Rt Hon Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South
Ian Murray has been an MP since 2010. Currently: Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Minister of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Secretary of State for Scotland (Scotland Office) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (Scotland Office) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (Scotland Office) | 2015 to 2016 | |
| Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | 2011 to 2015 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) | 2024 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2020 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Foreign Affairs Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Public Accounts Commission | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | 2010 to 2011 | |
| Environmental Audit Committee | 2010 to 2012 |
Show the other 1
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Committees on Arms Export Controls | 2010 to 2011 |
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.
Ian Murray has 7 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of McRaes Batallion Trust. This is an unpaid role. | 2 Aug 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Trustee of the Royal Observatory Trust. This is an unpaid role. | 2 Aug 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of IM Campaigns Ltd (dormant). This is an unpaid role. | 31 Jul 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (United Kingdom). | 31 Jul 2023 |
| Miscellaneous | Director of 100MPH Events Limited (dormant). This is an unpaid role. | 31 Jul 2023 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Edinburgh | 18 Oct 2019 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in 100MPH Events Limited (dormant) | – |
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.
Ian Murray has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
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.
80 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
Ian Murray represents Edinburgh South. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Ian Murray won with 53% of the votes, and Simita Kumar (Scottish National Party) came second with 16%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Murray | Labour | 24,976 | 53.3% |
| Simita Kumar | Scottish National Party | 7,725 | 16.5% |
| Jo Phillips | Scottish Green Party | 4,270 | 9.1% |
| Christopher Cowdy | Conservative | 4,001 | 8.5% |
| Andy Williamson | Liberal Democrat | 2,746 | 5.9% |
| Cameron Rose | Reform UK | 1,845 | 3.9% |
| Alex Martin | Independent | 466 | 1.0% |
| Lynne Lyon | Alba Party | 454 | 1.0% |
| Phil Holden | Scottish Family Party | 267 | 0.6% |
| Mark Rowbotham | Independent | 76 | 0.2% |
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 Ian Murray took part in 149 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Ian Murray voted the same way as their party in 147 of the 147 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 | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | Against | 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% | 99% |
| 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