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.

453

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)

33

Written Questions

16

Oral Questions

94

Debates Spoken In

142

Speeches

453

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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1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

3 NO

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages

3 votes · 16 Jun 2026

2 NO

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 10 Jun 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

Childcare: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on improving childcare provision in Northern Ireland.

AnsweredNorthern Ireland Office24 Jun 2025

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in defence spending on the economy in Wales.

AnsweredWales Office22 Apr 2025

Energy: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the green energy transition in Scotland.

AnsweredScotland Office26 Nov 2024

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU migrants transferred from pre-settled status to settled status and were resident in Scotland in 2023.

AnsweredHome Office4 Nov 2024

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU migrants (a) transferred from pre-settled status to settled status and (b) were resident in Scotland in 2022.

AnsweredHome Office4 Nov 2024

Immigration: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were made to people in the UK on other visa routes whose place of residence was Scotland at the tim

AnsweredHome Office4 Nov 2024

Immigration: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were made to people in the UK on other visa routes whose place of residence was Scotland at the tim

AnsweredHome Office4 Nov 2024

Immigration: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of indefinite leave to remain were made to people in the UK on other visa routes whose place of residence was Scotland at the tim

AnsweredHome Office4 Nov 2024

British Nationality: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of UK citizenship were made to people resident in Scotland in 2023.

AnsweredHome Office4 Nov 2024

British Nationality: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of UK citizenship were made to people resident in Scotland in 2022.

AnsweredHome Office4 Nov 2024
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