James Murray (London politician)
James Murray | |
|---|---|
 Murray in 2019 | |
| Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2020 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Dan Carden |
| Opposition Whip | |
| In office 14 April 2020 – 16 October 2020 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Member of Parliament for Ealing North | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Pound |
| Majority | 12,269 (24.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 July 1983 Hammersmith, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour and Co-operative |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
| Profession | Politician |
James Stewart Murray (born 13 July 1983) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North since the 2019 general election. From 2016 to 2019, he was Deputy Mayor for Housing for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.[1][2]
Early life
Murray was born in Hammersmith to parents Geoffrey and Lynne Murray. His mother Lynne was a Labour councillor for Cleveland ward in Ealing from 2014 to 2018.[3] He grew up in North Ealing, attending a private school, before studying PPE at Wadham College, Oxford.[1][4][5] Murray graduated with a BA First Class Honours degree in 2004.[2]
Political career
Murray served as a councillor in Islington from 2006 to 2016, representing Barnsbury ward, centred on the area of the same name.[6] As a member of the council's executive, Inside Housing reported he "was known as the most firebrand of London's Labour cabinet members for housing".[7] He was the borough's Executive Member for Housing and Development from 2010 to 2016.[2]
Murray advised Sadiq Khan during his successful selection and election campaigns to become Mayor of London,[8] and was appointed by Khan as London's Deputy Mayor for Housing in 2016,[8] amid reports that developers were lobbying against his appointment.[9]
As a Deputy Mayor, Murray oversaw the Mayor's £4.8bn affordable homes programme, and launched the first-ever City Hall initiative dedicated to building council homes.[8] This programme, Building Council Homes for Londoners, boosted council homebuilding to its highest level in 34 years.[10]
Murray was elected as Member of Parliament for Ealing North in December 2019 and gave his maiden speech in January 2020.[11] He became a member of the Health and Social Care Committee in March 2020[12] and was appointed to the Opposition Whips' Office in April 2020.[13]
On 16 October 2020, he was appointed Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury, following the resignation of Dan Carden the previous day relating the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.
Personal life
Murray is gay; his partner is Tom Griffiths.[2][14] In the late 2000s, Murray was diagnosed with Myasthenia gravis, and is now symptom-free.[11]
References
- ^ a b "At last, Labour wins a majority! It's got more women than men". The Times (London). 15 December 2019. p. 23.
- ^ a b c d "Murray, James Stewart, (born 13 July 1983), MP (Lab Co-op) Ealing North, since 2019". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u293073. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "CMIS > Councillors". ealing.cmis.uk.com. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ "Ealing's Local Web site". www.ealingtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ "Election winners". www.wadham.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Councillor details - Councillor James Murray". democracy.islington.gov.uk. 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ "Housing's head boy". Inside Housing. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ a b c "James Murray (past staff)". London City Hall. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ Sullivan, Conor; Evans, Judith (17 May 2016). "Developers fret over Sadiq Khan's choice of housing chief". Financial Times. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Mayor boosts council homebuilding to highest level in 34 years". London City Hall. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
- ^ a b ""We must win the battle for the NHS" – James Murray's maiden speech". LabourList. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ "Health and Social Care Committee membership agreed - Committees - UK Parliament". committees.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ "Labour makes Whips Office appointments". The Labour Party. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ "Pub manager suspended after refusing to serve gay and lesbian society". Evening Standard. 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
External links
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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