Jess Phillips Explained

Jess Phillips
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Primeminister1:Keir Starmer
Office1:Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls
Term Start1:9 July 2024
Predecessor1:Laura Farris
Office2:Member of Parliament
for Birmingham Yardley
Term Start2:7 May 2015
Predecessor2:John Hemming
Majority2:693 (1.9%)
Embed:yes
Subterm:2020–2023
Suboffice:Domestic Violence and Safeguarding
Birth Name:Jessica Rose Trainor
Birth Date:9 October 1981
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Party:Labour
Alma Mater:
Residence:Moseley, Birmingham, England
Signature:Jess Phillips signature.png
Spouse:Tom Phillips
Children:2

Jessica Rose Phillips (; born 9 October 1981) is a British politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls since July 2024.[1]

Phillips was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lucy Powell, the Shadow Education Secretary, in 2015. A vocal critic of the former Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Phillips resigned as a PPS in protest over Corbyn's leadership[2] and said she would "find it incredibly difficult" to continue as an MP if Corbyn were re-elected as Labour leader.[3] She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Corbyn in the 2016 leadership election.[4] Phillips was a candidate for Labour leader in the 2020 leadership election, but withdrew early in the contest.[5] Since 2019, Phillips has received the second highest income on top of her MP's salary amongst Labour Party MPs.[6]

Early life and career

Jessica Phillips was born on 9 October 1981[7] in Birmingham.[8] The youngest of four children, Phillips is the daughter of Stewart Trainor, a teacher, and Jean Trainor (née Mackay), an NHS administrator who rose to become deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation and chair of South Birmingham Mental Health Trust.[9] [10] [11] They were politically active; in March 2016, she told Rachel Cooke of The Observer: "Growing up with my father was like growing up with Jeremy Corbyn."[12] Phillips went to King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, a local grammar school.[13] Her childhood ambition was to become Prime Minister.[12]

Phillips studied economic and social history and social policy at the University of Leeds from 2000 to 2003. She has said she marched in protest against the Iraq War.[14] From 2011 to 2013, she studied for a postgraduate diploma in public sector management at the University of Birmingham.[15]

Phillips worked for a period for her parents at their company, Healthlinks Event Management Services. From 2010 onwards, Phillips worked for the Women's Aid Federation of England[12] as a business development manager, responsible for managing refuges for victims of domestic abuse in Sandwell in the West Midlands.[16] [17] [18] [19]

Phillips left the Labour Party during the years of Tony Blair's leadership, rejoining after the 2010 general election. Her period at Women's Aid as an administrator made Phillips "utterly pragmatic... I learned that my principles don't matter as much as people's lives."[12] In the 2012 local elections, she was elected as a Labour councillor for the Longbridge ward, taking the seat from the Conservatives.[20] She was then appointed as the victims' champion at Birmingham City Council, lobbying police and criminal justice organisations on behalf of victims.[18] [19] [21] [22] She also served on the West Midlands Police and Crime Panel.

Parliamentary career

2015 parliament

Phillips was selected from an all-women shortlist[23] to contest Birmingham Yardley in June 2013, which was then represented by John Hemming of the Liberal Democrats.[24] At the 2015 general election, Phillips was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley, winning with 41.5% of the vote and a majority of 6,595 votes.[25] [26] [27] [28] Her maiden speech concerned homelessness and "improving [Britain]'s response to victims of domestic and sexual violence and abuse in all its forms."[29]

In the 2015 Labour leadership election, Phillips nominated Yvette Cooper for Labour leader and Tom Watson for deputy leader.[30] [31]

Phillips was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lucy Powell, the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, in September 2015.[32]

In June 2016, she resigned as PPS to Lucy Powell, following the resignation of Powell and other Shadow Cabinet members over the leadership of Corbyn. In July 2016, Phillips threatened to resign from the Labour Party and sit as an independent MP if Corbyn was re-elected as leader of the party, stating she would find it "incredibly difficult" to continue serving under Corbyn's leadership. She supported Owen Smith in the failed attempt to replace Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election.

In September 2016, she was elected chair of the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party (WPLP), defeating her predecessor Dawn Butler, considered a Corbyn ally.[33] [34]

2017 parliament

Phillips criticised the calling of the 2017 snap election.[35] She was reselected as the Labour candidate for Birmingham Yardley, while her predecessor as MP for the seat John Hemming was reselected by the Liberal Democrats, in what was reported as a "grudge match".[36] At the snap 2017 general election, Phillips was re-elected as MP for Birmingham Yardley with an increased vote share of 57.1% and an increased majority of 16,574 votes.[37] [38] Upon her victory, she continued her criticisms of Hemming.[39]

Following the general election, Phillips said the Women's PLP would co-ordinate to promote policies beneficial to women in the context of a hung parliament.[40]

In July 2017, Phillips called for a review into elections for chairs of House of Commons select committees due to the relatively low number of female candidates.[41]

In March 2018, Phillips again threatened to resign from the Labour Party, this time in response to Labour's handling of sexual harassment allegations against Labour MP Kelvin Hopkins, stating that she would "cut up her membership card" if the alleged victim was questioned by Hopkins as part of the investigation.[42]

In July 2018 it was reported that Phillips served as deputy editor of The House, the in-house Parliamentary magazine published by the Dods Group, which had been purchased by Conservative Party donor and former vice-chairman Michael Ashcroft, earning an annual salary of £8,000 for two hours' work per month.[43]

In March 2019, she said: "I think I'd be a good prime minister" and that "I feel like I can't leave the Labour Party without rolling the dice one more time. I owe it that. But it doesn't own me. It's nothing more than a logo if it doesn't stand for something that I actually care about – it's just a f***ing rose."[44] [45]

Phillips also said in March 2019 that she would "leave her son on the steps of Downing Street" after it was announced that her son's school would finish earlier on a Friday due to budget cuts.[46] [47]

In 2019, a controversy emerged as local Muslim parents in Saltley, associated with the Parkfield Community School, objected to lessons on relationships and inclusivity (including but not limited to teaching acceptance of LGBT people), being taught to their primary school children as part of Andrew Moffat's "No Outsiders" programme, on the grounds that LGBT relationships were immoral: one campaigner stated that they saw homosexual relationships as an invalid sexual relationship to have,[48] while others misunderstood the lessons to be teaching children about gay sex.[49] Phillips spoke out publicly against the objecting parents, claiming to feel "bereft about this" and that the material was in her view not "inappropriate."[50] Phillips called for an exclusion zone to prevent protests outside Anderton Park Primary School in Balsall Heath against lessons on inclusivity.[51]

2019 parliament

In October 2019, Phillips said she thought Labour was unlikely to win a majority in a general election. She said if Labour was not elected the biggest party, Corbyn should resign as party leader, whereupon she might stand for the position.[52] In November 2019, it was announced Phillips was re-selected for the Labour Party in Birmingham Yardley.[53] She was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 54.8% and a decreased majority of 10,659.[54]

Leadership bid

Following Corbyn's decision to step down as Labour leader after the party's defeat in the general election, Phillips was suggested as a potential successor. The first poll of Labour members suggested she could secure 12% of first-preference votes in a leadership competition, putting her third behind Sir Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey.[55]

Phillips announced her bid for the leadership on 3 January 2020 in Grimsby, a seat the Conservative party had gained from Labour in the election.[56] She was the third candidate to announce, following Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis. Phillips acknowledged her performance in the first candidate hustings was poor, writing "I was awful because I was trying to hit a million different lines and messages in 40 seconds."[57] She dropped out of the leadership election campaign on 21 January, during the second stage of obtaining nominations from trade unions, affiliate bodies and local parties[58] and subsequently announced her support for Lisa Nandy.[59]

Appointment to the Shadow Frontbench

Phillips was appointed by Keir Starmer to serve as Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, a position in the Shadow Home Office, on 9 April 2020.[60] She resigned from her position following a vote on a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war on 15 November 2023.[61] In her resignation letter, Phillips said the decision to resign was with a heavy heart, adding that "I can see no route where the current military action does anything but put at risk the hope of peace and security for anyone in the region now and in the future."[62] It was the first time she had served on the shadow frontbench.[63]

Parliamentary Standards

In May 2022 Phillips narrowly avoided being referred to the Parliamentary Committee on Standards after being investigated by the Commissioner for Standards for repeatedly failing to register interests within the required timescale. She accepted that she had breached the rules, and the matter was resolved through the rectification process.[64]

Allegations of racist and bullying behaviour

In June 2023, Phillips was subject to allegations of racist and bullying behaviour in an open letter sent to Keir Starmer by the headmistress of Michaela Community School, Katherine Birbalsingh. Birbalsingh had retweeted a post on X lamenting the passing of singer Tina Turner which included a photo of Turner with her abusive former husband Ike Turner, adding the message 'Good Times'. Phillips then accused Birbalsingh of supporting domestic violence, an accusation Birbalsingh strenuously denied.[65] Birbalsingh has been labelled by the New Statesman as an influential right-wing figure in British politics.[66]

2024 parliament

Phillips was reelected in the 2024 general election, with a reduced majority of 693 votes.[67] She described it as the 'worst election I have ever stood in'.[68] On 9 July 2024, she was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office,[69] which she said was with responsibility for safeguarding and violence against women and girls.[70]

Political views

Party issues

Phillips verbally clashed with fellow Labour MP Diane Abbott on 14 September 2015 over the gender composition of Jeremy Corbyn's first Shadow Cabinet. After she asked Corbyn why he had failed to appoint a woman to shadow the great offices of state, Abbott accused her of being "sanctimonious" and said that Phillips was "not the only feminist in the PLP [Parliamentary Labour Party]". Corbyn did not intervene.[71] Owen Bennett wrote in The Huffington Post that Phillips recounted: "I roundly told her to fuck off." When asked what Abbott did after that suggestion, Phillips replied: "She fucked off."[72] According to Abbott in a January 2018 Guardian interview: "Jess Phillips never told me to fuck off. What was extraordinary is that she made a big deal of telling people she had."[73] Phillips later apologised.[74] [75]

Phillips told Owen Jones in December 2015 that she had told Corbyn and his staff "to their faces: 'The day that ... you are hurting us more than you are helping us, I won't knife you in the back, I'll knife you in the front'," if it looked as though he was damaging Labour's chances of winning the next general election.[76] Responding to criticism about her use of language, Phillips said on Twitter: "I am no more going to actually knife Jeremy Corbyn than I am actually a breath of fresh air, or a pain in the arse."

Sex

In October 2015, Phillips was criticised on social media after she mocked the Conservative MP Philip Davies for trying to get a debate about International Men's Day. He cited men's issues like increasing male suicides, lower life expectancy relative to women, male victims of domestic violence, low educational achievement by working-class white boys and male experience of child custody cases.[77] Phillips openly laughed and pulled faces while Davies spoke, and then stated that: "You'll have to excuse me for laughing. As the only woman on this committee, it seems like every day to me is International Men's Day."[78] [79] Davies responded by stating that, "If a male MP had reacted in that way about the need for debate on International Women's Day, there would have been hell to pay. It's entirely possible you'd be removed from Chambers or have the Whip removed. I'm surprised she finds that a laughing matter." Colleagues from both leading parties agreed with Davies, and permission for a debate in Westminster Hall on the matter was eventually granted. She wrote in The Independent: "I commend Philip Davies for changing the thrust of the debate to focus on male suicide – but in and of itself this day serves no useful function".[80]

In January 2016, Phillips said on Question Time that events akin to the mass sexual assaults in Cologne happened every week on Birmingham's Broad Street. She insisted any "patriarchal culture" must be challenged, but the UK should not "rest on its laurels" when two women are murdered every week.[81] In response to criticism she told the Birmingham Mail: "This isn't something that refugees have brought into our country. This is something that's always existed".[82] [83] Journalist Joan Smith criticised these remarks and asked Phillips to admit she was wrong.[84]

Phillips criticised the gender makeup of Labour's Shadow Cabinet reshuffle in January 2016.[85] [86]

Phillips has commented that the "British Pakistani-Bangladeshi community" have "issues about women's roles in a family, in society" and were importing "wives for their disabled sons."[87]

In March 2021, following the murder of Sarah Everard, Phillips read out the names of all women killed in the previous year where a man was subsequently convicted. She said "killed women are not vanishingly rare, killed women are common".[88]

Transgender issues

Philips' feminist stance has also been accused of excluding trans communities, though this characterization is disputed, and some feminist organisations have raised concerns over her support for the Nordic model for sex work.[89] [90]

Online abuse

Phillips is frequently targeted for abuse by anonymous users on social media.[91] [92] In 2015, she was subjected to rape threats on social media following her objections to International Men's Day.[93] In May 2016, after campaigning against online bullying, Phillips said she received thousands of threatening or demeaning tweets within a 36-hour period, including allusions to rape.[94] After she complained to Twitter and was told the tweets did not break its rules, she accused the company of "colluding" with her abusers.[95] [96]

In response to the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox, in June 2016, Phillips stated that it "makes me want to fight harder". She wrote that they both regularly received online abuse and threats.[97] In August 2016, she told The World at One on Radio 4 that a "panic room" was being installed in her constituency office which now has an alarm system, and that improved locks have been fitted at her home.[98] [99]

In an interview with Stylist, published in October 2019, Phillips said of the hate she had experienced, "Fear and hatred can be the things that drive you. I don't always think of fear as a bad thing, it gives you fight-or-flight".

Personal life

Phillips lives in Moseley and is married to Tom Phillips; the couple have two sons.[11] Phillips employed her husband, previously a lift engineer, as constituency support manager until February 2019.[100] [101] [102] [103] Former professional footballer Kevin Phillips is her husband's cousin.[104]

In 2021, Phillips said that she had had the human papillomavirus in her 20s.[105] During a March 2022 debate on making a pandemic rule allowing at-home abortions permanent, Phillips spoke in favour and stated that she had also undergone an abortion years earlier.[106]

Phillips has appeared on the BBC satirical news show Have I Got News for You several times, appearing in June 2016, November 2016, May 2018, May 2019, May 2022, October 2022 and May 2024. On 10 December 2021, Phillips presented an episode of Have I Got News for You.[107] [108]

Bibliography

TitlePublishedPublisherNoteSource
Everywoman, One Woman's Truth About Speaking the Truth23 February 2017Penguin BooksIn May 2019, the book was optioned to be adapted as a television drama by RED Production Company.[109] [110] [111]
Truth to Power: 7 Ways to Call Time on B.S.3 October 2019Octopus[112]

Filmography

ShowDate of BroadcastEpisodeRoleSource
Have I Got News for You3 June 2016Series 51, Episode 9Panellist
25 November 2016Series 52, Episode 7Panellist
11 May 2018Series 55, Episode 6Panellist
24 May 2019Series 57, Episode 8Panellist
10 December 2021Series 62, Episode 9Host[113]
20 May 2022Series 63, Episode 8Panellist
14 October 2022Series 64, Episode 4Panellist
17 May 2024Series 67, Episode 7Panellist[114]

External links

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Notes and References

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  44. News: Jess Phillips should not be attacked for making her loyalty to Labour conditional . Umunna . Chuka . The Independent . 11 March 2019 . 12 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330055114/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jess-phillips-times-interview-labour-loyalty-independent-group-a8817401.html. 30 March 2019. live.
  45. News: Tory MP Nick Boles denounced over 'creepy' tweet about Labour's Jess Phillips . The Independent . Drury . Cloin . 9 March 2019 . 9 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044027/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nick-boles-jess-phillips-twitter-creepy-the-independent-group-labour-a8815641.html. 30 March 2019. live.
  46. News: MP Jess Phillips to 'leave son' outside No 10 in protest against budget cuts forcing schools to close early . 12 March 2019 . The Independent . 13 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044109/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/jess-phillips-mp-son-school-budget-cuts-birmingham-downing-street-protest-baby-shark-a8819926.html. 30 March 2019. live.
  47. News: Jess Phillips to leave pupils outside No 10 in school cuts protest . Weale . Sally . 12 March 2019 . The Guardian . 13 March 2019 . 0261-3077. https://web.archive.org/web/20190312171202/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/12/jess-phillips-raising-funds-for-education-cuts-stunt. 12 March 2019. live.
  48. News: More Birmingham schools suspend No Outsiders LGBT lessons – this is why . Haynes . Jane . 20 March 2019 . Birmingham Mail . 6 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190506230123/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/more-birmingham-schools-suspend-no-16000250. 6 May 2019. live.
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  50. News: Jess Phillips's passionate response as Parkfield School 'halts LGBT lessons' after angry parent protests . Birmingham Live . 5 March 2019 . 19 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190419002846/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/jess-phillipss-passionate-response-parkfield-15921973 . 19 April 2019 . live.
  51. News: Labour MP Jess Phillips in angry confrontation with anti-LGBT+ education protester outside Birmingham school . The Independent . 12 June 2019 . 20 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190602203718/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jess-philips-labour-mp-birmingham-video-lgbt-education-protest-muslim-community-anderton-park-a8922226.html . 2 June 2019 . live.
  52. News: Phillips says she could consider bid for Labour leader if Corbyn stands down . McGuinness . Alan . Sky News . 12 October 2019 . 12 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191012135708/https://news.sky.com/story/phillips-says-she-could-consider-bid-for-labour-leader-if-corbyn-stands-down-11833524. 12 October 2019. live.
  53. News: Birmingham Yardley Election candidates for 2019 – Labour, Tories, Lib Dem Brexit party and more . Birmingham Mail . 22 November 2019.
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  55. Web site: Curtis . Chris . Keir Starmer comfortably leads Labour leader race . yougov.co.uk . 3 January 2020.
  56. News: Labour leadership: Jess Phillips joins race to replace Jeremy Corbyn . BBC News . 3 January 2020 . 3 January 2020.
  57. News: Hustings are a bad way to decide who would make a good Labour leader . Phillips . Jess . The Guardian . 19 January 2020 . 21 January 2020.
  58. Web site: Jess Phillips quits Labour leadership race. 21 January 2020. The Guardian.
  59. Web site: Christian . Bonnie . Jess Phillips backs Lisa Nandy for Labour leader after dropping out of the race . The Evening Standard . 22 January 2020 . 7 February 2020.
  60. Web site: Jess Phillips handed Labour frontbench role as Sir Keir Starmer unveils full shadow cabinet. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jess-phillips-labour-frontbench-keir-starmer-cabinet-latest-a9458506.html . 8 June 2022 . subscription . live. 9 April 2020. The Independent. en. 9 April 2020.
  61. News: 15 November 2023 . 'Heavy heart': Jess Phillips' letter of resignation in full . en-GB . The Guardian . 15 November 2023 . 0261-3077.
  62. News: Brown . Faye . Wave of Labour frontbenchers resign to back calls for ceasefire in Gaza . 16 November 2023 . Sky News . 15 November 2023.
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  67. Web site: The election result was as predicted - but here's what we didn't expect (plus the Portillo moment) . 2024-07-27 . Sky News . en.
  68. Web site: Labour’s Jess Phillips wins seat by less than 700 votes against candidate who said trans people are ‘danger to society’ . LBC . en.
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  71. News: Dathan . Matt . 17 September 2015 . Labour MP Jess Phillips told Diane Abbott to 'f*** off' in Jeremy Corbyn sexism row . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826025916/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-mp-jess-phillips-told-diane-abbott-to-f-off-in-jeremy-corbyn-sexism-row-10505493.html . 26 August 2016 . 13 August 2016 . The Independent.
  72. Web site: Bennett . Owen . 17 September 2015 . Labour MP Jess Phillips: I Told Diane Abbott To F*ck Off During Feminism Row . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127034532/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/17/jess-phillips-diane-abbott-corbyn_n_8151468.html . 27 January 2016 . 30 January 2016 . The Huffington Post.
  73. News: Segalov . Michael . 27 January 2018 . Diane Abbott: 'The abuse and the attacks have never made me falter' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180210121024/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/27/diane-abbott-the-abuse-never-made-me-falter . 10 February 2018 . 9 February 2018 . The Guardian.
  74. News: Labour MP Jess Phillips targeted by trolls after scoffing at men's rights debate request . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151102083928/http://www.itv.com/news/2015-10-30/labour-mp-jess-phillips-targeted-by-trolls-after-scoffing-at-mens-rights-debate-request/ . 2 November 2015 . 3 November 2015 . ITV News.
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  76. News: Perraudin . Frances . 14 December 2015 . Labour MP Jess Phillips will 'knife Corbyn in the front' if he damages party . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160815070755/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/14/labour-mp-jess-phillips-knife-corbyn-vote-loser-general-election . 15 August 2016 . 13 August 2016 . The Guardian.
  77. Web site: Wheeler . Brian . 19 November 2015 . Guide to International Men's Day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170101085531/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34844723 . 1 January 2017 . 25 November 2016 . BBC News.
  78. News: Philip Davies MP: 'Political correctness is damaging men' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212854/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11969823/Philip-Davies-MP-Political-correctness-is-damaging-men.html . 18 October 2016 . 25 November 2016 . The Daily Telegraph.
  79. News: Dathan . Matt . 11 November 2015 . Tory MP wins battle for International Men's Day debate in Parliament . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160710063556/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-mp-wins-battle-for-international-mens-day-debate-in-parliament-a6730391.html . 10 July 2016 . 13 August 2016 . The Independent.
  80. News: Phillips . Jess . 19 November 2015 . We need International Men's Day about as much as white history month, or able body action day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160827183157/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/we-need-international-mens-day-about-as-much-as-a-white-history-month-or-able-body-action-day-a6740646.html . 27 August 2016 . 13 August 2016 . The Independent.
  81. News: Staufenberg . Jess . 29 January 2016 . Jess Phillips: Labour MP says mass Cologne sex attacks on women like 'Birmingham every weekend' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118054157/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/labour-mp-jess-phillips-says-mass-cologne-sex-attacks-on-women-like-birmingham-every-weekend-a6840981.html . 18 January 2017 . 17 January 2017 . The Independent.
  82. News: Turner . Camilla . 30 January 2016 . Labour MP faces calls to resign after comparing Cologne attacks to Birmingham night out . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160223103500/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/12131320/Labour-MP-faces-calls-to-resign-after-comparing-Cologne-attacks-to-Birmingham-night-out.html . 23 February 2016 . 2 March 2016 . The Daily Telegraph.
  83. News: Perraudin . Frances . 29 January 2016 . Labour MP Jess Phillips defends remarks about Cologne sex attacks . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227062541/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/29/labour-mp-jess-phillips-defends-remarks-about-cologne-sex-attacks . 27 December 2016 . 17 January 2017 . The Guardian.
  84. News: Smith . Joan . 30 January 2016 . I'm a fan, Jess Phillips, but please admit you're wrong on Cologne sex attacks and violence against women . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160302143756/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/i-m-a-fan-jess-phillips-but-please-admit-you-re-wrong-on-cologne-sex-attacks-and-violence-against-a6843926.html . 2 March 2016 . 2 March 2016 . The Independent.
  85. News: Phillips . Jess . 7 January 2016 . Why I won't shut up about misogyny and the left . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917082726/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/07/misogyny-feminism-stop-the-war-jeremy-corbyn . 17 September 2016 . 13 August 2016 . The Guardian.
  86. News: McCann . Kate . 8 January 2016 . Female Labour MP accuses Jeremy Corbyn of giving women 'a pat on the head' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923050434/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/12088933/Female-Labour-MP-accuses-Jeremy-Corbyn-of-giving-women-a-pat-on-the-head.html . 23 September 2016 . 13 August 2016 . The Daily Telegraph.
  87. Web site: 27 August 2017 . UK MP Jess Phillips accuses Pakistanis of importing wives for disabled sons . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190419001357/https://www.firstpost.com/world/uk-mp-jess-phillips-accuses-pakistanis-of-importing-wives-for-disabled-sons-3979513.html . 19 April 2019 . 19 April 2019 . Firstpost.
  88. News: 11 March 2021 . Jess Phillips reads lists of UK women killed in last year . 11 March 2021 . BBC News.
  89. Web site: Dawson . Juno . 17 January 2020 . Labour's Jess Phillips on transgender rights and why she'll never throw minorities 'under the bus' . 12 March 2021 . PinkNews . en-GB.
  90. Web site: Cowan . Leah . 18 December 2019 . Here's why we've got no time for Jess Phillips . 12 March 2021 . gal-dem.
  91. News: Syal . Rajeev . 7 May 2019 . Police investigate Ukip candidate over Jess Phillips rape comments . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190918040607/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/07/police-investigating-ukip-candidate-youtube-carl-benjamin-jess-phillips-comments . 18 September 2019 . 10 August 2019 . The Guardian.
  92. News: 11 June 2018 . MP's web plea 'after 600 rape threats' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810185712/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-44438468 . 10 August 2019 . 10 August 2019 . BBC News.
  93. News: Perraudin . Frances . 30 October 2015 . MPs rally in support of colleague subjected to rape threats . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151031035304/http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/oct/30/mps-rally-support-colleague-threats-jess-philips-twitter . 31 October 2015 . 31 October 2015 . The Guardian.
  94. News: 31 May 2016 . MP 'receives 5,000 abusive tweets' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810193715/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-36417258/labour-mp-jess-phillips-receives-5000-abusive-tweets . 10 August 2019 . 10 August 2019 . BBC News.
  95. News: Oppenheim . Maya . 31 May 2016 . Labour MP Jess Phillips receives '600 rape threats in one night' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160601121034/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/labour-mp-jess-phillips-receives-600-rape-threats-in-one-night-a7058041.html . 1 June 2016 . 1 June 2016 . The Independent.
  96. News: Phillips . Jess . 1 June 2016 . By ignoring the thousands of rape threats sent to me, Twitter is colluding with my abusers . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602073239/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/by-ignoring-the-thousands-of-rape-threats-sent-to-me-twitter-is/ . 2 June 2016 . 1 June 2016 . The Daily Telegraph.
  97. News: Phillips . Jess . 19 June 2016 . Jess Phillips MP: The death of my friend Jo Cox makes me want to fight harder . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821111315/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/jess-phillips-mp-the-death-of-my-friend-jo-cox-makes-me-want-to/ . 21 August 2016 . 16 August 2016 . The Daily Telegraph.
  98. News: Asthana . Anushka . 16 August 2016 . Labour MP Jess Phillips installing 'panic room' at office following threats . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816203058/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/16/labour-mp-jess-phillips-installing-panic-room-at-office-following-threats . 16 August 2016 . 16 August 2016 . The Guardian.
  99. Web site: Fielding . Anna . 2 October 2019 . Jess Phillips Interview on Brexit chaos, Boris Johnson and Corbyn . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191008175133/https://www.stylist.co.uk/people/jess-phillips-labour-mp-interview-brexit-chaos-boris-johnson-corbyn/305444 . 8 October 2019 . 8 October 2019 . Stylist.
  100. News: New MP Jess Phillips employs her husband as assistant in taxpayer-funded job . Walker . Jonathan . Birmingham Mail . 2 July 2015 . 2 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180403051651/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-mp-jess-phillips-employs-9565645 . 3 April 2018 . live.
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  102. News: Jess Phillips: 'I never felt scared in my old job. As an MP, I feel it every day' . Aitkenhead . Decca . 11 February 2017 . The Guardian . 14 July 2019 . 0261-3077. https://web.archive.org/web/20190714062617/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/11/jess-phillips-mp-never-felt-scared-old-job. 14 July 2019. live.
  103. Web site: 17 July 2021. Jess Phillips: 'The only way a woman will become Labour leader is if men don't stand'. The Times.
  104. jessphillips . Jess Phillips . 478276279083737088 . 15 June 2014 . My husbands cousin is the footballer Kevin Phillips, this is only footie related talk ever muttered at home. #willnotbeabletojoininforawhile.
  105. News: 13 June 2021. Jess Phillips: Ditch HPV stigma to avoid the shame I felt. en-GB. BBC News. 14 June 2021.
  106. News: 30 March 2022 . MPs vote to keep at-home abortion service . en-GB . BBC News . 31 March 2022.
  107. Web site: Have I Got News For You Series 62, Episode 9 . 15 November 2023 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  108. Web site: O'Connor . Rachael . 7 February 2022 . Labour MP Jess Phillips paid £15,000 to host Have I Got News For You . 15 November 2023 . Metro . en.
  109. Web site: RED options MP Jess Phillips' book The Bookseller . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190721100719/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/red-options-mp-jess-phillips-book-1011361 . 21 July 2019 . 21 July 2019 . Penguin Books.
  110. News: 6 March 2017 . Everywoman by Jess Phillips – a life less ordinary . The Guardian . live . 8 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170308164058/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/06/everywoman-by-jess-phillips-review-a-life-less-ordinary-empowering-labour-mp . 8 March 2017.
  111. Book: 23 February 2017 . Everywoman One Woman's Truth About Speaking the Truth . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170312031955/https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1113492/everywoman/ . 12 March 2017 . 8 March 2017 . Penguin Books.
  112. Book: Truth to Power: 7 Ways to Call Time on B.S. . 9 April 2019 . 9781913183011 . 8 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191008175134/https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/jess-phillips/truth-to-power-7-ways-to-call-time-on-b-s/9781913183011/ . 8 October 2019 . live. Phillips . Jess . Octopus Publishing .
  113. Web site: 'He said no!' Sir Rod Stewart turns down BBC's request to show his picture on HIGNFY . Daily Express . 10 December 2021 . 14 December 2021.
  114. News: Browning . Oliver . 18 May 2024 . Jess Phillips shares how Keir Starmer reacted when she was 'feeling sorry' for Rishi Sunak . 18 May 2024 . The Independent.

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