Jim Murphy

Former Labour MP for East Renfrewshire

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Former Labour MP for East Renfrewshire

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

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Topics of interest

  • Defence
  • International Development
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Scotland
  • Treasury
  • Afghanistan
  • Public Expenditure
  • Armed Forces: Redundancy
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Armed Forces: Housing

Other offices held in the past

  • Shadow Secretary of State for International Development ( 7 Oct 2013 to 2 Nov 2014)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Defence ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2013)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
  • The Secretary of State for Scotland ( 3 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
  • Minister of State (Europe) (28 Jun 2007 to 3 Oct 2008)
  • Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) (Work) ( 5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Cabinet Office) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
  • The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (13 Jun 2003 to 10 May 2005)
  • Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (29 May 2002 to 13 Jun 2003)
  • Member, Public Accounts Committee (29 Nov 1999 to 11 May 2001)

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Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 30 Mar 2015.

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
1 August 2014, received £100 for writing an article for the Catholic Herald, 15 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8TQ. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 12 August 2014)
Payments received from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA:
22 August 2014, £90 for completion of annual survey. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 12 September 2014)
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
Name of donor: Fundraising dinner organised by the office of the Shadow Defence Secretary
Address of donor: 1 Spiersbridge Way, Thornliebank, Glasgow, G46 8NG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,846.05FF0000; "> raised at a fundraising dinner held on 10 July 2013 in London to support my work as Shadow Defence Secretary. No individual registrable donations were received.
Date of receipt: 10 July 2013
Date of acceptance: 31 July 2013
Donor status: n/a
(Registered 6 August 2013; updated 19 December 2013 and 25 July 2014)  
Name of donor: PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP
Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Services of a research assistant (total value for their work in my office: £29,435) shared with another MP from 10 March 2014 to 2 November 2014, to support me as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.
Date of receipt: 10 March 2014
Date of acceptance: 10 March 2014
Donor status: limited liability partnership
(Registered 9 April 2014; updated 6 November 2014)
Name of donor: Holland House Property Investments Ltd
Address of donor: 160 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2HG
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: rent free use of an office between 11 November and 12 December 2014 during my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party; value £4,000
Date of receipt: 11 November 2014
Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014
Donor status: company, registration SC176032
(Registered 16 December 2014)
Name of donor: John McGuire
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 to support my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party
Date of receipt: 24 November 2014
Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 December 2014)
Name of donor: Alan Massie
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £14,500 to support my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party
Date of receipt: 20 November 2014
Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 December 2014)
Name of donor: Lord George Robertson
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party
Date of receipt: 18 November 2014
Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014
Donor status: individual
(Registered 16 December 2014)
Name of donor: Alan Massie
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £18,400 to support my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party
Date of receipt: 22 January 2015
Date of acceptance: 22 January 2015
Donor status: individual
(Registered 9 February 2015)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: Manchester City Football Club Ltd
Address of donor: Etihad Stadium, Ashton New Road, Manchester M11 3FF
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: five tickets at total of £850 at Manchester City FC v Tottenham, including hospitality  
Date of receipt of donation: 18 October 2014
Date of acceptance of donation: 18 October 2014
Donor status: company, registration 00040946
(Registered 6 November 2014)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: World Vision UK
Address of donor: Opal Drive, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes, MK15 0ZR
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Total of £1677.38 for myself and a staff member, consisting of air travel at £1,121.10, taxis costing £20.33, accommodation and food costing £535.95 (accommodation £447.95)
Destination of visit: Lebanon and Jordan
Date of visit: 12-16 March 2014
Purpose of visit: As Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, to assess the humanitarian situation resulting from the Syrian crisis, understand the plight of Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them and to see the work of the charity.
(Registered 11 April 2014)
Name of donor: TUC
Address of donor: 23-28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Total approximate value of £2,675.99 for myself and a staff member, consisting of air travel £1,589.90, accommodation £548 and car hire £538.09.
Destination of visit: Qatar
Date of visit: 31 March - 3 April 2014  
Purpose of visit: As Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, to observe the conditions of migrant workers in Qatar.
(Registered 29 April 2014)
8. Land and Property
Flat in London, from which rental income is received.

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