Grahame Morris, MP for Easington
Grahame Morris has been an MP since 2010.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2016 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2015 to 2016 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 2024 | |
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 2024 | |
| Automated Vehicles Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 2024 | |
| Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill | 2024 | |
| Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill | 2023 | |
| Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill | 2023 | |
| Seafarers' Wages Bill [HL] | 2023 |
Show the other 8
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons) | 2022 to 2024 | |
| Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] | 2022 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2020 | |
| Transport Committee | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Transport Committee | 2018 to 2019 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2010 to 2015 |
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.
Grahame Morris has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous | Trustee (unpaid) of the East Durham Veterans Trust. | 18 Jan 2022 |
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.
Grahame Morris asked 209 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.
45 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
Grahame Morris represents Easington. 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
Grahame Morris won with 49% of the votes, and Lynn Murphy (Reform UK) came second with 30%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grahame Morris | Labour | 16,774 | 48.9% |
| Lynn Murphy | Reform UK | 10,232 | 29.8% |
| Joanne Howey | Conservative | 3,753 | 10.9% |
| Mary Cartwright | The North East Party | 1,581 | 4.6% |
| Stephen Ashfield | Green Party | 1,173 | 3.4% |
| Tony Ferguson | Liberal Democrat | 811 | 2.4% |
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 Grahame Morris took part in 255 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Grahame Morris voted the same way as their party in 250 of the 253 votes where parties gave instructions (99%), and went the other way in 3.
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 | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Times they voted against their party (3)
| Date | Vote | They voted | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul | Accountability of public officials: a proposed change | For | Against |
| 28 Apr | Privilege | For | Against |
| 14 Apr | Crime and policing: changes from the House of Lords | Against | For |
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 | 96% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 89% | 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