Ian Murray

Labour MP for Edinburgh South, since 6 May 2010

Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The Rt Hon Ian Murray is the Labour MP for Edinburgh South, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. He currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport).

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Scorecard

65.0% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote

374 Votes cast out of 575 divisions

201 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 MPs

7 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more

715 Debates spoken in 743 written questions tabled

Ranked 446 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.

Date	Question	Their vote	Result
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98	Aye	287–150
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41	Aye	284–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37	Aye	291–144
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36	Aye	288–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26	Aye	287–149
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13	Aye	297–147
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4	Aye	298–152
21 Apr 2026	English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2	Aye	293–155
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439	Aye	292–158
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendment 342	Aye	294–61
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11	Aye	294–156
20 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E	Aye	293–159
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106	No vote	248–139
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102	No vote	259–136
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B	No vote	254–144
15 Apr 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38	No vote	256–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78	Aye	277–150
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77	No vote	271–95
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43	Aye	273–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35	Aye	275–159
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26	Aye	269–162
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15	Aye	276–155
15 Apr 2026	Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5	Aye	269–103
15 Apr 2026	Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1	Aye	278–158
14 Apr 2026	Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments	Aye	247–21

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.

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (flat)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Edinburgh
Interest held: from 1 September 2019
Rental income: from 6 June 2024
(Registered 18 October 2019; updated 2 August 2024)

On the register since 12 Feb 2026

7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

Name of company or organisation: 100MPH Events Limited (dormant)
Nature of business: Event management
(Updated 31 July 2023)