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Bridget Phillipson

Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities · MP for Houghton and Sunderland South

Party: Labour Role: Education Secretary Seat: Houghton & Sunderland South (since 2010)

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Bridget Phillipson has been Education Secretary since July 2024. In Andy Burnham's 20 July 2026 reshuffle, her Minister for Women and Equalities brief was made a standalone full Cabinet post, held alongside Education.

She has been MP for Houghton and Sunderland South, in Sunderland, since 2010.

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