James Murray’s voting in Parliament

James Murray is a Labour/Co-operative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour/Co-operative MPs.

This is a random selection of James Murray’s votes.

• Generally voted against a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 5 absences, between 2021–2022.
• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2022.
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2020.
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2020. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Generally voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2021–2022.
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 9 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2020–2022.

Last updated: 18 May 2022. Learn more about our voting records and what they mean.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: Sanctions 24 May 2023

  To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has made payments (a) directly or (b) indirectly for the benefit of any individuals who were a designated person for the purposes of financial sanctions regulations in each of the last 10 years.

• Leasehold Reform 23 May 2023

  For nearly a decade before I was elected as the MP for Ealing North, I had the honour of serving in local and city-wide government in the capital, working every day to tackle the housing crisis. If my memory serves me correctly, when I was working for the Mayor of London, as his deputy mayor for housing, he responded to a Government consultation back in 2017 entitled “Tackling unfair...

• Public Bill Committee: Finance No. 2 Bill: Clause 347 - Pension benefits and inheritance tax 18 May 2023

  As we know, under the UK’s dormant assets scheme, dormant asset funds are transferred to an authorised reclaim fund, Reclaim Fund Ltd. People can reclaim from that fund what they otherwise would have owned if their asset had never been transferred into the scheme. In some cases, it will be the monetary value of the dormant asset that will be transferred into the RFL rather than the original...

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Ealing North

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Treasury
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Department for Levelling Up
• Housing and Communities
• Unpaid Taxes
• Health and Social Care Levy
• General Practitioners: Ealing North
• Imports: Israel
• Taxation

Currently held offices

• Member, Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (since 10 May 2023)
• Member, Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Committee (since 23 Nov 2022)
• Member, UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] Committee (since 16 Nov 2022)
• Member, Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (since 8 Dec 2021)
• Member, National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (since 16 Jun 2021)
• Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) (since 16 Oct 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Opposition Whip (Commons) (14 Apr 2020 to 16 Oct 2020)
• Member, Health and Social Care Committee (2 Mar 2020 to 11 May 2020)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Steve Pound
• Harry Greenway
• William Molloy
• John Barter
• James Hudson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• UK Infrastructure Bank Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance No. 2 Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)