UK Parliament · member 5245
Chris Murray MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Chris Murray, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP
- Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £6,500.00 (registered 6 January 2026)
- Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £13,000.00 (registered 18 September 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- The Royal Navy - £1,574.00 (registered 12 September 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 453 recorded divisions where Chris Murray and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Chris Murray voted the same way as most voting Labour members 453 times (100.0%).
This compares Chris Murray with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£36,000 across 5 reported donations from 3 distinct donor names, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) | Company | 3 | £26,000 | 2025-04-07 to 2026-01-01 |
| Tracey Ullman | Individual | 1 | £6,500 | 2024-01-26 |
| Gordon Dalyell | Individual | 1 | £3,500 | 2024-02-01 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £22,119 across 85 claim lines; 2024-25: £194,622 across 106 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 84 | £21,435 |
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 1 | £684 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 9 | £122,225 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 76 | £30,401 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 10 | £17,182 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £11,426 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 5 | £8,387 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £5,000 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 December 2024 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — August - Nov | £992 | Paid |
| 16 December 2024 | Office Costs · Postage & couriers | POST OFFICE COUNTER | £99 | Paid |
| 2 September 2024 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £99 | Paid |
| 19 August 2024 | Office Costs · Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | — | £99 | Paid |
| 17 December 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | RYMAN 1134 | £96 | Paid |
| 9 January 2026 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — DEBENHAMS - DBZ | £95 | Paid |
| 11 April 2025 | Staffing · Bought-in services | Professional & consultancy — Support with casework backlog to end of March [200011798-476] | £938 | Paid |
| 14 January 2025 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Office supplies | £94 | Paid |
| 11 October 2024 | Office Costs · Website hosting and design | SQSP [***] | £90 | Paid |
| 13 December 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Printer labels | £9 | Paid |
| 17 July 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — Water July-Sept | £86 | Paid |
| 17 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | WWW.TONERGIANT.CO.UK [200011725-4766] | £83 | Paid |
| 17 January 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Sundries — Office sundries - Jan | £82 | Paid |
| 20 January 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | envelopes and blue tac | £9 | Paid |
| 28 April 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | ADOBE.COM | £79 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.