711.20 Date received: 13 August 2022 Date accepted: 13 August 2022 Donor status: company, registration 07008487 Source

1 Sept 2022Employment

31 August 2022, received £1,312 from Plantpot Ltd, Old Bank House, Beaufort Street, Crickhowell NP8 1AD, for speaking at the Greenman Festival. Hours: 2 hrs. Source

25 Aug 2022Employment

17 August 2022, received £2,975 from RDF Broadcast, Shepherds Building Centre, Charecroft Way, London W14 0EE, or appearing on a television programme. The programme has not yet been broadcast. Hours: 4 hrs. Source

27 Jun 2022Gift/Hospitality
£1KGlastonbury Festivals Ltd

Name of donor: Glastonbury Festivals Ltd Address of donor: Worthy Farm, Pilton, Shepton Mallet BA4 4BY Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Associated with undertaking a book talk, four tickets for me and my family to attend Glastonbury Festival 2022, total value £1,120 Date received: 24-26 June 2022 Date accepted: 24 June 2022 Donor status: company, registration 02737866 (Registered 27 June 2022) Source

9 Jun 2022Employment

Payment of £400 expected for an article written on 25 May 2022. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 09 June 2022) Source

8 Jun 2022Employment

17 June 2022, received £5,000 for being a panellist on Have I Got News for You on 19 May 2022. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 08 June 2022; updated 29 June 2022) Source

6 Jun 2022Employment

6 June 2022, received £2,652 from Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Tomorrow, Broadway, Manchester, Salford M50 2AB, for the recording of a weekly podcast over fifteen weeks. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 06 June 2022) Source

23 May 2022Employment

24 May 2019, received £1,500 for being a panellist on Have I Got News for You. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 23 May 2022) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

13 May 2022Gift/Hospitality
£772Channel 4 Television Corporation

Name of donor: Channel 4 Television Corporation Address of donor: 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Guest at the BAFTA TV Awards, including hospitality, value £772 Date received: 8 May 2022 Date accepted: 8 May 2022 Donor status: company, registration 04106849 (Registered 13 May 2022) Source

3 May 2022Employment

3 May 2022, received £1,000 from Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole BH12 5BB, for undertaking a lecture. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 03 May 2022) Source

26 Apr 2022Employment

22 April 2022, received £12,300 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, as fourth payment for writing a book on publication of paperback. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 26 April 2022) Source

7 Apr 2022Employment

6 April 2022, received £372.47 from Octopus Publishing, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, as royalties for a book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 07 April 2022) Source

24 Mar 2022Misc

From 16 March 2022, a trustee of the Stacy Wanjiku Welfare Trust. Having raised money for the education and welfare of Stacey Wanjiru I am a trustee of the fund. Stacey is the daughter of Agnes Wanjiru a Kenyan woman murdered in 2012 in a case linked to British Armed Forces. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 24 March 2022) Source

23 Mar 2022Employment

28 February 2022, received £300 from Loftus Media, 2A Aldine Street, London W12 8AN, for undertaking a podcast and live show as part of Coventry City of Culture events. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 23 March 2022) Source

11 Mar 2022Donation
£2KBaroness Denise Kingsmill

Name of donor: Baroness Denise Kingsmill Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to fund campaigning activity around International Women’s Day, including an event with the families of women killed by male violence, bringing bereaved families to Westminster and ongoing work with them around policy change to end violence against women and girls. Date received: 2 March 2022 Date accepted: 2 March 2022 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 March 2022) Source

1 Mar 2022Employment

28 January 2022, received £2,652 from Audio Always, MediaCityUK, Tomorrow, Broadway, Manchester, Salford M50 2AB, for the recording of a weekly podcast over fifteen weeks. Hours: 15 hrs. (Registered 01 March 2022) Source

20 Jan 2022Employment

23 December 2021, received £15,000 for presenting Have I Got News for You. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 20 January 2022) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

18 Jan 2022Employment

7 January 2022, received £422.82 from Pound Project, 96 Rowheath Rd, Cotteridge, Birmingham B30 2EX, for Christmas re-release of previously written essay. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 18 January 2022) Source

10 Dec 2021Employment

24 November 2021, received £400 for an article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 10 December 2021) Source

8 Nov 2021Employment

28 September 2021, received £280 for a column. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 08 November 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

18 Oct 2021Employment

21 September 2021, received £350 from the Wimbledon Book Festival, 35 Wimbledon Hill Rd, London SW19 7NB, for speaking at the festival. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 18 October 2021) Source

31 Aug 2021Employment

29 July 2021, received £1,500 from HSBC, 1 Centenary Square, Birmingham B1 1HQ, for speaking at an event. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 31 August 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

28 Jun 2021Employment

23 April 2021, received £16,572.06 from Simon and Schuster UK Ltd, 1st Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8HB, as second payment for writing a book. Hours: approx. 100 hrs between August 2020 and January 2021. (Registered 28 June 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

25 Jun 2021Employment

10 May 2021, received £1,120 for four columns. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 25 June 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

10 May 2021Employment

9 March 2021, received £360 from the Telegraph, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT, for writing an article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 10 May 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

16 Feb 2021Employment

23 December 2020, received £5,600 for twenty columns. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 16 February 2021) This is a late entry to which the rectification procedure was applied on 23 May 2022. Paragraph 15 of chapter 4 of the Guide to the Rules refers. Source

8 Sept 2020Employment

19 August 2020, received £3,280 from Octopus Publishing, Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, for the release of the paperback version of my book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 08 September 2020) Source

8 Jun 2020Employment

29 May 2020, received £500 from Intelligence Squared, Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, Kensington, London W11 3LQ, for speaking at an event. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 08 June 2020) Source

4 May 2020Employment

1 April 2020, received £2,000 from Rumpus Media, 10th Floor, the Met Building, 22 Percy Street, London W1T 2AU, for appearing on a consumer affairs entertainment show. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 04 May 2020) Source

25 Feb 2020Employment

3 February 2020, received £3,000 from Jess Southwood Ltd, 75 Westfield Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7SY, for speaking at events. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 25 February 2020) Source

17 Feb 2020Donation
£2KMinistry of Sound Ltd

Name of donor: Ministry of Sound Ltd Address of donor: 103 Gaunt Street, London SE1 6DP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Room hire worth £1,980 Date received: 20-22 January 2020 Date accepted: 20 January 2020 Donor status: company, registration 03299668 (Registered 17 February 2020) Source

3 Feb 2020Donation
£5KEmployee Pulsecheck Ltd (trading as Karian and Box)

Name of donor: Employee Pulsecheck Ltd (trading as Karian and Box) Address of donor: 22 Lendal, York YO1 8AA Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 to support my office and campaigns Date received: 6 January 2020 Date accepted: 6 January 2020 Donor status: company, registration 06568503 (Registered 03 February 2020) Source

24 Jan 2020Donation
£10KFiona MacTaggart

Name of donor: Fiona MacTaggart Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to support my office and campaigns work Date received: 24 December 2019 Date accepted: 24 December 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 24 January 2020) Source

9 Jan 2020Donation
£10KLord Matthew Oakeshott

Name of donor: Lord Matthew Oakeshott Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Date received: 22 November 2019 Date accepted: 22 November 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 09 January 2020) Source

26 Sept 2019Donation
£500Court Consultants Ltd

Name of donor: Court Consultants Ltd Address of donor: 122 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3BD Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £500 a month to fund constituency campaigning; £6,000 in total Date received: 1 August 2019 to July 2020 Date accepted: 1 August 2019 Donor status: company, registration 07222231 (Registered 26 September 2019) Source

13 Sept 2019Donation
£1KBM Creative Management Ltd

Name of donor: BM Creative Management Ltd Address of donor: 4th Floor York House, 23 Kingsway, London WC2B 6UJ Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Ad hoc consultancy/research services to be provided over the period 1 September 2019 to 30 September 2019. I will receive these services jointly with other Members and my share is valued at approximately £1,417. Total value £4,250. Date received: 1 September 2019 to 30 September 2019 Date accepted: 1 September 2019 Donor status: company, registration 05635995 (Registered 13 September 2019) Source

15 Aug 2019Donation
£20KFiona MacTaggart

Name of donor: Fiona MacTaggart Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 to support my office and campaigns work Date received: 13 July 2019 Date accepted: 13 July 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 15 August 2019) Source

29 Jul 2019Gift/Hospitality
£370Lawn Tennis Association

Name of donor: Lawn Tennis Association Address of donor: National Tennis Centre, 100 Priory Lane, Roehampton SW15 5JQ Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Two Wimbledon tickets with a total value of £370 Date received: 13 July 2019 Date accepted: 13 July 2019 Donor status: company, registration 7459469 (Registered 29 July 2019) Source

25 Jun 2019Employment

21 May 2019, received final payment of £229.23. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 25 June 2019) Source

18 Jun 2019Employment

16 May 2019, received £500 from Intelligence Squared, Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, Kensington, London W11 3LQ, for taking part in a Brexit Debate. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 18 June 2019) Source

15 May 2019Employment

14 December 2018, received £400 from the New Statesman, 7 Carmelite St, London EC4Y 0BS, for writing a book review. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 15 May 2019) Source

13 Feb 2019Visit Abroad
All Party Parliamentary China Group (sponsored by Arup, HSBC, Cambridge Assessment, John Swire & Sons and City of London)

Name of donor: All Party Parliamentary China Group (sponsored by Arup, HSBC, Cambridge Assessment, John Swire & Sons and City of London) Address of donor: House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): International flights £1,442; accommodation £274.69; food, drink and transport £70.93; total £1,787.62 Destination of visit: Beijing, China Dates of visit: 6-10 November 2018 Purpose of visit: To strengthen relations between the UK Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the understanding of parliamentarians of China. (Registered 13 February 2019) Source

22 Jan 2019Employment

6 December 2018, received £350. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 22 January 2019) Source

18 Sept 2018Employment

Payments from Nuffield Southampton Theatres, University Road, Southampton SO17 1TR, via United Agents, Lexington House, 12-26 Lexington St, Soho, London W1F 0LE, associated with writing the opening speech of a play. (Registered 18 September 2018; updated 15 May 2019) Source

19 Oct 2017Employment

Until 10 April 2020, Deputy Editor of the House Magazine, Dods, 11th floor, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9SG. From October 2017, I received a quarterly payment of £2,000. Hours: 2 hrs per month. (Registered 19 October 2017; updated 09 September 2020) Source

7 Jun 2015Family Employment

Until February 2019, I employed my husband, Tom Phillips, as Constituency Support Manager. (Registered 07 June 2015; updated 14 March 2019) Source

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