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Susan Murray, MP for Mid Dunbartonshire

Susan Murray has been an MP since 2024. Currently: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland); Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]; Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art; Scottish Affairs Committee.

Roles and committees

Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.

In opposition

PostWhen
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland) (Opposition Department)2025 to nowNow

Committees

PostWhen
Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL]2025 to nowNow
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill2025
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art2025 to nowNow
Scottish Affairs Committee2024 to nowNow

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.

Susan Murray has 1 interests currently registered.

TypeWhat was registeredRegistered
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MPNational Liberal Club - £1,552.863 Oct 2024

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.

Susan Murray asked 84 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Ministry of Justice11
Treasury10
Home Office8
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero8
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office8

Latest questions

15 Sep 2026 · to the Ministry of Defence
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Not answered yet
15 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Home Office
Not answered yet
14 Sep 2026 · to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Not answered yet

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.

PAID IN 2025-26
£19,230
Office costs · claims for running an office£15,868
Staffing · claims relating to staff£540
Accommodation · claims for somewhere to stay£2,822

64 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Susan Murray represents Mid Dunbartonshire. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Susan Murray

Liberal Democrat

MAJORITY
9,673

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
72%

of people who could vote did

Susan Murray won with 42% of the votes, and Amy Callaghan (Scottish National Party) came second with 24%.

Votes for each party

Liberal Democrat42% · 22,349
Scottish National Party24% · 12,676
Labour21% · 10,993
Conservative5% · 2,452
Reform UK4% · 2,099
Scottish Green Party3% · 1,720
Everyone else1% · 449
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Susan MurrayLiberal Democrat22,34942.4%
Amy CallaghanScottish National Party12,67624.0%
Lorna DougallLabour10,99320.8%
Alix MathiesonConservative2,4524.6%
David McNabbReform UK2,0994.0%
Carolynn ScrimgeourScottish Green Party1,7203.3%
Ray JamesAlba Party4490.9%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£929 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
1.7%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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How they vote

In the last 12 months Susan Murray took part in 160 Commons votes.

More detail on how they vote

Susan Murray voted the same way as their party in 158 of the 158 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

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteForFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateForFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeAgainstSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Has this changed over time?

90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
This MPParty average
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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