About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (James McMurdock) represents you, and all of the people who live in South Basildon and East Thurrock, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Reform UK MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Fraud: Victims
• Offences against Children: Sentencing
• Defibrillators: Training
• Cryptography: Apple
• Coryton Energy Park: Construction

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stephen Metcalfe

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Undocumented Migrants: English Channel 12 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to identify immigrants who arrive illegally on small boats.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Elections: Devolution 11 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) transparency and (b) local accountability in areas where local elections have been cancelled as part of planned devolution arrangements.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Devolution: Essex 11 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Essex County Council on the financial sustainability of local services under the proposed devolution deal.

More of James McMurdock’s recent appearances

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