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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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

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 steps she is taking to help ensure that eligible UK medical graduates are able to progress from medical school into Foundation Programme

Department of Health and Social Care28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that eligible medical graduates remaining on the UK Foundation Programme reserve list are able to ente

Department of Health and Social Care28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that guidance published on travelling with pets between the UK and EU is a) clear, b) accurate

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the European Commission on the implementation of pet travel requirements for animal trav

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in discussions with the EU on simplifying pet travel arrangements as part of the EU-UK Sanitary and P

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce uncertainty for pet owners travelling between the UK and EU.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment has been made of the potential impact of the 2025 Budget on the number of subsequent pub closures in (

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment has been made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on employment in the pub sector.

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment has been made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions announce

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 28 Aug 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent discussions have taken place with representatives of the pub and brewing sector on the cumulative impact of taxat

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade 28 Aug 2026
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