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Introduction
Chris Philp is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire since October 2022. and was the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in September 2022. He was elected in May 2015 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon South. In August 2019, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the 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.
Philp 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 September 2021 reshuffle. He resigned from this post during the 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 appointed Philp as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Early life
| Name | Chris Philp |
| Net Worth | $20 million |
| Occupation | Politician, Businessman, Entrepreneur |
| Age | 46 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp was born on July 6, 1976 (age 46 years) in West Wickham, United Kingdom. He is the son of British parents Brian Philp and Mrs. Philp. Chris attended the selective St Olave’s Grammar School in Orpington, Kent, and then studied physics at University College, Oxford. In 1996 he was editor of the Oxford University student newspaper, Cherwell. Philp worked for McKinsey & Company before co-founding the distribution business Blueheath Holdings, in 2000. It was floated on the AIM before merging with Booker Cash & Carry as part of the Booker Group in a £375 million deal.
Philp and fellow future Conservative Party MP Sam Gyimah founded Clearstone Training and Recruitment Limited, an HGV training provider, which sold its assets to RCapital in 2007 after going into administration. Philp also founded property development lender Pluto Finance (UK) LLP. Along with his Blueheath business partner David Gurr, Philp was selected as one of the recipients of London and South Region Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2003.
Political career
Chris Philp was Chairman of the Bow Group, a Conservative Party think tank, from 2004 to 2005. Philp defeated the Labour Leader of Camden Council to become a councilor in the Gospel Oak ward of Camden in May 2006 with a swing of over 10%, the first Conservative to win the ward in over 20 years. He did not stand in the 2010 local elections.
Philp was the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn in the 2010 general election, losing by 42 votes to Labour’s sitting MP Glenda Jackson, but increasing the Conservative vote share by nearly 10 percentage points compared to the previous election.
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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 with 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.
In November 2013, Chris Philp was selected to be the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Croydon South. The seat was held by the Conservative MP Richard Ottaway, who was retiring at the next general election. On 7 May 2015, Philp was elected as the Member of Parliament for Croydon South, with a majority of over 17,000, the highest achieved in the constituency for over 20 years. 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.
Chris Philp has been an outspoken critic of Govia Thameslink Railway’s ownership of 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 RMT Union. He also proposed a Private Member’s Bill to ban “unreasonable” and “damaging” strikes on essential services, including trains.
Philp wrote “Restoring Responsible Ownership”, a report on corporate rules which recommended greater shareholder control over company directors’ appointments and pay. Philp’s proposals received positive coverage for mounting “pressure” and arguing that “asset managers had to do much more to engage with companies, in particular, to exert some degree of control over executive pay”.
He was opposed to Brexit before the 2016 European membership referendum. Philp supports selective grammar schools, arguing for one to open a satellite in his constituency to circumvent a ban in England on new selective schools and the borough council’s own non-selective policy. In May 2016, when debating the Government’s 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.”
Following the 2017 general election, Chris Philp was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to HM Treasury Ministers. Philp was made PPS to Sajid Javid then Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 22 January 2018. Between December 2018 to May 2019 he was the Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Policy. 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.
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In September 2019, he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Ministry of Justice. He then served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts. He replaced Matt Warman as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital in September 2021. On 7 July 2022, Philp resigned from the government in the wake of widespread criticism of Boris Johnson’s handling of the Chris Pincher scandal, following a large number of other ministerial resignations. He was appointed by Liz Truss as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
Wife
Chris Philp is married to his wife Elizabeth Philp, they had their wedding in 2009. His wife is a private person and their twins, a boy and a girl were born prematurely in April 2013 and spent an extended period in intensive care following their birth. Philp’s father Brian has stood as a candidate for the United Kingdom Independence Party. Chris Philp stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality. As of mid-2022, Chris Philp and his wife Elizabeth Philp are still married and living a happy life with their children.
Chris Philp net worth
How much is Chris Philp worth? Chris Philp net worth is estimated to be around $20 million. His primary source of income is from his working career as a politician. Chris Philp’s salary per month with other career earnings is over $2 million dollars annually. He is one of the richest and most influential politicians in the United Kingdom. His remarkable career achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips.