Bridget Phillipson
Some of the key events about Bridget Phillipson
- 2003Graduated from Oxford University with a degree in Modern History
- 2005Began working for a domestic violence charity in Sunderland
- 2010Elected as Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South
- 2011Appointed to the Public Accounts Committee
- 2015Re-elected as MP with an increased majority
- 2016Appointed as Opposition Whip
- 2017Re-elected as MP for a third consecutive term
- 2019Appointed as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- 2020Promoted to Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet
- 2021Appointed as Shadow Education Secretary
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