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Ian Murray

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

Labour MP for Edinburgh South

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Ian Murray’s voting in Parliament

Ian Murray is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

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Last updated: 12 Oct 2020. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Ian Murray has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

  • Channel 4 Privatisation 14 Jun 2022

    In terms of my Register of Members’ Financial Interests, may I say that my special adviser attended the television BAFTAs as a guest of Channel 4? I am told that I must declare that, so it is on the record.

  • Channel 4 Privatisation 14 Jun 2022

    I did not go either. I was not invited. Maybe after this speech I might get an invite next year, if Channel 4 is not privatised. Let me say at the outset that this country is the best in the world at making television and films, that our broadcasters are the envy of the world and that Channel 4 is a much-loved part of that essential ecosystem. But why would that prevent the constant...

  • Channel 4 Privatisation 14 Jun 2022

    Yes, it is the cultural levelling up that Channel 4 has been able to achieve as part of its own agenda. Analysis by EY—Ernst and Young—which was mentioned by my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), estimates that over £1 billion would be lost from the UK’s nations and regions if Channel 4 did not invest in the way that it does now, and that nearly...

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Profile

Labour MP for Edinburgh South

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

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Topics of interest

Ian Murray campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Business
  • Innovation and Skills
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Home Office
  • Treasury
  • Department for Business
  • Energy and Industrial Strategy
  • Employment Tribunals Service
  • Royal Mail
  • Social Security Benefits: Scotland
  • Universal Credit: Scotland
  • Asylum: Housing

Currently held offices

  • Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (since 6 Apr 2020)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (2 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020)
  • Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Foreign Affairs Committee (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Scottish Affairs Committee (5 Sep 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Public Accounts Commission (4 Nov 2015 to 3 May 2017)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (8 May 2015 to 26 Jun 2016)
  • Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (7 Oct 2011 to 8 May 2015)
  • Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (2 Nov 2010 to 24 Oct 2011)
  • Member, Environmental Audit Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 10 Dec 2012)
  • Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (12 Jul 2010 to 24 Oct 2011)
  • Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (12 Jul 2010 to 24 Oct 2011)
  • Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (12 Jul 2010 to 24 Oct 2011)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 27 Jun 2022.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1V 8RT, for completing opinion surveys. All fees paid to local charities/organisations.
6 September 2021, payment of £120. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 November 2021)
11 November 2021, payment of £120. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 17 November 2021)
11 November 2021, payment of £170. Hours: 50 mins. (Registered 17 November 2021)
19 November 2021, payment of £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 26 November 2021)
9 December 2021, payment of £100. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 13 December 2021)
Payments from Luath Press Ltd, 543/2 Castlehill, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH1 2ND, for a published book:
30 October 2020, received £932.23 as royalties. Hours: approx. 100 hrs between September 2018 and October 2019. (Registered 24 November 2021)
30 October 2021, received £772.13 as royalties. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 24 November 2021)
30 October 2021, received £1,802.53 as book sales. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 24 November 2021)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: R&A Championships Ltd
Address of donor: Beach House, Golf Place, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JA

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for the Open Championship 2021, value £700

Date received: 17 June 2021

Date accepted: 17 June 2021

Donor status: company, registration SC247047

(Registered 28 July 2021)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar
Address of donor: Qatar Embassy, 1 South Audley Street, London W1K 1NB

Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights, accommodation, internal travel and meals with a value of £7,602.67

Destination of visit: Qatar

Dates of visit: 12-17 October 2021

Purpose of visit: British-Qatari APPG visit to meet ministers and officials to discuss Qatar's humanitarian, refugee and political response to the Afghanistan crisis, preparations for the World Cup, workers' rights reform and bilateral relations.

(Registered 27 October 2021)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
From 1 September 2019, a flat in Edinburgh: (i). (Registered 18 October 2019)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
100MPH Events Ltd (event management).

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