Rt Hon Dr Andrew Murrison, MP for South West Wiltshire
Andrew Murrison has been an MP since 2001. Currently: Panel of Chairs; Finance Committee (Commons).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development) (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | 2019 to 2020 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Northern Ireland Office) (Northern Ireland Office) | 2014 to 2015 | |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2012 to 2014 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Defence) (Ministry of Defence) | 2007 to 2010 | |
| Shadow Minister (Health) (Department of Health) | 2003 to 2007 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Finance Committee (Commons) | 2024 to now | Now |
| Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill | 2023 | |
| Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill (2021) | 2021 | |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 |
Show the other 3
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Science and Technology Committee (Commons) | 2001 to 2005 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Andrew Murrison has 10 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 31 July 2026 - £13,167.56 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 30 April 2026 - £3,661.00 | 15 May 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 31 March 2026 - £3,089.00 | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 31 March 2026 - £1,219.00 | 17 Apr 2026 |
| Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments | Payment received on 28 February 2026 - £27,249.96 | 26 Mar 2026 |
| Employment and earnings | Surgeon Commander - Royal Naval Reserve | 12 Jun 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | A Trustee of the UK Reserve Forces Association, which is part of the MOD and promotes the efficiency of reserve forces by providing opportunities for education, personal development and international experiences. This is an unpaid role. | 11 May 2022 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Residential in Wiltshire | 28 Jan 2022 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Agricultural in Wiltshire | – |
| Family members employed | Jennifer Murrison employed | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Andrew Murrison asked 48 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
41 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Andrew Murrison represents South West Wiltshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Conservative
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Andrew Murrison won with 34% of the votes, and Evelyn Akoto (Labour) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Murrison | Conservative | 15,617 | 33.8% |
| Evelyn Akoto | Labour | 12,374 | 26.8% |
| Garry Irvin | Reform UK | 7,840 | 17.0% |
| Bret Palmer | Liberal Democrat | 7,205 | 15.6% |
| Fay Whitfield | Green Party | 2,243 | 4.9% |
| James Ward | Independent | 448 | 1.0% |
| Thomas Culshaw | Independent | 441 | 1.0% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Andrew Murrison took part in 225 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Andrew Murrison voted the same way as their party in 223 of the 223 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this