James McMurdock

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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James McMurdock is the Independent MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

242

Votes Cast

£171,670

Expenses 2024-25

98

Majority

30.8%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£171,670

Staffing£158,960
Accommodation£6,555
Travel£3,096
Office£3,059

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 39,549 voters

Reform UK
12,178 votes30.8%
Labour
12,080 votes30.5%
Conservative
10,159 votes25.7%
Independent
1,928 votes4.9%
Green Party
1,718 votes4.3%
Liberal Democrat
1,071 votes2.7%
Social Democratic Party
140 votes0.3%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

4,871

Written Questions

10

Oral Questions

39

Debates Spoken In

61

Speeches

242

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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Financial Interests(1)

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Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
4 July 2024

Registered 18 August 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by James in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the number of patients experiencing difficulties accessing prescription services through the NHS App.

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data she holds on the number of technical failures experienced by patients when using the NHS App.

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of difficulties accessing prescription services through the NHS App on patients’ ability

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the ability of patients to request repeat prescriptions through the NHS App for medicines that

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England provides guidance to GP practices on enabling patients to request regular medicines through the NHS App where those medici

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of difficulty using the NHS App on accessing NHS prescriptions.

Department of Health and Social Care8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to adopt proactive approaches to preventing fly-tipping.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for the maintenance of a) public parks and b) green

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of public parks and green spaces on public health and community wellbe

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government8 Sept 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of loss of publicly available green space in England over the last thre

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government8 Sept 2026
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