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Chris Murray

Labour Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting record

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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%).

7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Ayes 170, Noes 316 No
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 Ayes 77, Noes 317 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 No
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Ayes 171, Noes 322 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Ayes 74, Noes 323 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Ayes 104, Noes 391 No
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Ayes 164, Noes 311 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Ayes 155, Noes 279 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 Ayes 167, Noes 266 No
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 Ayes 77, Noes 271 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 Ayes 80, Noes 298 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 Ayes 99, Noes 371 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Ayes 170, Noes 301 No
2 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 171, Noes 302 No
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 No
28 Apr 2026 Privilege Ayes 223, Noes 335 No
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 No
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 No
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 No
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 No
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 No
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory Ayes 103, Noes 284 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 Ayes 61, Noes 311 No
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 Ayes 91, Noes 378 No
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 Ayes 172, Noes 334 No
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 Ayes 181, Noes 335 No
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 Ayes 187, Noes 351 No
13 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 Ayes 184, Noes 331 No
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 Ayes 188, Noes 341 No
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 Ayes 185, Noes 344 No
12 Jan 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 167, Noes 350 No
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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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