Official portrait of James Murray

James Murray

Labour (Co-op) MP for Ealing North, since 12 December 2019

Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General

The Rt Hon James Murray is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Ealing North, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019. He currently holds the Government post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General.

Scorecard

65.2% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
375 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
200 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
6 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
318 Debates spoken in 306 written questions tabled

Ranked 440 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 49B Aye 297–168
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B Aye 304–68
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 32 No vote 371–98
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit: Government amendment Aye 321–102
13 May 2025 Opposition Day: UK-EU Summit No 104–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading Aye 316–95
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 87–404
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 18 No 94–315
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 14 No 98–402
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 90–318
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 97–363
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 160–294
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No 88–287
7 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 76–295
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading Aye 214–3
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 4 No 88–226
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-Sentence Reports) Bill: Amendment 3 No 86–222
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No 85–238
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 No 95–257
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10 No 101–258
29 Apr 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 73–255
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading Aye 342–70
28 Apr 2025 Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 74–337
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion No vote 12–50
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private No vote 1–73

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

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)

On the register since 19 May 2026

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)

On the register since 16 Dec 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)

On the register since 18 Nov 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 £475
Date received: 9 October 2025
Date accepted: 9 October 2025
Donor status: company, registration 02329345
(Registered 30 October 2025)

On the register since 4 Nov 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 and food in relation to an appearance on BBC Any Questions (value is estimated), value £498.30
Date received: 27 June 2025
Date accepted: 27 June 2025
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 3 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 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 (value is estimated), value £221.20
Date received: 7 February 2025
Date accepted: 7 February 2025
Donor status: company, registration RC000057
(Registered 3 July 2025)

On the register since 15 Jul 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

318 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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