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 10 of 10
2 AYEGreat British Energy Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 29 Oct 2024
Great British Energy Bill Report Stage
2 votes · 29 Oct 2024
1 AYE1 NOEmployment Rights Bill
2 votes · 21 Oct 2024
Employment Rights Bill
2 votes · 21 Oct 2024
2 AYEKing's Speech (Motion for an Address)
2 votes · 23 Jul 2024
King's Speech (Motion for an Address)
2 votes · 23 Jul 2024
Financial Interests(1)
Miscellaneous
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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
Home Ownership: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of Essex homeowners in financial hardship due to escalating groun
First Time Buyers: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of first-time buyers in (a) Essex and (b) the UK unable to purcha
Shared Ownership Schemes: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Essex who have a shared ownership property which are subje
Help to Buy Scheme: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Essex who have been able to successfully utilise the help
STEM Subjects: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help retain UK-trained STEM graduates in the domestic workforce; and what recent assessment
Police Stations: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations in Essex have been closed or left vacant since 2020; and what plans her Department has to support the repurposing or ren
Police Stations: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of permanently closed police stations on (a) local community safety and (b) public co
Police Stations: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police and crime commissioners on the (a) maintenance, (b) security and (c) future use of disused police
Police Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated annual cost to police forces is of maintaining vacant police station buildings in (a) Essex and (b) the UK.
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 3.14 of the report by the National Audit Office entitled Investigation into the administration of the Civil Service Pension Sche
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