At a glanceChris Murray is a Labour MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 453 votes in Commons divisions (79% attendance), tabled 33 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Chris Murray did not vote in 122. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee since 18 Jun 2025
- Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee since 9 Jun 2025
- Home Affairs Committee Committee since 21 Oct 2024
- Labour Party since 4 Jul 2024
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 443 of 443 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 442 of 442 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 438 of 438 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 431 of 431 shared votes
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Andy Slaughter
Labour
100.0% · 430 of 430 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.4% · 1 of 273 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 197 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 330 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 323 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 317 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP2
- Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £6,500.00 (registered 6 Jan 2026)
- Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP) - £13,000.00 (registered 18 Sep 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- The Royal Navy - £1,574.00 (registered 12 Sep 2025)
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to France on 12 June 2025 (registered 9 Jul 2025)
Written questions
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when is the next review date for the National Referral Mechanism guidance; and whether that review will consider the barriers to referral routes for Overseas Domestic Worker visa holders at risk of mo
Answer · 20 Apr 2026
The “Modern Slavery: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales (under s49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and Non-Statutory Guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland” is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure that it remains current and effective for de...
Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans the Fair Work Agency has to collect data on Overseas Domestic Worker visa holders at risk of exploitation; and in what way this data will inform the Agency's enforcement priorities.
Answer · 20 Apr 2026
The Fair Work Agency (FWA) has taken on the former Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s responsibility for enforcing legislation relating to labour exploitation and modern slavery. Workers on Overseas Domestic Worker visas have the same protections an...
Prisoners' Release: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Strategic Housing Specialists have been employed in women's prisons; and whether he plans to increase that number.
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
There is provision for 50 full-time equivalent Strategic Housing Specialists in England and Wales. Nine of these provide intervention within the twelve prisons in the female estate. The provision of Strategic Housing Specialists is regularly reviewed to e...
Prisoners' Release: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his target number is of Strategic Housing Specialists in women's prisons.
Answer · 23 Feb 2026
There is provision for 50 full-time equivalent Strategic Housing Specialists in England and Wales. Nine of these provide intervention within the twelve prisons in the female estate. The provision of Strategic Housing Specialists is regularly reviewed to e...
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time taken to make a Reasonable Grounds decision for people currently held in immigration detention.
Answer · 6 Feb 2026
This government has been clear that identifying and protecting victims of modern slavery is a priority for this government.Obtaining the specific information requested regarding those in detention with a positive reasonable ground’s decision is not someth...
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people currently held in immigration detention have received a positive Reasonable Grounds decision under the the National Referral Mechanism.
Answer · 6 Feb 2026
This government has been clear that identifying and protecting victims of modern slavery is a priority for this government.Obtaining the specific information requested regarding those in detention with a positive reasonable ground’s decision is not someth...
Immigration Controls: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to help ensure that the Border Force’s freight inspection targets at UK borders are met and what recent progress has been made on reaching these targets.
Answer · 17 Sep 2025
Border Force have, and continue to, hit freight inspection targets and expect that this performance will be maintained throughout the remainder of the financial year.
Fair Work Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the structures in place for the Fair Work Agency to collaborate with other Government departments to (a) prevent and (b) disrupt modern slavery.
Answer · 3 Sep 2025
The Fair Work Agency will take on the full remit of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA).Collaborating with other government bodies will be crucial to the Fair Work Agency effectively enforcing employment rights. We have ensured it will be ab...
Speeches in the chamber
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
No, it is not. It is because the right hon. and learned Lady passed the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024, which allowed the backlog to soar. It is because the right hon. and learned Lady signed off on putting asylum seeke…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Fareham and Waterlooville (Suella Braverman), who was the author of the mess that we are discussing clearing up; I am sure she will look forward to sharing her comments with …
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
The Chair of the Home Affairs Committee and I were in northern France together. Does she share my impression from that trip that the scale and complexity of the operations the French Government were undertaking was quite astonishing? Will…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
indicated assent.
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
The Home Secretary is being very generous. The purpose of the Bill is to make the system more swift, but I am surprised to see that there is no component of mandatory reconsideration included in it. As we have seen in the Department for Wo…
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
rose—
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
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13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill
We always forget that people lose their lives in the channel—including last year, tragically, a young girl of four and a young man of 16 who had just tried to phone his parents. Does the Home Secretary agree that anyone with any humanitari…
13 Jul 2026 Ukrainian Refugees
I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. There is some scepticism among the public about refugees, but despite the fact that twice as many people came to this country from Ukraine as crossed in small bo…
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
What does “actively considering” mean? Is there anything active about it? Can the Minister refer to meetings, instructions or deadlines that would manifest as active consideration?
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I completely agree with the hon. Lady. It is not just in the UK that people are recognising that Israel is crossing multiple lines; it is across the world, so we must act. As others have said, countries such as Ireland and Spain are taking…
9 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements: Trade Ban
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Abtisam Mohamed) for securing today’s debate, and thank Members from all parties for the powerful speeches we have heard. There is clearly cross-party support for the proposition we …
8 Jul 2026 European Entry and Exit System
The best solution to managing those challenges this summer is sustained engagement with the French, at leader level, Cabinet level, ministerial level, and working official level, so that the police aux frontières have a delegated responsib…
8 Jul 2026 European Entry and Exit System
Last week I visited the port of Dover with the Home Affairs Committee, to see those operations in action. Given that this is an EU entry-exit system, we must face the fact that this is an inevitable consequence of Brexit, and we have to ma…
3 Jun 2026 Improving the UK Visa System
It is apposite that I should intervene at this point, because I believe I might have been the author of that IPPR report from 12 years ago. One of the things about contribution is that it needs to be managed. We need to be able to check wh…
27 Apr 2026 Animal Testing
I commend my hon. Friend for her work in this field. She, like me, is a serious animal lover who has always stood up for animals. Many constituents have contacted me about this debate; their primary reason for doing so is the unnecessary s…
24 Mar 2026 Middle East Conflict: Energy Security
Our energy security is so exposed to events in the middle east because we have relied on oil and gas for too long. Not only do fossil fuels cause climate change, but we buy them on the open market, so no further drilling in the North sea w…
24 Mar 2026 Middle East Conflict: Energy Security
9. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the middle east conflict on energy security.
23 Mar 2026 Asylum Seekers: Recorded Crime
The way to deal with any asylum seeker—or, indeed, any migrant—who commits a crime, is to remove them from the country. That is why it is good to see that removals of foreign national offenders have gone up 40% from what was left under the…
12 Feb 2026 Business of the House
Craigmillar is a brilliant area, but it is blighted by fly-tipping. One site just off the high street beside Craigmillar library, owned by Keyworkers Living Ltd, lies waste to litter and abandoned cars, and is a fly-tipping hotspot. In Eng…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Committee memberships
- Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill 12 Feb 2025 – 18 Mar 2025
- Employment Rights Bill 19 Nov 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
- Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill 23 Oct 2024 – 31 Oct 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
190 Portobello High Street, Edinburgh, EH15 1EX
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Chris Murray, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Chris Murray?
Chris Murray is a Member of Parliament representing Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in the House of Commons. See Chris Murray's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Chris Murray represent?
Chris Murray sits as Labour. See Chris Murray's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Chris Murray represent?
Chris Murray is the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh. See Chris Murray's official Parliament profile.
How long has Chris Murray been an MP?
Chris Murray has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Chris Murray's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Chris Murray?
Chris Murray has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Chris Murray's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.