UK Parliament · member 5361
James McMurdock MP
- Party
- Independent — Independent
- Constituency
- South Basildon and East Thurrock
- Member for this seat since
- 4 July 2024
- In the records
- Every register entry that names James McMurdock, 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.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Brunei between 24 May 2026 and 29 May 2026 (registered 5 June 2026)
Miscellaneous
- Directorship of Gym Live Health and Fitness Limited. This is a dormant company awaiting strike off. (registered 18 August 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 241 recorded divisions where James McMurdock and at least one other Independent member were recorded voting, James McMurdock voted the same way as most voting Independent members 139 times (57.7%).
This compares James McMurdock 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
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
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: £13,816 across 43 claim lines; 2024-25: £171,670 across 51 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 37 | £12,666 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 6 | £1,150 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 2 | £158,960 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 20 | £6,555 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 20 | £3,059 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 5 | £1,564 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 4 | £1,532 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Hotel - London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £994 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Mileage - car | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £95 | Paid |
| 30 October 2024 | Accommodation · Hotel - London | [***][***][***] | £930 | Paid |
| 4 December 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | INSTANTPRINT | £93 | Paid |
| 9 October 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] | £90 | Paid |
| 1 April 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — WWW.AMAZON. [***] | £90 | Paid |
| 10 August 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — ARGOS DARTMOUTH | £85 | Paid |
| 11 July 2025 | Office Costs · Software & applications | X CORP. PAID FEATURES | £84 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | Staff Travel · Other public transport | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £9 | Paid |
| 15 November 2024 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | £8 | Paid |
| 1 April 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — AMAZON [***] | £80 | Paid |
| 9 September 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Office furniture — AMAZON [***] | £80 | Paid |
| 4 December 2025 | Office Costs · Newspapers, journals, magazines | AMAZON UK [***] | £72 | Paid |
| 31 March 2025 | MP Travel · Rail | Aggregated figure for travel during 2024-25 | £69 | Paid |
| 19 September 2025 | Office Costs · Moving Fees | Legal costs — MARGARET REYNOLDS SOLI | £600 | 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.