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Chris Murray

Labour Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting record

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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 Chris Murray’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Chris Murray — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 457 of 590 (77%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 Aye
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 Aye
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Ayes 278, Noes 149 Aye
27 Apr 2026 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion Ayes 279, Noes 176 Aye
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Ayes 304, Noes 203 Aye
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

No government or shadow front-bench post on file for Chris Murray — most MPs never hold one, so this is the normal state for a backbencher, not a gap in the data.

Declared financial interests

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

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Name of donor: Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Services of a policy adviser for one day per week (value is estimated), value £13,000
Date received: 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 1 September 2025
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 18 September 2025)

Immigration & asylum

Name of donor: Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor: The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Services of a policy adviser for two days per week (value is estimated), value £6,500
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted: 1 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 12373468
(Registered 6 January 2026)

Immigration & asylum
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: The Royal Navy
Address of donor: MOD, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Hospitality on the Royal Yacht Britannia and two tickets to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for myself and guest, value £1,574
Date received: 12 August 2025
Date accepted: 12 August 2025
Donor status: other (Government department)
(Registered 12 September 2025)

Defence & foreign affairs

Name of donor: The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Address of donor: Edinburgh Military Tattoo Office, 1-3 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 1QB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: A ticket to attend the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in the Royal Gallery in my capacity as the local MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, value £470
Date received: 18 August 2026
Date accepted: 18 August 2026
Donor status: other
(Registered 14 September 2026)

Defence & foreign affairs

Written questions to government

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

Business costs (IPSA)

£216,856.70 paid out to or for Chris Murray across 193 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 Chris 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 — £122,908.35 (10 claims)
Office Costs — £51,952.83 (162 claims)
Accommodation — £17,182.05 (10 claims)
MP Travel — £11,426.46 (5 claims)
Staff Travel — £8,387.01 (5 claims)
Miscellaneous — £5,000.00 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £660.00, 2026-03-10
Cleaning services — £280.00, 2026-03-10 — Office Cleaning February
Software & applications — £58.24, 2026-03-07 — ADOBE [200013613-7373]
Cleaning services — £280.00, 2026-03-02 — Cleaning Services for December
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £147.84, 2026-02-24
Advertising and contact cards — £750.00, 2026-02-24 — Edinburgh Reporter Advertising Bill
Cleaning services — £280.00, 2026-02-19 — Constituency Office Cleaning Costs
Software & applications — £58.24, 2026-02-07 — ADOBE [200013624-2140]

Every claim on file for Chris Murray →

Early Day Motions

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

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Chris 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.

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