Chris Murray

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Chris Murray is the Labour MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

483

Votes Cast

£194,520

Expenses 2024-25

3,715

Majority

41.2%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£194,520

Staffing£122,225
Office£30,299
Travel£19,813
Accommodation£17,182
Other£5,000

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 45,575 voters

✓Labour
18,790 votes41.2%
Scottish National Party
15,075 votes33.1%
Scottish Green Party
4,669 votes10.2%
Conservative
2,598 votes5.7%
Reform UK
2,129 votes4.7%
Liberal Democrat
1,949 votes4.3%
Independent
365 votes0.8%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

40

Written Questions

19

Oral Questions

107

Debates Spoken In⚑

175

Speeches⚑

483

Divisions Voted

⚑Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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4 NO

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee

4 votes · 20 Oct 2026

5 NO

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee

5 votes · 19 Oct 2026

2 NO

Opposition Day motion

2 votes · 14 Oct 2026

3 NO

Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 13 Oct 2026

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Financial Interests(6)

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Refugee

Services of a policy adviser for one day per week (value is estimated)

1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025

£13,000
Name of donor
Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Services of a policy adviser for one day per week (value is estimated), value £13,000
Date received
1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted
1 September 2025
Donor status
company, registration 12373468

Registered 18 September 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

7 April 2025 to 7th July 2025

Services of a policy adviser for one day per week from 7 April 2025 to 7th July 2025

7 April 2025

£6,500
Name of donor
Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Services of a policy adviser for one day per week from 7 April 2025 to 7th July 2025, value £6,500
Date received
7 April 2025
Date accepted
7 April 2025
Donor status
company, registration 12373468

Registered 9 May 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Refugee

Services of a policy adviser for two days per week (value is estimated)

1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026

£6,500
Name of donor
Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Services of a policy adviser for two days per week (value is estimated), value £6,500
Date received
1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted
1 January 2026
Donor status
company, registration 12373468

Registered 6 January 2026

Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

The Royal Navy

Hospitality on the Royal Yacht Britannia and two tickets to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for myself and guest

12 August 2025

£1,574
Name of donor
The Royal Navy
Address of donor
MOD, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Hospitality on the Royal Yacht Britannia and two tickets to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for myself and guest, value £1,574
Date received
12 August 2025
Date accepted
12 August 2025
Donor status
other (Government department)

Registered 12 September 2025

Visits outside the UK

The Refugee

£260
Name of donor
The Refugee, Asylum, Migration and Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
c/o Kirk Rice, The Courtyard, 69 High Street, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7HP, UK
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Transportation and food (£260 per person) and translation costs (£175 per person), value £435
Destination of visit
France (Calais)
Dates of visit
12 June 2025 to 12 June 2025
Purpose of visit
APPG on Migration visit to Calais to learn more about UK/French cooperation to tackle Channel crossings.

Registered 9 July 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Chris in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of UK funding for the Large Hadron Collider beauty upgr

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 27 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate he has made of the number of research, engineering and technical posts at UK universities at risk as a result o

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 27 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of potential financial and scientific consequences for the UK, and for CERN's partner count

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 27 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to establish a single, searchable, publicly accessible database of payments from pharmaceutical and medical d

Department of Health and Social Care21 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of whether voluntary guidance on the disclosure of industry payments would deliver greater transparenc

Department of Health and Social Care21 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to (a) independently monitor compliance with the proposed guidance on the disclosure of payments from pharmaceut

Department of Health and Social Care20 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to undertake further work on the named disclosure of research and development payments from pharmaceutical and me

Department of Health and Social Care20 Oct 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans the Fair Work Agency has to collect data on Overseas Domestic Worker visa holders at risk of exploitation; and in what way this data wi

Department for Business and Trade10 Apr 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when is the next review date for the National Referral Mechanism guidance; and whether that review will consider the barriers to referral routes

Home Office10 Apr 2026

Prisoners' Release: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his target number is of Strategic Housing Specialists in women's prisons.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice11 Feb 2026
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