About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Chris Murray) represents you, and all of the people who live in Edinburgh East and Musselburgh, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 5 Gorffennaf 2024 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @chrismurraymp.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Home Office
• Scotland Office
• Northern Ireland Office
• Wales Office
• Visas: Overseas Students
• Immigration: Scotland
• Asylum: Refugees
• Immigration: EU Nationals
• Energy: Scotland

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee (since 18 Meh 2025)
• Member, Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee (since 9 Meh 2025)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (since 21 Hyd 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Committee (12 Chw 2025 to 18 Maw 2025)
• Member, Employment Rights Bill Committee (19 Tach 2024 to 16 Ion 2025)
• Member, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill Committee (23 Hyd 2024 to 31 Hyd 2024)
• Member, Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Programming sub committee (23 Hyd 2024 to 31 Hyd 2024)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Gavin Strang

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Employment Rights Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
• Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Global Plastics Treaty 17 Jul 2025

  Does my hon. Friend share my horror that global plastic production will double by 2050? He said that his constituents in Edinburgh South West feel strongly about this; I can assure him that people across Edinburgh do. Will he join me in calling for a global plastics treaty that the Government should take forward as a priority?

• UK-France Migration: Co-operation 14 Jul 2025

  As the Home Secretary points out, we did not have small boat crossings 10 years ago, but we left the EU without incorporating a returns agreement into the withdrawal agreement. On a point of clarification, can the Home Secretary confirm that it is completely unprecedented for an EU country to allow returns from outwith the EU’s external borders? I note that it comes on the back of a highly...

• UK-France Migration: Co-operation 14 Jul 2025

  As the Home Secretary points out, we did not have small boat crossings 10 years ago, but we left the EU without incorporating a returns agreement into the withdrawal agreement. On a point of clarification, can the Home Secretary confirm that it is completely unprecedented for an EU country to allow returns from outwith the EU’s external borders? I note that it comes on the back of a highly...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Chris Murray

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