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Jim Murphy
Labour MP for East Renfrewshire
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jim Murphy voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Scotland, Justice, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Public Expenditure, Strategic Defence and Security Review, Afghanistan, Arms Trade, Armed Forces: Housing
(based on written questions asked by Jim Murphy and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Welfare Reform Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (9 out of 11)
- Communications Bill Committee (25 out of 25)
- Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Veterans: Jobseeker’s Allowance (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many former service personnel were claiming jobseeker's allowance on (a) 1 January 2011, (b) 1 January 2012 and (c) 1 May 2012; (2) how many former service personnel are claiming jobseeker's allowance; (3) how many former service personnel have been claiming jobseeker's allowance for (a) longer than and (b) under one year.”
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment Schemes: Veterans (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to support former service personnel disabled as a result of their service.”
- Defence Budget and Transformation (14 May 2012)
“I join the Secretary of State in offering my condolences to the families of Corporal Brent John McCarthy from the Royal Air Force and Lance Corporal Lee Thomas Davies from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. They will be for ever missed by those who love them, and their sacrifice should always be honoured by our nation. I agree with the Secretary of State. We continue to support the mission in...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 334 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 59.67% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 45 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 431 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorships
(b)Support in the capacity as an MP
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: Policy analysis provided to me as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence. 4 days a week for 4 months, commencing 6 June 2011. Value approximately £15,000
Date of receipt: 6 June 2011
Date of acceptance: 14 June 2011
(Registered 28 June 2011)
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: £13,251 raised at a fundraising dinner held on 8 February 2012 in London to support my work as Shadow Defence Secretary. This included one registrable donation as set out below.
Date of receipt: 16 January 2012
Date of acceptance: 16 January 2012
Donor status: unincorporated association
(Registered 15 February 2012; updated 5 and 19 March 2012)
Name of donor: Community
Address of donor: Head Office, 67/68 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9FA
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,450 as the only registrable donation from a fundraising dinner to support my work as Shadow Defence Secretary
Donor status: Trade Union
Date of receipt: 1 March 2012
Date of acceptance: 1 March 2012
(Registered 19 March 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BiCom)
Address of donor: 32-36 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 8QX
Amount of donation: return flights, transfers and some hospitality for myself and a staff member. Total estimated value: £3,234.
Destination of visit: Tel Aviv, Israel
Date of visit: 6-9 June 2011
Purpose of visit: fact finding in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence as part of the defence policy review, and to meet both Israeli and Palestinian politicians.
(Registered 28 June 2011)
Name of donor:
1)MBDA (global missile systems company)
Address of donor:
1)Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2DA
2)private
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)transport and some hospitality for me and a staff member; total estimated value £991
2)cost of hotel for me and a staff member; total estimated value £660
Destination of visit: Paris
Date of visit: 20-21 June 2011 for myself; 19-21 June for staff member
Purpose of visit: in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence for a fact finding visit to the Paris Air Show as part of the defence policy review
(Registered 19 July 2011)
Name of donor: Cellcrypt (smartphone encryption company based in the UK)
Address of donor: 13-15 Carteret St, London SW1H 9DJ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, hotel accommodation and some hospitality for myself and a staff member, at a total cost of £3,484
Destination of visit: Washington DC
Date of visit: 18-21 July 2011
Purpose of visit: Factfinding visit as Shadow Defence Secretary as part of the Labour Party defence policy review and to meet US politicians.
(Registered 12 August 2011 )
8. Land and Property
Flat in London, from which rental income is received.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £18,884 (330th) | £22,801 (238th) | £22,099 (joint 208th with 2 others) | £21,284 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,604 (300th) | £15,809 (joint 210th with 3 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,281 (joint 104th with 6 others) | £0 |
| Office running costs | £29,595 (8th) | £18,962 (296th) | £29,140 (joint 12th with 6 others) | £27,177 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) | £18,226 (joint 218th with 4 others) | £22,226 (113th) |
| Staffing costs | £90,407 (437th) | £91,886 (128th) | £77,661 (508th) | £75,681 | £66,458 (joint 496th with 11 others) | £64,273 (joint 458th with 31 others) | £60,502 (515th) | £37,955 (550th) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,954 (132nd) | £11,594 (56th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,178 (238th)1 | £13,721 (111th)2 | £15,025 (72nd)3 | £14,196 | £18,146 (80th) | £16,985 (96th) | £19,018 (61st) | £17,549 (33rd) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £304 | £336 (318th) | £718 (joint 209th with 1 other) | £1,991 (48th) | £1,481 (74th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,313 (99th) | £560 (joint 456th with 1 other) | £784 (374th) | £2,029 | £5,510 (19th) | £2,135 (55th) | £1,625 (136th) | £1,741 (joint 111th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,583 (448th) | £1,203 (552nd) | £8,146 | £13,550 (24th) | £6,983 (56th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,435 (46th) | £1,209 (joint 97th with 16 others) | £1,029 | £2,021 (joint 38th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 34th with 8 others) | £2,021 (joint 33rd with 8 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £165,331 (124th) | £162,542 (72nd) | £147,121 (135th) | £149,846 | £147,866 (31st) | £133,821 (79th) | £124,268 (79th) | £98,782 (107th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £860 (507th). Rail £1,259 (428th). Air £7,059 (55th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,008 (519th). Rail £260 (527th). Air £12,378 (22nd). Misc £75 (177th).
3 Car £2,218 (397th). Rail £1,338 (394th). Air £11,469 (29th).