Chris Philp

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Chris Philp
MP
Member of Parliament
for Croydon South
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded by Richard Ottaway
Majority 17,410 (29.7%)
Camden Borough Councillor
for Gospel Oak
In office
4 May 2006 – 6 May 2010
Preceded by Raj Chada
Succeeded by Theo Blackwell
Personal details
Born (1976-07-06) 6 July 1976 (age 47)
West Wickham, England
Political party Conservative
Children 1 daughter
1 son
Alma mater University College, Oxford
Website Official website

Christopher Ian Brian Mynott Philp[1] (born 6 July 1976) is a British entrepreneur and Conservative Party politician. He was elected in May 2015 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon South.

He is the founder of the Next Big Thing, and co-founder and Partner of Pluto Capital, a property development firm, which has offices in Serbia, Montenegro and London.

Early years

Philp was brought up in West Wickham where his mother, Edna (née Mynott) was a teacher and his father, Dr Brian Philp MBE, FSA is an archaeologist. He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School in Orpington, and then at University College, Oxford where he was awarded a First Class Physics Degree and completed a Masters specialising in theoretical quantum mechanics.

Work

After leaving Oxford University, Philp worked for McKinsey and Co before starting his first business, Blueheath, in 2000. Sales grew to £70 million within 4 years. Blueheath was floated on the AIM stock market and was subsequently bought by the £3 billion turnover Booker cash & carry group. Booker's return to the public market, via a reverse takeover of online wholesaler Blueheath, took the City and the wholesale sector by surprise.[2]

In 2004, Philp co-founded a training and recruitment business specialising in training HGV drivers which he sold in 2006.

Philp is co-founder and Partner in Pluto Capital which is a financial investor and asset manager specialising in providing funding for the construction sector in the UK and SE Europe.

Politics

Philp was Chairman of the Conservative think tank the Bow Group from 2004-2005 and the key adviser to Andrew Lansley, then Shadow Secretary of State for Health, in the national campaign against MRSA in the run up to the 2005 General Election.

Philp won against the Labour Leader of Camden Council to be become a Councillor in the Gospel Oak ward of Camden in May 2006 with a swing of over 10%.

He was the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn in 2010, losing by 42[3] votes to Labour MP and former actress Glenda Jackson. In a 2008 interview with The Guardian about his views as a candidate he said "10 years ago I wouldn't have voted Tory myself." [4]

Philp’s book “Conservative Revival: Blueprint for a Better Britain” [5] was published in conjunction with the Bow Group and was co-authored by 10 Conservative MP’s or recent candidates in their 30s.

Philp was 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, Philp was selected to be the Prospective Conservative Party Candidate for Croydon South, held by Richard Ottaway who was retiring from parliament. On 8 May 2015, he was elected MP.

Next Big Thing

Philp founded Next Big Thing in 2009 which resembles Dragons Den and works to get youngsters from inner city backgrounds interested in business, building their confidence and widening their horizons and their ambitions. This concept is thought to be the inspiration for the Government’s StartUp Loans fund which is chaired by James Caan of Dragons Den.

Awards

Philp was voted London’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and the Times in 2003,[6] alongside being voted the CBI’s Entrepreneur of the Future, 2005. In 2005, Philp was listed as one of the UK’s top 50 entrepreneurs by startups.co.uk,[7] placed at number 8. Richard Branson was number 7 and Peter Jones was number 5.

Personal life

Philp is married to Elizabeth. Their twins Kitty and Nicholas, were born prematurely in April 2013 and spent an extended period in intensive care following their birth.[8]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/articles/downloads/Croydon-South-election-results_0.pdf
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Croydon South
2015–present		 Incumbent
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