Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

MP

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Chris Murray

Labour Party

Data from TheyWorkForYou.

MP contact details

Data from UK Parliament, TheyWorkForYou, and Wikipedia.

Positions and memberships

Select committees

Data from UK Parliament.

Stances

Topic	Position
MP stance on increasing windfall tax on oil and gas companies	Consistently voted for

Data from TheyWorkForYou Votes. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

Votes and EDMs

Vote	Position
MP support for Cumbria coal mine court appeal	Did not support
MP support for Accelerating construction work and lower carbon construction vehicles	Did not support
MP support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty	Did not support
MP support for Zero carbon homes	Did not support

Data from UK Parliament and TheyWorkForYou. Votes and EDMs selected for indicating support for climate/nature movement. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

2024 majority

3,715

Data from UK Parliament. This information is provided because in the UK electoral system, political parties and the media will be paying more attention to marginal seats and therefore the voices of the people within them can have greater national impact.

Date elected

4th Jul 2024

Data from UK Parliament.

2025 Mass Lobby attendance

MP did not attend

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Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous two constituencies:

East Lothian

Covered approximately 14% of this new constituency’s population, and 1% of this new constituency’s area.

Edinburgh East

Covered approximately 94% of this new constituency’s population, and 90% of this new constituency’s area.

Estimated child poverty

20.4%

29.3% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Mental health has been impacted by the cost of living crisis

36.8%

41.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to pay their energy bills in the next year

41.5%

53.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Constituency age distribution

	This area	National average
Ages 0 - 15	12.3%	18.3%
Ages 16 - 24	19.7%	10.5%
Ages 25 - 34	18.1%	13.2%
Ages 35 - 49	18.9%	19.1%
Ages 50 - 64	16.9%	19.8%
Ages 65 and over	14.0%	19.1%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Constituency Population

113,700

102,977.2 national average

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Number of onshore windfarms

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Ethnicity

	This area	National average
Asian / Asian British	12.5%	8.1%
African, Caribbean or Black	2.1%	1.3%
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups	7.8%	2.8%
Other ethnic groups	2.7%	1.8%
Other White	0.9%	6.3%
White British	74.2%	77.5%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Have missed a bill payment in the last six months

35.6%

31.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a credit payment in the last six months

25.4%

23.6% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Have missed a rent payment in the last six months

20.1%

19.0% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Have not been able to afford to turn the heating on at home when they have felt cold in the past month

32.6%

37.5% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Worried about having to use a foodbank in the next year

21.8%

28.7% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Worried about not being able to afford their mortgage or rent in the next year

33.5%

40.0% national average

Survation 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by 38Degrees. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated March 2023.

Country of the UK

Scotland

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

2.8 national average

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Coastal constituency

Calculated with coastline data from the University of Exeter, based on the ONS / UK Census Mean High Water boundary. Constituencies touching the sea, or a river estuary more than 1km wide. Updated May 2024.

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Public opinion

Should government policy on climate change be going faster or slower?

	This area	National average
Go faster	64.4%	54.1%
Neither	10.7%	12.0%
Go slower	24.9%	30.9%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Results of last election

Party	Votes
Labour Party	18790
Scottish National Party	15075
Green Party	4669
Conservative Party	2598
Reform UK	2129
Liberal Democrats	1949
Other	365

Data from UK Parliament. The results of the last parliamentary election held in this constituency Updated 2024-07-29.

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

33%

50.5% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

Likelihood to take action such as voting for a particular candidate or lobbying an MP to tackle climate change and protect nature

	This area	National average
Net likely	42.6%	39.7%
Net unlikely	26.3%	27.8%
Very likely	14.7%	12.2%
Quite likely	28.7%	27.5%
Neither likely nor unlikely	30.3%	32.5%
Quite unlikely	13.1%	12.6%
Very unlikely	13.1%	15.3%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Should the UK have closer economic ties with the EU, even if that means giving up some sovereignty?

	This area	National average
Closer ties with the EU	69.4%	51.5%
Neither	6.0%	6.1%
No closer with the EU	24.6%	39.5%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of onshore wind farms in your area?

	This area	National average
Neither	17.6%	18.6%
Oppose	11.8%	12.2%
Support	70.6%	66.3%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

	This area	National average
Enriched	48.5%	37.2%
Neither	12.8%	12.5%
Undermined	38.7%	47.3%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

	This area	National average
Expanded	45.3%	34.1%
Neither	11.8%	11.5%
Reduced	42.9%	51.5%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

	This area	National average
Comfortable	54.9%	44.3%
Neither	6.5%	6.0%
Uncomfortable	38.6%	46.8%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

	This area	National average
Comfortable	63.2%	52.5%
Neither	7.8%	7.6%
Uncomfortable	29.0%	37.0%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

	This area	National average
Neither	17.2%	21.1%
Oppose	7.6%	17.8%
Support	75.2%	58.2%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Consider climate change a high priority

53.6 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Estimated percentage of constituents who consider climate change a high priority. Updated July 2022.

Second placed party at most recent election

Scottish National Party

Data from UK Parliament. The parliamentary party who came second in this constituency’s most recent election or by-election Updated 2024-07-29.

Loss of nature and destruction of the environment should be one of the most important concerns for the country

	This area	National average
Net agree	72.3%	72.6%
Net disagree	9%	8.7%
Strongly agree	33.4%	33.8%
Partly agree	38.9%	38.8%
Neither agree nor disagree	18.7%	18.7%
Partly disagree	6.0%	5.9%
Strongly disagree	3.0%	2.7%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Policies for tackling the cost of living crisis should go hand in hand with policies to tackle the climate crisis

	This area	National average
Net agree	63.6%	58.9%
Net disagree	14.5%	17.6%
Strongly agree	26.7%	24.2%
Somewhat agree	36.9%	34.7%
Neither agree nor disagree	21.9%	23.4%
Somewhat disagree	8.3%	10.5%
Strongly disagree	6.3%	7.1%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Tackling climate change should / should not be one of the Government’s biggest priorities right now

	This area	National average
Should be a priority	61.6%	57.5%
Should not be a priority	38.4%	42.5%

Focaldata 2023 MRP polling, commissioned by HOPE not hate. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated April 2023.

Neither support nor oppose Net Zero

26.2 national average

Public First MRP Polling, commissioned by Onward UK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Estimated percentage of constituents who neither support nor oppose net zero. Updated July 2022.

Oppose Net Zero

12.4 national average

Support Net Zero

60.4 national average

Support nuclear energy

48.3%

57.4% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK, adjusted for the demographics of the local area by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Support offshore wind

84.6%

85.3% national average

Support renewable energy projects in their local area

83.6%

85.1% national average

Support solar power

86.8%

87.6% national average

Support tidal energy

86.6%

86.0% national average

Support wave energy

86.6%

86.7% national average

Believe that the government should continue the block on onshore wind development

28.1%

24.3% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Believe that the government should use wind and solar farms to reduce energy bills

85.1%

84.3% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Believe the government has increased investment in renewables over the past 5 years

46.9%

52.0% national average

Survation MRP polling, commissioned by RenewableUK. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Updated September 2022.

Predicted winning party at next general election

Scottish National Party

	This area	National average
Labour	21%	22.5%
Conservative	10%	20.4%
Liberal Democrat	18%	14.7%
Reform	14%	28.2%
Green	5%	8.1%
Scottish National Party	23%	33.1%
Other	10%	4.6%

MRP polling from More in Common. Updated July 2025.

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Movement

Number of Act Now Change Forever local lobby meetings

Data from The Climate Coalition. Constituents across the UK met their MPs as part of The Climate Coalition's Act Now Change Forever campaign in Autumn 2025. Updated 2026-01-22.

Constituents attending 2025 Act Now Change Forever Mass Lobby

7.8 national average

Data collected by The Climate Coalition. Updated July 2025.

Churches that have declared a climate emergency

0.2 national average

Data from Tearfund. Updated July 2023.

Constituents pledged to meet MP as part of Common Grounds 2024

0.7 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Updated October 2024.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

1.9 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of public Great Big Green week 2024 events held in the area. This exludes any private events that were held. Updated September 2024.

Number of RSPB Reserves

0.3 national average

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

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