Ealing North.

A 100% party-line voter since 2019, James Murray has drawn attention recently for a reason unrelated to Westminster: a South African news report from March 2026 alleged that a person named James Murray was implicated as a managing director in a R360 million tender fraud scheme involving corrupt police officers. The Beyond The Vote data flags this as high-impact negative coverage linked to this MP, though constituents should note the report concerns South African proceedings and it is unclear whether this refers to the same individual. Murray's office has not, based on available data, issued a public response. That ambiguity is worth watching.

At Westminster, Murray is a consistent government loyalist -- 100% party alignment across 341 votes, covering 66% of all divisions, which sits modestly below the Commons average. His voting record leans heavily toward progressive taxation and workers' rights, and he backed the government in restoring a ministerial reserve power over pension fund investment against three rounds of Lords resistance. He scores notably low on pro-lords-scrutiny (0%) and pro-business (17%) stances, and his 18% rating on parliamentary scrutiny aligns with the government's habit of overriding Lords amendments. His biggest deviation from Labour peers is on local democracy, where he votes 28 percentage points below his party's average.

His speech activity is concentrated on economic and fiscal policy -- 82 contributions on economy and jobs, 75 on fiscal policy -- consistent with his past Treasury brief as Exchequer Secretary, a role he held before the 2024 election. Community work in Ealing North has drawn positive local coverage, notably for securing HS2 funding for the Royal British Legion club in Greenford. No committee memberships are currently recorded.