James Murray — Hear, Hear

Voting record

7

Voted for

0

Voted against

2

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See James Murray’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 87%

How often James Murray voted the same way as most of the Labour (Co-op) party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

James Murray currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds

Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General — HM Treasury — since 2026-07-21 Government

Previously held

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care — Department of Health and Social Care (2026-05-14 to 2026-07-20) Government

Chief Secretary to the Treasury — HM Treasury (2025-09-01 to 2026-05-14) Government

Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) — HM Treasury (2024-07-09 to 2025-09-01) Government

Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) — HM Treasury (2020-10-16 to 2024-05-30) Shadow

Opposition Whip (Commons) — Whips Office (Commons) (2020-04-14 to 2020-10-16) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for James Murray →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Mentorn Media
Address of donor: Tinopolis Centre, Park Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA15 3YE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Travel in relation to an appearance on BBC Question Time for me and a member of staff, value £475
Date received: 9 October 2025
Date accepted: 9 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02329345
(Registered 30 October 2025)

Name of donor: BBC
Address of donor: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Travel in relation to an appearance on BBC Any Questions for me and a member of staff (value is estimated), value £328.30
Date received: 31 October 2025
Date accepted: 31 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 14 November 2025)

Name of donor: Mentorn Media
Address of donor: Tinopolis Centre, Park Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire SA15 3YE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Travel in relation to an appearance on BBC Question Time for me and a member of staff, value £295
Date received: 27 November 2025
Date accepted: 27 November 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02329345
(Registered 4 December 2025)

Name of donor: BBC
Address of donor: Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Travel in relation to an appearance on BBC Any Questions for me and a member of staff (value is estimated), value £484.80
Date received: 24 April 2026
Date accepted: 24 April 2026
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 16 May 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for James Murray yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question James Murray has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£313,391.72 paid out to or for James Murray across 164 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include James Murray’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £256,756.48 (1 claim)

Office Costs — £56,586.07 (162 claims)

MP Travel — £49.17 (1 claim)

Most recent claims

Service charge & ground Rent — £724.71, 2026-05-05 — Annual service charge for constituency office [200013630-15]

Cleaning services — £297.60, 2026-04-14 — [***] [***] [***] [200013630-12]

Utilities — £128.79, 2026-04-08 — Electricity

Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs — £720.00, 2026-03-31 — Removal and installation of light fixtures [200013630-13]

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £84.69, 2026-03-30 — Landline

Stationery & printing — £121.45, 2026-03-25 — Banner March 2026

Stationery & printing — £463.38, 2026-03-25 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for James Murray →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by James Murray — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily James Murray’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

James Murray isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.