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
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 39,549 voters
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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242 votes — page 4 of 10
2 AYEOpposition Day
2 votes · 15 Jul 2025
Opposition Day
2 votes · 15 Jul 2025
1 AYE1 NOUniversal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill
2 votes · 1 Jul 2025
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill
2 votes · 1 Jul 2025
3 AYE3 NOTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
6 votes · 20 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
6 votes · 20 Jun 2025
5 AYECrime and Policing Bill Report Stage
5 votes · 18 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage
5 votes · 18 Jun 2025
4 AYE1 NOCrime and Policing Bill Report Stage
5 votes · 17 Jun 2025
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage
5 votes · 17 Jun 2025
2 AYETerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
2 votes · 13 Jun 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
2 votes · 13 Jun 2025
Financial Interests(1)
Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous
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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what enforcement powers will be available where providers of digita
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what categories of personal information will be permitted to be sto
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29th June 2026 to Question 14205, what assessment she has made of the potential risks associated with
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what contingency plans her Department intends to require providers of digital property logbooks to maintain in the event of
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether homeowners will be required to pay for updates to digital property logbooks following alterations or improvements t
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of mandatory digital property logbooks on homeowners who have limited
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to national planning guidance on the ability of local autho
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2026 to Question 18946, whether the operational incident response plans for the Lower Thames Crossing will be subject t
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 17th July 2026 to Question 18946, whether National Highways will publish performance standards for responding to incidents on the Low
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the time required to restore normal traffic flow following incidents of varying severity on the Lower Thames Crossing.
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