Rt Hon James Murray, MP for Ealing North
James Murray has been an MP since 2019. Currently: Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General (HM Treasury) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Department of Health and Social Care) | 2026 | |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2020 to 2024 | |
| Opposition Whip (Commons) (Whips Office (Commons)) | 2020 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Crown Estate Bill [HL] | 2025 | |
| Finance Bill | 2025 | |
| Public Accounts Committee | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Finance (No.2) Bill | 2024 | |
| Finance Bill | 2024 | |
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 2023 | |
| Co-operatives, Mutuals and Friendly Societies Bill | 2022 | |
| UK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords] | 2022 |
Show the other 3
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No.2) Bill | 2021 to 2022 | |
| National Insurance Contributions Bill | 2021 | |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 2020 |
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.
James Murray has 4 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | BBC - £484.80 | 16 May 2026 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Mentorn Media - £295.00 | 4 Dec 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | BBC - £328.30 | 14 Nov 2025 |
| Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources | Mentorn Media - £475.00 | 30 Oct 2025 |
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.
James 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.
79 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
James Murray represents Ealing North. 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
James Murray won with 48% of the votes, and Maria Khan (Conservative) came second with 19%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Murray | Labour | 20,663 | 47.8% |
| Maria Khan | Conservative | 8,144 | 18.8% |
| Natalia Kubica | Green Party | 4,056 | 9.4% |
| Leon Harris | Reform UK | 3,948 | 9.1% |
| Sam Habeeb | Workers Party of Britain | 3,139 | 7.3% |
| Craig O'Donnell | Liberal Democrat | 2,543 | 5.9% |
| Helmi Alharahsheh | Independent | 499 | 1.2% |
| Les Beaumont | Social Democratic Party | 240 | 0.6% |
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 James Murray took part in 149 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
James 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 |
| 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 |
| 8 Sep | Health: 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