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
18 Mar 2026	Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division	Aye	368–107
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading	No vote	292–161
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6	No vote	175–292
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5	No vote	172–283
11 Mar 2026	Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11	No vote	174–292
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading	Aye	304–203
10 Mar 2026	Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No	203–311
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106	Aye	304–177
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102	Aye	315–163
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44	Aye	315–109
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41	Aye	316–171
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38	Aye	307–173
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37	Aye	321–106
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17	Aye	306–182
9 Mar 2026	Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16	Aye	309–181
2 Mar 2026	Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading	No	105–410
24 Feb 2026	Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms	No	69–279
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading	Aye	361–84
23 Feb 2026	Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No	73–256
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3	No	77–280
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2	No	156–273
23 Feb 2026	Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1	No	161–272
11 Feb 2026	Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27	No vote	279–90
11 Feb 2026	Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27	No vote	277–143
11 Feb 2026	Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division	Aye	362–107

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)