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{{Short description|British politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = Chris Philp
| honorific-suffix    = [[Member of Parliament (UK)|MP]]
| image               = Official portrait of Chris Philp MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
| office              = [[Shadow Home Secretary]]
| leader              = [[Kemi Badenoch]]
| term_start          = 5 November 2024
| term_end            =
| predecessor         = [[James Cleverly]]
| successor           =
| office1             = [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]]
| leader1             = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| term_start1         = 8 July 2024
| term_end1           = 5 November 2024
| predecessor1        = [[Lucy Powell]]
| successor1          = [[Jesse Norman]]
| office2             = [[Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire]]
| term_start2         = 26 October 2022
| term_end2           = 5 July 2024
| primeminister2      = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| predecessor2        = [[Jeremy Quin]]
| successor2          = [[Diana Johnson]]
| office3             = [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]]<br>[[Paymaster General]]
| term_start3         = 14 October 2022
| term_end3           = 25 October 2022
| primeminister3      = [[Liz Truss]]
| predecessor3        = [[Edward Argar]]
| successor3          = [[Jeremy Quin]]
| office4             = [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]
| term_start4         = 6 September 2022
| term_end4           = 14 October 2022
| primeminister4      = [[Liz Truss]]
| predecessor4        = [[Simon Clarke (politician)|Simon Clarke]]
| successor4          = [[Edward Argar]]
| office5             = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy]]
| term_start5         = 16 September 2021
| term_end5           = 7 July 2022
| primeminister5      = [[Boris Johnson]]
| predecessor5        = [[Matt Warman]]
| successor5          = [[Damian Collins]]
| office6             = [[Minister for London]]
| term_start6         = 18 December 2019
| term_end6           = 13 February 2020
| primeminister6      = [[Boris Johnson]]
| predecessor6        = [[Nick Hurd]]
| successor6          = [[Paul Scully]]
| office7             = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts]]{{efn|Jointly with the Home Office from February 2020.}}
| primeminister7      = [[Boris Johnson]]
| term_start7         = 10 September 2019
| term_end7           = 16 September 2021
| predecessor7        = [[Edward Argar]]
| successor7          = [[Tom Pursglove]]
| office8             = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon South]]
| term_start8         = 7 May 2015
| term_end8           = 
| predecessor8        = [[Richard Ottaway]]
| majority8           = 2,313 (4.7%)
| successor8          = 
| office9             = [[Camden London Borough Council|Camden Borough Councillor]]<br />for [[Gospel Oak (ward)|Gospel Oak]]
| term_start9         = 4 May 2006
| term_end9           = 6 May 2010
| predecessor9        = [[Raj Chada]]
| successor9          = Theo Blackwell
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1976|7|6|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[West Wickham|West Wickham, London]], England
| party               = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Elizabeth Philp|2009}}
| children            = 2
| alma_mater          = [[University College, Oxford]]
| website             = {{URL|www.chrisphilp.com}}
| caption             = Official portrait, 2024
}}

'''Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-South-election-results_0.pdf |title=Election of a Member of Parliament for Croydon South |date=7 May 2015 |website=Croydon.gov.uk |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235500/https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-South-election-results_0.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> (born 6 July 1976) is a British politician who has served as [[Shadow Home Secretary]] since November 2024. He held the post of [[Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire]] from October 2022 to July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022 |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=GOV.UK}}</ref> He was previously appointed to [[Liz Truss]]'s cabinet from September to October 2022 as [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] and then as [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]] and [[Paymaster General]]. A member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], he is the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon South]] following his election in 2015. 

In August 2019, he was appointed [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] [[Sajid Javid]]. In September 2019, he was appointed by Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] as [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]] for the [[Ministry of Justice]] and in February 2020 at the [[Home Office]]. He was also briefly the [[Minister for London]] from December 2019 to February 2020. He was moved to the position of [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy]] by Johnson in the [[2021 British cabinet reshuffle|September 2021 reshuffle]]. He resigned from this post during the [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis|July 2022 government crisis]]. 

After Johnson resigned in July 2022, Philp supported [[Liz Truss]]’s bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister, she promoted Philp to the cabinet as [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] in September 2022. In October 2022, when [[Kwasi Kwarteng]] was dismissed as Chancellor as a result of his "[[September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget|mini-budget]]", Philp was demoted to [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]] and [[Paymaster General]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Treasury chief secretary Chris Philp moved aside and replaced by Edward Argar amid economic chaos |url=https://news.sky.com/story/treasury-chief-secretary-chris-philp-moved-aside-amid-economic-chaos-12720293 |date=14 October 2022 |access-date=14 October 2022 |work=Sky News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rishi Sunak demotes Truss allies as reshuffle continues |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63402782 |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=BBC News |date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grylls |first1=George |title=Demotions for Truss supporters Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Chris Philp |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/demotions-for-truss-supporters-anne-marie-trevelyan-and-chris-philp-zszqcbtgp |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=[[The Times]] |date=26 October 2022}}</ref> After [[Rishi Sunak]] succeeded Truss as Prime Minister, Philp became Minister of State at the [[Home Office]] until the end of the Conservative government in July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chris-philp-mp |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=GOV.UK}}</ref>

In Opposition, Philp held the role [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]] in the Sunak [[Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak|caretaker Shadow Cabinet]] before becoming [[Shadow Home Secretary]] in November 2024 following the election of [[Kemi Badenoch]] as [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|leader of the Conservative Party]] and [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

==Early life and education==
Christopher Philp was born in [[West Wickham]], [[London]], and attended [[St Olave's Grammar School]] in [[Orpington]], [[London Borough of Bromley|Bromley]],<ref>{{cite news |title=The anatomy of a London candidate: who are these people who want to be your next MP? |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-anatomy-of-a-london-candidate-who-are-these-people-who-want-to-be-your-next-mp-10191905.html |work=Evening Standard |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=15 February 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415082426/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/the-anatomy-of-a-london-candidate-who-are-these-people-who-want-to-be-your-next-mp-10191905.html |url-status=live }}</ref> before studying physics at [[University College, Oxford]], graduating in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |work=The Martlet |url=https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Martlet-Issue-11.pdf |title=Announcements |publisher=[[University College, Oxford]] |page=46 |issue=11 |date=Spring 2020 |access-date=15 February 2021 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413170115/https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/The-Martlet-Issue-11.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996 he was editor of the Oxford University student newspaper, ''[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cherwell.org/2011/04/18/what-is-cherwell/|title=Cherwell – independent since 1920 &#124; Cherwell|date=18 April 2011|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618000121/https://cherwell.org/2011/04/18/what-is-cherwell/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1996, while a second-year student at Oxford, Philp was fined and suspended by the [[Oxford Union]] for recording a controversial speech by [[OJ Simpson]] and selling copies to newspapers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wynne-Jones |first1=Ros |title=Student fined for OJ tape sale |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/student-fined-for-oj-tape-sale-1349780.html |access-date=5 July 2024 |work=The Independent |date=29 May 1996}}</ref>

==Early career==
Philp worked for [[McKinsey & Company]] before co-founding distribution business Blueheath Holdings, in 2000. It was floated on the [[Alternative Investment Market|AIM]] before being absorbed in a reverse takeover by the Booker Group in 2007, a deal that valued Booker at £375m.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bowker|first1=John|title=Booker strikes deal to return to stock market|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/booker-blueheath-acquisition-idUKNOA93508220070509|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729082846/http://uk.reuters.com/article/booker-blueheath-acquisition-idUKNOA93508220070509|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2016|access-date=6 April 2017|publisher=Reuters|date=9 May 2007}}</ref><ref name="propw">{{cite news|last1=Guy Montague-Jones|first1=Guy|title=Pluto Finance founder is elected new Tory MP for Croydon South|url=http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/pluto-finance-founder-is-elected-new-tory-mp-for-croydon-south/5074553.article|access-date=6 April 2017|work=Property Week|date=15 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115060434/http://www.propertyweek.com/finance/pluto-finance-founder-is-elected-new-tory-mp-for-croydon-south/5074553.article|archive-date=15 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/may/09/money1|title=Booker taken over by minnow|first1=Fiona|last1=Walsh|first2=Julia|last2=Finch|date=9 May 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=1 July 2019|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701174708/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/may/09/money1|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003 Philp received London's Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year award from [[Ernst & Young]] and ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-13 |title='Thatcherite and patriot' becomes next Croydon South Tory candidate for MP |url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10804766.thatcherite-and-patriot-chris-philp-becomes-next-croydon-south-conservative-candidate-for-mp/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Your Local Guardian}}</ref>

With fellow future [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Party MP [[Sam Gyimah]], he founded Clearstone Training and Recruitment Limited, an [[Heavy goods vehicle|HGV]] training provider.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Clegg|first1=Alicia|title=Tricks of the truck-driving trade|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0ffecbec-6c05-11da-bb53-0000779e2340|access-date=3 April 2017|work=Financial Times|date=13 December 2005|archive-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404220120/https://www.ft.com/content/0ffecbec-6c05-11da-bb53-0000779e2340|url-status=live}}</ref> Philp also founded property development lender Pluto Finance and Moreof Silverstone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pluto Finance founder is elected new Tory MP for Croydon South |url=https://www.propertyweek.com/finance/pluto-finance-founder-is-elected-new-tory-mp-for-croydon-south/5074553.article |website=Property Week |access-date=27 January 2021 |date=15 May 2015 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112164029/https://www.propertyweek.com/finance/pluto-finance-founder-is-elected-new-tory-mp-for-croydon-south/5074553.article |url-status=live }}</ref> He founded the charity The Next Big Thing, which was solvently wound up in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NEXT BIG THING PROGRAMMES C.I.C. overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08849087 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}}</ref>

Philp was Chairman of the [[Bow Group]], a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] think tank, from 2004 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bow Group Alumni &#124; The Bow Group |url=https://www.bowgroup.org/content/bow-group-alumni |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709174037/https://www.bowgroup.org/content/bow-group-alumni |archive-date=9 July 2019 |access-date=9 July 2019 |website=www.bowgroup.org}}</ref> He defeated the Labour Leader of [[Camden London Borough Council|Camden Council]] to become a councillor in the [[Gospel Oak (ward)|Gospel Oak]] ward of Camden in [[2006 Camden London Borough Council election|May 2006]] with a swing of over 10%, the first Conservative to win the ward in over 20 years. He did not stand at the [[2010 Camden London Borough Council election|2010 local elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teale |first=Andrew |title=Gospel Oak Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/66/ |access-date=28 July 2022 |website=Local Elections Archive Project}}</ref>

Philp's book, ''Conservative Revival: Blueprint for a Better Britain'', was published in conjunction with the Bow Group and was co-authored by 10 Conservative MPs, or recent candidates in their 30s, and had a foreword written by David Cameron, the then Leader of the Opposition. Philp was also the author of ''Work for the Dole: A proposal to fix welfare dependency'', published by [[The Taxpayers' Alliance]] in September 2013. His report called for mandatory participation in community work and training in return for the continued payment of benefits payments.<ref name="preye">{{cite news |date=10 June 2016 |title=The New Boys and Girls - No. 15 Chris Philp |work=Private Eye |publisher=Pressdram Ltd |page=13 |issue=1420}}</ref>

==Parliamentary career==
=== Parliamentary candidate ===
At the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Philp stood in [[Hampstead and Kilburn (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead and Kilburn]], coming second with 32.7% of the vote behind the incumbent [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Glenda Jackson]] by 42 votes, the narrowest majority in the resulting House of Commons.<ref name="electoralcalculus2010">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2010 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt |archive-date=26 July 2013 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=BBC News – Election 2010 – Constituency – Hampstead & Kilburn |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b99.stm |work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

=== Cameron government ===
In November 2013, Philp was selected to be the Conservative parliamentary candidate for [[Croydon South (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon South]]. At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Philp was elected as MP for Croydon South with 54.5% of the vote and a majority of 17,140.<ref name="electoralcalculus">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref>

Shortly after being elected to Parliament, Philp became the first of the 2015 Conservative intake to be elected by other MPs to the influential [[Treasury Select Committee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-philp/4503 |title=Chris Philp MP - UK Parliament |website=Parliament.uk |date=20 July 2015 |access-date=26 April 2017 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519190803/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-philp/4503 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Philp supports selective [[grammar school]]s. In October 2015, he argued for one to open a satellite in his constituency to circumvent [[Grammar schools debate|a ban in England on new selective schools]] and the borough council's own non-selective policy.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 October 2015 |title=London MP backs grammar annexe in non-selective borough |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/education-34608655 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201050622/https://www.bbc.com/news/education-34608655 |archive-date=1 February 2021 |access-date=27 January 2021 |website=BBC News}}</ref>

In May 2016, when debating the Government's [[Starter home|Starter Homes]] Initiative, Philp was accused by housing charities of failing to understand how a couple buying a house for the first time cannot afford a £10,000 deposit. Responding to criticism, he stated "No one says it is easy, the average age of a first time buyer these days is about 30 so people have 10 years to save £5,000."<ref>{{cite web |author=Andrea Downey |date=4 May 2016 |title=MP Chris Philp 'fails to understand' how first-time buyers cannot afford a £10,000 deposit (From Croydon Guardian) |url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/14470745.MP_Chris_Philp__fails_to_understand__how_first_home_buyers_cannot_afford_a___10_000_deposit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515012447/http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/14470745.MP_Chris_Philp__fails_to_understand__how_first_home_buyers_cannot_afford_a___10_000_deposit/ |archive-date=15 May 2017 |access-date=26 April 2017 |website=Croydonguardian.co.uk}}</ref>

Philp was opposed to [[Brexit]] before the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 European membership referendum]].<ref name="thespectatorwhichtorympsbackbrexit">{{cite news|last1=Goodenough|first1=Tom|title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|access-date=11 October 2016|work=The Spectator|date=16 February 2016|archive-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203120144/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Philp has been an outspoken critic of [[Govia Thameslink Railway]]'s ownership of [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern Rail]]; in 2017, Philp called for the government to take control of the Southern Rail franchise and for cross-party support in ending disputes between Southern Rail and the [[National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers|RMT Union]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Will the government take over Southern trains? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38771216 |work=BBC News |access-date=27 January 2021 |date=27 January 2017 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204161506/https://www.bbc.com/news/business-38771216 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also proposed a Private Member's Bill to ban "unreasonable" and "damaging" strikes on essential services, including trains.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Swinford|first1=Steven|title=More than 120 Tory MPs back calls for tougher anti-strike laws to end rail misery for commuters|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/24/120-tory-mps-back-calls-tougher-anti-strike-laws-end-rail-misery/|access-date=6 April 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 January 2017|archive-date=7 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407160459/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/24/120-tory-mps-back-calls-tougher-anti-strike-laws-end-rail-misery/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

=== May government ===
At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Philp was re-elected as MP for Croydon South with a decreased vote share of 54.4% and a decreased majority of 11,406.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 May 2017 |title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL |url=https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/SPN.NOP_.South_.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225144901/https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/SPN.NOP_.South_.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2018 |access-date=15 May 2017 |website=[[Croydon London Borough Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Croydon South parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000656 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612001339/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000656 |archive-date=2017-06-12 |access-date=2018-06-20 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="CBP-7979">{{cite web |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |edition=Second}}</ref> Following the general election, Philp was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to HM Treasury Ministers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/06/parliamentary-private-secretaries-full-list.html|title=Parliamentary Private Secretaries: full list|website=Conservative Home|date=28 June 2017 |access-date=13 July 2019|archive-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009063654/https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/06/parliamentary-private-secretaries-full-list.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Philp was made PPS to [[Sajid Javid]] then Secretary of State for the Ministry Housing, Communities and Local Government on 22 January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-parliamentary-private-secretaries-pps-january-2018|title=List of Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPS): January 2018|website=GOV.UK|access-date=10 February 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204751/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-parliamentary-private-secretaries-pps-january-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Between December 2018 to May 2019 he was the Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Policy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25377/chris_philp/croydon_south|title=Chris Philp MP, Croydon South|website=TheyWorkForYou|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428034013/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25377/chris_philp/croydon_south|url-status=live}}</ref> 

In August 2019, he was appointed as PPS to Sajid Javid, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Philp had backed Javid in the [[2019 Conservative Party leadership election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/politico-london-playbook-boris-on-tour-negotiations-what-negotiations-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-spad/|publisher=Politico|date=26 July 2019|last=Dickson|first=Annabelle|title=Politico London Playbook: Boris on tour — Negotiations, what negotiations? — A week in the life of a SpAd|access-date=10 December 2019|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806003129/https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/politico-london-playbook-boris-on-tour-negotiations-what-negotiations-a-week-in-the-life-of-a-spad/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/opinion/house-commons/104509/chris-philp-mp-country|publisher=Politics Home|date=12 June 2019|title=Chris Philp MP: The country is crying out for change - Sajid Javid can deliver that|access-date=10 December 2019|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210124912/https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/opinion/house-commons/104509/chris-philp-mp-country|url-status=live}}</ref> 

=== Johnson government ===
In September 2019, Philp was appointed [[Parliamentary Under Secretary]] for the [[Ministry of Justice]].<ref name="parliament.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-philp/4503|title=Chris Philp|website=UK Parliament|language=en|access-date=7 November 2019|archive-date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815050634/https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/chris-philp/4503|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Philp was again re-elected at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], with a decreased vote share of 52.2% and an increased majority of 12,339.<ref name="Statement of persons nominated">https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll%20Croydon%20South.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref name="CBP-8749">{{cite web |date=28 January 2020 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118043715/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021 |access-date=19 January 2022 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |location=London}}</ref>

After the election, Philp was appointed [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts]]. He replaced [[Matt Warman]] as [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure|Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital]] in September 2021.

On 7 July 2022, Philp resigned from government in protest at [[Boris Johnson]]'s leadership following a large number of other ministerial resignations during the [[July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dugan |first1=Emily |title=Government crisis: more ministers resign from cabinet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/07/northern-ireland-secretary-brandon-lewis-resigns-from-cabinet |access-date=7 July 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=7 July 2022}}</ref>

=== Truss government ===
Philp was appointed by [[Liz Truss]] as [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] and made a member of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-13-List-of-Business.pdf|publisher=Privy Council Office|title=Orders for 13 September 2022|access-date=14 September 2022|archive-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923225901/https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-09-13-List-of-Business.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

Shortly after Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng [[September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget|announced the government's 'mini-budget']] on 23 September, Chris Philp as his Treasury deputy, posted a tweet that prematurely celebrated the rise in the pound against the dollar, which read: "Great to see sterling strengthening on the back of the new UK Growth Plan." However, the pound's strength was short-lived, and it subsequently fell to a 37-year low against the dollar. This led to ridicule of Philp's tweet and he later deleted it saying, "It was an interesting move which I responded to".<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=BBCNewsnight |number=1574402158618968064 |title="It was an interesting move which I respond to"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/chris-philp-pound-twitter_uk_632dd5e2e4b00e36d1af0e92 | title=Treasury Minister Dunked on for Premature Celebration of Rising Pound | date=23 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Diver |first1=Tony |title='Economic illiteracy': Senior Treasury Minister mocked for failing to understand impact of mini-Budget |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/23/economic-illiteracy-senior-treasury-minister-mocked-failing/ |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=The Telegraph |date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220923235102/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/23/economic-illiteracy-senior-treasury-minister-mocked-failing/ |archive-date=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shipman |first1=Tim |title=Hasta la vista, 2022: the best and worst of a wild year in Westminster |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/hasta-la-vista-2022-the-best-and-worst-of-a-wild-year-in-westminster-ndw2hnf8c |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=The Times |date=31 December 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250106231406/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/hasta-la-vista-2022-the-best-and-worst-of-a-wild-year-in-westminster-ndw2hnf8c |archive-date=6 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Speaking at the Conservative party conference in early October, Philp defended the mini-budget giving it "9.5 out of 10" and rejected analyses which showed it disproportionally benefited high earners, despite him acknowledging that it did to the media only days before.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Batchelor-Hunt |first1=Nadine |title=Mini-budget that gives millionaires a £55k tax cut 'doesn't disproportionately benefit high earners' |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tory-minister-falsely-claims-mini-budget-doesnt-benefit-high-earners-most-161633488.html |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=Yahoo News |date=2 October 2022}}</ref>

On 14 October, Truss dismissed Chancellor [[Kwasi Kwarteng]] and Philp from the Treasury after 38 days in their positions.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-treasury-minister-philp-be-replaced-by-edward-argar-times-2022-10-14/ | title= UK treasury minister Philp to be replaced by Edward Argar  | publisher= [[Reuters]] | date= 14 October 2022 | accessdate = 14 October 2022}}</ref> Philp was demoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, the two positions that his successor [[Edward Argar]] had previously held.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chris-philp-kwasi-kwarteng-resign-demoted-liz-truss-b2202875.html | title= Chris Philp: Liz Truss demotes Kwasi Kwarteng's deputy in Treasury clear-out | work = [[The Independent]] | date= 14 October 2022 | accessdate = 14 October 2022}}</ref>

=== Sunak government ===
Upon the appointment of [[Rishi Sunak]] as Prime Minister on 25 October 2022, Philp left the Cabinet and became [[Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire]] in the [[Home Office]], in a straight job swap with [[Jeremy Quin]]. He held this post until the defeat of the Conservative party in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].

In September 2023, it was revealed that Philp is a member of a social media group in which criminal acts, damage and vandalism to public property are celebrated on a near-daily basis, especially vandalism of [[ULEZ]] cameras.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ulez: Policing minister Chris Philp in Facebook group that praises camera vandalism |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66939644 |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=BBC News |date=28 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McLoughlin |first1=Bill |title=Police minister is in anti-Ulez Facebook group that praises camera vandals |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/chris-philp-ulez-camera-vandalism-facebook-group-croydon-ulez-expansion-b1110009.html |access-date=5 November 2024 |work=The Standard |date=28 September 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, Philp opposed the construction of a small block of flats on the plot of one family home in [[Purley, London|Purley]], siding with a local residents association.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title='Out-of-character' apartment complex plan for Croydon 'suburb' is rejected |url=https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/out-of-character-apartment-complex-plan-for-croydon-suburb-is-rejected/ |website=South London News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Galliven |first=Harrison |date=2024-04-04 |title=Plans for 6 flats rejected as 'NIMBYs' claim it would be too 'overbearing' |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/plans-6-croydon-flats-rejected-28933641 |website=My London}}</ref> The proposed building was in a residential area dominated by large single-family housing. Philp argued, "New homes are needed but the right place for new flats is Croydon town centre, central London and brownfield sites." However, commentators noted that the lot in question was a brownfield site.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silvester |first=Andy |date=2024-04-03 |title=In a grown-up country, the need for a 'Bakerloop' would be rightly ridiculed |url=https://www.cityam.com/in-a-grown-up-country-the-need-for-a-bakerloop-would-be-rightly-ridiculed/ |website=CityAM}}</ref>

On an episode of ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'', broadcast on 25 April 2024, Philp discussed the government's [[Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024|new policy]] on sending migrants to Rwanda. When questioned by an audience member, Philp appeared to confuse [[Rwanda]] with the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] and seemed unsure as to whether they were separate countries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2024 |title=UK minister appears to mix up Rwanda and Congo on Question Time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/26/uk-minister-chris-philp-appears-to-mix-up-rwanda-and-congo-on-question-time |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> Philp later said that the question was rhetorical as he had had difficulty hearing the original question.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chris Philp says Rwanda-Congo question was 'rhetorical' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-68915197 |access-date=2024-05-17 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

===In opposition===
Philp retained his seat in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]], but with a reduced majority of 2,313 compared to 12,339 at the previous general election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galliven |first1=Harrison |title=Croydon South election results in full for every candidate |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/croydon-south-general-election-2024-29478031 |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=My London |date=5 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Following the Conservative Party's defeat in the election and the subsequent formation of the [[Starmer ministry]], Philp was appointed [[Shadow Leader of the House of Commons]] in Rishi Sunak's [[Shadow Cabinet of Rishi Sunak|caretaker Shadow Cabinet]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgm3g37klko|title=Sunak names new top team as Lord Cameron resigns|date=8 July 2024 |publisher=BBC News|accessdate=23 July 2024}}</ref>

On 5 November, newly elected [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]], [[Kemi Badenoch]], appointed Philp as [[shadow home secretary|Shadow Home Secretary]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Elgot |first1=Jessica |title=Kemi Badenoch appoints Chris Philp as shadow home secretary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/05/kemi-badenoch-appoints-shadow-cabinet-chris-philp |website=The Guardian |date=5 November 2024 |access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref>

{{See also|Rupert Lowe#Suspension from Reform UK}}

After Reform UK suspended MP [[Rupert Lowe]], Philp defended Lowe and said “Rupert Lowe has been treated appallingly by Reform and by Nigel Farage in particular [and that he has been] subject to all kinds of vicious and vitriolic attacks" and proceeded to request Lowe to defect.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/inside-reform-rupert-lowe-civil-war | title='The Tories Can Have Him': Inside Reform's Rupert Lowe Crisis | date=14 March 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2026900/rupert-lowe-has-been-treated | title=Tories lash out at Nigel Farage for 'appalling' treatment of Rupert Lowe | date=13 March 2025 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Philp married his wife Elizabeth in 2009.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Philp, Chris, (born 6 July 1976), MP (C) Croydon South, since 2015|year=2015|journal=Who's Who|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u283931}}</ref> Their twin son and daughter were born prematurely in April 2013, and spent an extended period in intensive care.<ref>{{cite web |first=Amie |last=Keeley |url=http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/former_hampstead_and_kilburn_parliamentary_candidate_s_delight_as_premature_twins_arrive_home_1_2307550 |title=Former Hampstead and Kilburn parliamentary candidate's delight as premature twins arrive home |work=Hamhigh.co.uk |date=2 August 2013 |access-date=22 July 2015 |archive-date=23 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723051124/http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/former_hampstead_and_kilburn_parliamentary_candidate_s_delight_as_premature_twins_arrive_home_1_2307550 |url-status=live }}</ref> Philp's father Brian stood as a [[UK Independence Party|UKIP]] candidate for [[Orpington (UK Parliament constituency)|Orpington]] in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Father of Tory MP Chris Philp stands in general election ... for Ukip |url=https://www.totalpolitics.com/articles/news/father-tory-mp-chris-philp-stands-general-election-ukip |work=Total Politics |date=19 May 2017 |access-date=15 February 2021 |archive-date=30 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630164120/http://totalpolitics.com/articles/news/father-tory-mp-chris-philp-stands-general-election-ukip |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2024, it was announced that Philp's wife, Elizabeth, is being sued over allegations of corporate espionage. She was accused of illegally using confidential information from her former employer to set up a rival business.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Boffey |first1=Daniel |last2=reporter |first2=Daniel Boffey Chief |date=2024-06-19 |title=Policing minister's wife in legal row over corporate espionage claims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/19/policing-ministers-wife-reported-to-cps-over-corporate-espionage-claims |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> When questioned about the case in a local hustings, Philp acknowledged the ongoing case, but refused to confirm or deny whether he was a stakeholder in the business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Philp questioned over wife's alleged corporate espionage in fiery South Croydon election hustings - MyLondon |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/chris-philp-questioned-over-wifes-29398807 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=www.mylondon.news|date=21 June 2024 }}</ref>

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