Tanya August-Phillips

Member profile

Current posts

Member of the Legislative Council 2018-date.
Chair of the Standing Committee on the Business and Functioning of the Council 2021-date.

IoM Government 
Member of the Council of Ministers' Legislative Sub-Committee.
Political Member for the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture - responsible for legislation

Parliamentary Career

Political Member for the Department of: Home Affairs 2018-May 2019; Health and Social Care with responsibility for legislation ending 2025; Department of Enterprise, with a focus on the Finance Isle of Man agency 2025-2026.
Committees of Tynwald: Member of the Select Committee of Tynwald on Poverty 2018-2021; Member of the Standing Committee on the Business and Functioning of the Council 2020-2021; Alternate Member of the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee (for the purpose and duration of the Historic Child Abuse Inquiry) 2020-2021; Member of the Emoluments Committee 2018-2023; Member of the Select Committee on the Business and Functioning of the Council 2019-2020; ​Member of the Standing Orders Committee of Tynwald 2021-2023; Member of the Standing Orders Committee of the Legislative Council 2021-2023; Member of the Select Committee on Poverty 2021-2026; Member of the Public Accounts Committee 2021-2026 (CPA Public Financial Management Certificate); Chair of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs and Justice Committee 2021-2026.
Statutory Boards and Offices Positions held: Vice-Chair of the Isle of Man Post Office 2018-2020; Memorandum of Understanding with the Department for Environment, Food and Agriculture - responsible for legislation.

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Member of the CPA Isle of Man Branch. 
McGill SCS Professional Development Certificate in Parliamentary Governance.
Member of the CPA Branch Executive Committee 2018-date. 
Member of the CPA Branch Executive Sub-Committee: CPA BIMR Conference 2022-2022.
CPA Commonwealth New Parliamentarian Award Winner 2023
Small Branches Network Steering Group Representative for BIMR 2026-date.
Vice Chair Small Branches Network Steering Group for BIMR 2026-date.

Study visits and Conferences

States of Jersey 2019; Scottish Parliament 2019; McGill University, Canada, October 2019; CPA Post Election Seminar, Bermuda (Virtual), December 2020; Crown Dependencies Network Event, Isle of Man 2023; 11th British Islands and Mediterranean Region Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Conference, Scotland 2025; CPA Small Branches Workshop, Isle of Man 2025; Belize National Assembly CPA Post-Election Seminar 2025; PAC workshop with Belizean Parliamentarians 2026.

Electoral History

Elected as a Member of the Legislative Council in March 2018, for a term ending on 28th February 2023. Re-elected as a Member of the Legislative Council in March 2023, for a term ending on 28th February 2028.

Personal

Education: BA in Public Relations & Marketing; MA in International Journalism; McGill SCS Professional Development Certificate in Parliamentary Governance (McGill University).

Career: Broadcast Journalist, Producer, Magazine Editor, Public Relations Manager.

Public Service: Previously a Director of REACH, Compassionate Isle of Man; Director of the Family and Mobile Library; Director of IOM United Nations Association.