Luke Murphy MP: votes, interests and costs
Luke Murphy (Labour) is the MP for Basingstoke, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Luke Murphy sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill | 15 October 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Treasury Committee | 27 October 2025 | 22 June 2026 |
| Pension Schemes Bill | 15 July 2025 | 11 September 2025 |
| Planning and Infrastructure Bill | 24 April 2025 | 22 May 2025 |
| Energy Security and Net Zero Committee | 21 October 2024 | 3 November 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 048ea2783dc8.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Luke Murphy: Miscellaneous (1). The most recent was registered on 17 October 2025. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Unpaid member of the independent Housing Policy and Delivery Oversight Committee
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-09-08
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Luke Murphy's 2024-25 staffing spend as £155,501 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £30,076 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £155,501.02 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,075.90 |
| Accommodation: spent | £10,963.51 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £2,050.02 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £14,750 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Basingstoke BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Constituency Communications Manager (fixed term part time), Intern (fixed term full time), Constituency Support Officer ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Luke Murphy is recorded voting in 490 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 43 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. On 20 October 2026 Luke Murphy voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 168 written questions from Luke Murphy since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education and 1 other departments.
Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what quality assurance arrangements are in place for final complaint responses issued by the Department.
Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time was for complaints handled by Complaints Resolution Managers in the latest period for which data is available.
Miscarriage: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the number of miscarriages a patient is required to experience before they are routinely offered care, tests and treatment to help prevent further pregnan …
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a standardised methodology for identifying special educational needs and disabilities, ahead of the roll-out of the Inclusive Mainstream Fund …
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure schools apply a consistent, nationally defined methodology for identifying and determining whether a child has (a) special educational needs and (b) a disability, beyond those …
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the National Inclusion Standards being developed as part of the Schools White Paper will include a standardised, nationally defined methodology for schools to identify and determine whether a child has …
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools on adapting physical and structured learning environments for pupils whose prefrontal cortex development has been impacted by trauma; and what steps she is takin …
Batteries: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to remove regulatory barriers while maintaining high safety standards for domestic battery technologies.
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Ofsted’s new inspection framework will evaluate schools’ provision for vulnerable pupils, including those with Adverse Childhood Experiences; and whether inspectors will be required to consider the impact o …
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of school behaviour and reward systems on the needs of vulnerable pupils, including those affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences and neurodiver …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 66fb48ef8aa6. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Luke Murphy.
2024 general election
The House of Commons Library records a majority of 6,484 for Luke Murphy in Basingstoke in July 2024, from 20,922 votes on a turnout of 62.4%. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Basingstoke figures
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