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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242 votes — page 6 of 10

2 AYE

Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 7 May 2025

3 AYE1 NO

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 29 Apr 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Football Governance Bills [Lords]

2 votes · 28 Apr 2025

4 NO

Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill

4 votes · 31 Mar 2025

3 AYE

Tobacco and Vapes Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 26 Mar 2025

4 NO

National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill

4 votes · 25 Mar 2025

Financial Interests(1)

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose
4 July 2024

Registered 18 August 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by James in Parliament

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the price of the NHS Health surcharge for visa applications.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Nov 2025

Leasehold: Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 81148 on Leasehold: Ground Rent and to the Answer of 15 September 202

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government4 Nov 2025

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the cost to the public purse of providing NHS services to non-UK nationals and (b) what proportio

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Nov 2025

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to collect regional data on the use of the Lifetime ISA.

AnsweredTreasury3 Nov 2025

Graduates: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of graduate earning outcomes in the UK relative to other OECD countries.

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Nov 2025

Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the alignment between degree subject provision and priority occupations identified by Skills England.

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Nov 2025

Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Office for Students (a) collects and (b) publishes data on the (i) continuation, (ii) completion and (iii) attainment rates for international s

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Nov 2025

Pride in Place Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish regular data on Pride in Place Programme spending by intervention type.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government3 Nov 2025

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of regional variation in the (a) progress, (b) attendance and (c) exclusion rates of pupils with SEND i

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Nov 2025

Graduates: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of differences in high-skilled employment rates by degree subject.

AnsweredDepartment for Education3 Nov 2025
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