UK Parliament · member 3966
Rt Hon Ian Murray MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Edinburgh South
- Member for this seat since
- 6 May 2010
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Ian 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.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)
- Property in Edinburgh (registered 18 October 2019)
Shareholdings
- Shares in 100MPH Events Limited (dormant)
Miscellaneous
- Trustee of McRaes Batallion Trust. This is an unpaid role. (registered 2 August 2023)
- Trustee of the Royal Observatory Trust. This is an unpaid role. (registered 2 August 2023)
- Director of 100MPH Events Limited (dormant). This is an unpaid role. (registered 31 July 2023)
- Director of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom). (registered 31 July 2023)
- Director of IM Campaigns Ltd (dormant). This is an unpaid role. (registered 31 July 2023)
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 374 recorded divisions where Ian Murray and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Ian Murray voted the same way as most voting Labour members 374 times (100.0%).
This compares Ian 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
£39,000 across 8 reported donations from 7 distinct donor names, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gordon Dalyell | Individual | 2 | £10,000 | 2020-01-17 to 2020-02-27 |
| Lord Matthew Oakeshott | Individual | 1 | £10,000 | 2020-01-17 |
| Community Union | Trade Union | 1 | £6,000 | 2020-02-01 |
| Lord William Haughie | Individual | 1 | £5,000 | 2020-02-25 |
| Baroness Meta Ramsay | Individual | 1 | £3,000 | 2020-01-17 |
| Mr Jonathan Wild | Individual | 1 | £3,000 | 2020-02-14 |
| Mrs Fiona Mactaggart | Individual | 1 | £2,000 | 2020-02-17 |
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: £27,139 across 78 claim lines; 2024-25: £279,586 across 154 claim lines; 2023-24: £265,999 across 177 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 62 | £20,744 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 16 | £6,394 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 11 | £231,218 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 113 | £29,822 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 6 | £8,027 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 15 | £5,027 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 7 | £3,493 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £2,000 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 17 | £214,146 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 129 | £28,988 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 10 | £13,889 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 16 | £5,282 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 3 | £2,296 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 2 | £1,397 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2022 | Office Costs · Insurance - buildings | Buildings insurnace and all additional cover for the year | £999 | Paid |
| 12 July 2023 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — office elctricity for june | £99 | Paid |
| 18 November 2011 | Office Costs · Const Office Water | OFFICE COSTS TO XMAS 2011 — Water charges to 26/10 | £99 | Paid |
| 4 September 2012 | Office Costs · Software Purchase | OFFICE COSTS TO 18 SEPT — Yudu publishing software | £99 | Paid |
| 4 December 2025 | Office Costs · Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Repairs in Constituency Office | £983 | Paid |
| 28 March 2012 | Office Costs · IT/Other Equipment Hire | OFFICE COSTS TO YEAR END — Photocopier copies charges | £99 | Paid |
| 23 August 2011 | Office Costs · Photocopier Hire | OFFICE SEPT 11 — Photocopies Usage Charge | £99 | Paid |
| 29 August 2019 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Office Team - Stationery for constituency office | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Hotel - UK Not London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £979 | Paid |
| 31 March 2023 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2022-23 | £973 | Paid |
| 31 March 2023 | MP Travel · Air travel | Aggregated figure for travel during 2022-23 | £9,707 | Paid |
| 31 October 2018 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | OFFICE COSTS TO 20 NOV 2018 — OFFICE ELECTRICITY | £98 | Paid |
| 21 August 2017 | Office Costs · Waste Disposal | OFFICE COSTS TO END AUGUST — REcycling for August after clear-out | £97 | Paid |
| 14 June 2023 | Office Costs · Advertising and contact cards | WWW.SOLOPRESS.COM | £97 | Paid |
| 8 November 2013 | Office Costs · Professional Services | Office costs OCT — Gully clearing and repair | £96 | 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.
Government posts, as Parliament records them
4 government posts since 2010 in Parliament’s record for this member, with the dates and the department it gives. A post is an appointment; nothing here says how it was discharged.
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | 21 July 2026 | still held |
| Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | 6 September 2025 | 21 July 2026 |
| Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | 6 September 2025 | 21 July 2026 |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Scotland Office | 5 July 2024 | 5 September 2025 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence), the member’s own biography record. Posts before May 2010 are not loaded.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
36 meetings recorded as a minister in the returns of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Each line is shown here only because the minister named in the department’s file was exactly one person in Parliament’s register of government posts at the time (or, for a title such as “Prime Minister”, the one holder of that post on that date).
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
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.