MP Expenses
Bridget Phillipson
Current MP

Bridget PhillipsonMP expenses

£23,632 IPSA expenses in 2015-16

Labour · Houghton and Sunderland South

IPSA expenses cover the business costs of doing the job of an MP — staffing, office running costs, accommodation and travel — not personal salary. Full details on what counts as a claim are in the methodology.

Total claimed this year

£6,334

Total claimed — selected period (2015-16)

£23,632

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Spend by category — 2015-16

Energy & utility comparison

This MP claimed £145 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £147 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £106 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £147 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £147 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £216 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £216 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £94 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £249 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £249 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £249 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £102 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £249 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £59 for Utilities in 2025-26.

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This MP claimed £71 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £372 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £76 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £512 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £77 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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This MP claimed £171 for Utilities in 2023-24.

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Year-on-year trend

Bridget Phillipson expenses by financial year

These totals sum the IPSA records currently held on this site for each financial year. The newest period can change as IPSA publishes further data. Category names are retained exactly as IPSA published them.

Published IPSA expenses for Bridget Phillipson, grouped by financial year
Financial yearPublished totalLargest published categoryRecords heldOpen year
2025-26£34,472Office Costs (£20,004)116View claims
2024-25£17,068Travel and Subsistence (£17,068)2View claims
2023-24£58,636Office Costs (£29,351)219View claims
2022-23£59,655Office Costs (£28,129)235View claims
2021-22£36,027Office Costs (£16,105)186View claims
2020-21£38,360Office Costs (£30,308)206View claims
2019-20£46,624Office Costs (£26,338)222View claims
2018-19£19,090Travel and Subsistence (£9,783)53View claims
2017-18£14,540Travel and Subsistence (£7,269)58View claims
2016-17£19,300Travel and Subsistence (£9,256)47View claims
2015-16£23,632Staffing (£7,193)52View claims
2014-15£20,188Staffing (£8,784)44View claims
2013-14£17,234Staffing (£7,641)41View claims
2012-13£18,781Travel and Subsistence (£7,447)44View claims
2011-12£23,650Travel and Subsistence (£8,969)47View claims
2010-11£32,995Accommodation (£10,478)89View claims

A published total can differ from a simple count of visible individual claims because IPSA also publishes some annual totals and withholds some details for security or data protection. See the methodology.

SubcategoryStatusDescriptionSource
Office CostsStationery & printing£1122025-2617 Mar 2026PaidXMA March 2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£862025-2611 Mar 2026PaidXMA March 2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1822025-2610 Mar 2026PaidBanner March 2026View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£1002025-266 Mar 2026PaidView source
AccommodationUtilities£1452025-261 Mar 2026PaidDual Fuel — duel fuelView source
StaffingBought-in services£6502025-261 Mar 2026PaidProfessional & consultancy — staffing supportView source
Office CostsBought-in services£6752025-2628 Feb 2026PaidAdministrative services — management of constituency and email systemView source
Office CostsPostage & couriers£562025-2628 Feb 2026Paidpostage for mailersView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2282025-2628 Feb 2026Paidpaper and ink for printing mailersView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1122025-2616 Feb 2026PaidXMA March 2026View source
Office CostsBought-in services£9502025-269 Feb 2026PaidProfessional & consultancy — staffing supportView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£3322025-262 Feb 2026PaidXMA March 2026View source
AccommodationUtilities£1472025-261 Feb 2026PaidDual Fuel — duel fuelView source
StaffingBought-in services£6502025-261 Feb 2026PaidProfessional & consultancy — Staffing SupportView source
Office CostsBought-in services£6752025-2631 Jan 2026PaidProfessional & consultancy — management of constituency consultation and email systemView source
Office CostsLandline phone & internet - rental & usage£1022025-2613 Jan 2026PaidLandline & internet package — BT BUSINESS BILLView source
Office CostsUtilities£1062025-2613 Jan 2026PaidWater — WWW.WAVE-UTILITIES.CO.View source
Office CostsVenue hire, meetings & surgeries£2302025-269 Jan 2026PaidView source
AccommodationUtilities£1472025-261 Jan 2026PaidDual FuelView source
StaffingBought-in services£6502025-261 Jan 2026PaidAdministrative services — staffing supportView source
Office CostsBought-in services£6752025-2631 Dec 2025PaidProfessional & consultancy — management of constituency consultation and email systemView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£1512025-2631 Dec 2025Paidmaterials for mailingView source
Office CostsPostage & couriers£812025-2623 Dec 2025PaidROYAL MAIL GROUP LTDView source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2042025-2618 Dec 2025PaidXMA January 2026View source
Office CostsStationery & printing£2042025-2618 Dec 2025PaidXMA January 2026View source
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Similar claims by other MPs

Other MPs who claimed under “Professional Services (Staff.) in 2015-16. Browse all Professional Services (Staff.) claims

MPAmountDateDescription
Jess Phillips

Labour

£10,0008 Mar 2016Constituency communications — Constituency communications and Managment of Digital Systems
Liam Byrne

Labour

£8,40031 Mar 2016Digital Democracy Hodge Hill — Consultancy and the design and development of a consultative website for Birmingham Hodge Hill during March 2016
Jess Phillips

Labour

£6,00010 Mar 2016Yardley District Research — Independant research for Yardley District
Jess Phillips

Labour

£5,0005 Oct 2015recruitment and office systems
Louise Haigh

Labour

£4,33522 Feb 2016Professional Services — invoice - bought-in professional services
Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative

£3,96022 Mar 2016160410 Staffing — Maypole Media
Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative

£3,53229 Oct 2015Services of pooled staff — Member of staff in constituency office
Clive Lewis

Labour

£3,3719 Oct 2015Parrott Consultancy June - Sep — Professional Services related to Parliamentary duties
Kevin Hollinrake

Conservative

£3,24031 Dec 2015160122 Staffing — Maypole Media
Matthew Pennycook

Labour

£3,00020 Mar 2016Office Support 2016 — IPSA TO PAY IN ADVANCE: Office communications training and support Jan - March 2016 (total 6 days)
Louise Haigh

Labour

£2,89024 Mar 2016Professional services — invoice - bought-in professional services
Clive Lewis

Labour

£2,8902 Mar 2016Parrott Consultancy — Professional Services related to Parliamentary duties

Labour average — 2015-16

£18,429

All-MP average — 2015-16

£17,321

Grants and donations

Donations, sponsorships and loans registered in support of this MP's parliamentary activities — Category 2 of the Register of Members' Financial Interests, distinct from the IPSA expenses above.

Total registered

£94,223

  • Jim Murphy - £10,000.00

    £10,000
    Registered 12 Nov 2025View source
  • 89Up Ltd - £1,500.00

    £1,500
    Registered 31 Oct 2025View source
  • Francesca Perrin - £15,000.00

    £15,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury) - £20,000.00

    £20,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury ) - £20,000.00

    £20,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Fast Foster & Company Ltd - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Labour First - £3,923.00

    £3,923
    Registered 23 Oct 2025View source
  • Iain Simpson - £5,000.00

    £5,000
    Registered 23 Oct 2025View source
  • 89up Ltd - £5,268.97

    £5,269
    Registered 6 Oct 2025View source
  • Culture Quarter Ventures Ltd - £1,531.20

    £1,531
    Registered 6 Oct 2025View source
  • Paul Callaghan - £4,000.00

    £4,000
    Registered 6 Oct 2025View source
  • Paul Callaghan - £6,000.00

    £6,000
    Registered 2 Oct 2025View source

Outside financial interests

Separate from IPSA expenses, MPs must publicly register outside earnings, donations and support, gifts, land and property, shareholdings and other interests. Search all MPs' interests. Data from the UK Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests, shown by category exactly as published.

2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP

  • Jim Murphy - £10,000.00

    £10,000
    Registered 12 Nov 2025View source
  • 89Up Ltd - £1,500.00

    £1,500
    Registered 31 Oct 2025View source
  • Francesca Perrin - £15,000.00

    £15,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury) - £20,000.00

    £20,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Baron Sainsbury of Turville (David Sainsbury ) - £20,000.00

    £20,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Fast Foster & Company Ltd - £2,000.00

    £2,000
    Registered 28 Oct 2025View source
  • Labour First - £3,923.00

    £3,923
    Registered 23 Oct 2025View source
  • Iain Simpson - £5,000.00

    £5,000
    Registered 23 Oct 2025View source
  • 89up Ltd - £5,268.97

    £5,269
    Registered 6 Oct 2025View source
  • Culture Quarter Ventures Ltd - £1,531.20

    £1,531
    Registered 6 Oct 2025View source
  • Paul Callaghan - £4,000.00

    £4,000
    Registered 6 Oct 2025View source
  • Paul Callaghan - £6,000.00

    £6,000
    Registered 2 Oct 2025View source

8. Miscellaneous

  • I am the beneficiary of the work of Bridget Phillipson Campaigns Ltd, which is a private company limited by guarantee without share capital.

    Registered 6 Oct 2025View source

Bridget Phillipson expenses — common questions

How much did Bridget Phillipson claim in expenses in 2015-16?
Bridget Phillipson claimed £23,632 in IPSA business costs in 2015-16. IPSA expenses cover staffing, offices, travel and accommodation for parliamentary work — not personal salary.
What did Bridget Phillipson claim for?
In 2015-16, Bridget Phillipson's largest published IPSA category was Staffing (£7,193). Full itemised claims with source links are on this page.
Where does Bridget Phillipson's expenses data come from?
Figures are imported from IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) and the UK Parliament Members API. Every amount links to its original IPSA source record.

Figures are presented without ranking or interpretation. Read the methodology for details on data sourcing and publication lag.