Hannah Phillips

Early life

Hannah grew up in Brockenhurst and attended Brockenhurst College.

Phillips has been the target of significant harassment. In 2019, PinkNews wrote an article about comments she receives, highlighting regular death threats.

Election

Phillips was elected as a councillor on Lymington and Pennington Town Council for the Ward of Buckland in 2023 beating the incumbent Conservative Party Candidate James Alexander Hoare by a majority of 57 votes.

During the 2023 New Forest District Council election, Phillips contested a seat on Lymington District Council receiving 586 votes, resulting in a defeat.

In the 2026 Hampshire County Council election, Phillips contested a seat for the Brockenhurst Division of Hampshire County Council receiving 694 votes, resulting in a defeat. Additionally in 2026, Phillips contested a seat for Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East Ward of New Forest District Council receiving 126 votes resulting in a defeat.

Career

In a 2019 investigative report by the BBC regarding care for transgender youth, Phillips reported that she felt no regret in her medical transition - and that ultimately, nothing would have been able to stop it from happening.

In July 2019, Phillips appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight programme to discuss her experiences as a patient at the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service.

In 2020, she founded New Forest Pride, a non-profit organization responsible for organising the event of the same name.

She returned to Newsnight in April 2024 to comment on the Cass Review, a report evaluating gender identity services for children and young people in England.

Media appearances

In 2022, Phillips appeared as a contestant in two episodes of the second series of the BBC One daytime quiz show The Tournament.

In 2025, she later discussed her filmmaking work and upcoming projects in a radio interview on Southampton-based station Voice FM.