Susan Murray MP: votes, interests and costs
Susan Murray (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Mid Dunbartonshire, elected on 4 July 2024. Current post: Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland), held since 1 October 2025.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Susan Murray, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Scotland) | Opposition Department | 1 October 2025 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Albert Hall Bill [HL] | 17 December 2025 | Current |
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 6 February 2025 | Current |
| Scottish Affairs Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 d8e77f9da0da.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 1 entry for Susan Murray: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (1). The most recent was registered on 3 October 2024. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
National Liberal Club - £1,552.86
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Complimentary membership of the National Liberal Club from 14 August 2024 to 31 December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £1,552.86
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-08-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-08-14
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
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 Susan Murray's 2024-25 staffing spend as £138,296 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £23,406 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 | £138,295.84 |
| Office costs: spent | £23,406.24 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,324.16 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,962.11 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £26,608 (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 in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of one dependant).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Mid Dunbartonshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Senior Communication Officer (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Administrative Officer ×2 (permanent part time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (fixed term part time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Susan Murray voted in the House of Commons: 383 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 29 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Susan Murray voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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
Susan Murray has tabled 188 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Ministry of Defence, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Home Office and 3 other departments.
Veterans: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade's consultation entitled Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK, published on 16 July 2026, what discussions he has had with the Secretary …
Animal Welfare: Fireworks
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade on the potential impact of the proposed reduction in the maximum permitted noise le …
Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Intimidation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with police forces to protect Royal National Lifeboat Institution staff, volunteers and premises from intimidation and harassment.
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the average speed of answer published in HM Revenue and Customs' performance data includes time spent by callers listening to automated messages before joining a queue for an adviser.
Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of classifying internet as an essential public utility.
Broadband and Telephone Services: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protections under Ofcom's General Conditions for vulnerable customers who lose (a) broadband and (b) telephone service as a res …
Broadband: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of arrangements for monitoring compliance with Ofcom's One Touch Switch process in the context of the closure of Ofcom's enforceme …
Public Expenditure: Scotland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of the Barnett consequential arising for the Scottish Government from the Places of Worship Renewal Fund announced on 22 January 2026.
Places of Worship Renewal Fund
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether spending on the Places of Worship Renewal Fund has been treated as comparable expenditure for the purposes of the Barnett formula.
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of specialist services and clinical care pathways for people with Postural Tachycardia Syndrome.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 5c2a10bc1cae. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Susan Murray.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Mid Dunbartonshire returned Susan Murray with a majority of 9,673: 22,349 votes, 42.4% of those cast, against 12,676 for Amy Callaghan. Result as published: LD gain from SNP.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Mid Dunbartonshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.