Chris Philp

Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp (born 6 July 1976) is a British politician who has served as Shadow Home Secretary since November 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon South since 2015. The Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire from October 2022 to July 2024, Philp previously served in 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.

In August 2019, Philp 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 at the Ministry of Justice and in February 2020 at the Home Office. He also served briefly as Minister for London from December 2019 to February 2020, before being moved to the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy by Johnson in the September 2021 reshuffle. He resigned from ministerial office during the 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 "mini-budget", Philp was demoted to Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster-General. 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.

In Opposition, Philp served as Shadow Leader of the House of Commons under Sunak's caretaker Shadow Cabinet before becoming Shadow Home Secretary in November 2024 following Kemi Badenoch's election to lead the Conservative Party and as Leader of HM Opposition.