Basingstoke / data
Luke Murphy · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
660days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
411
of 504 possible
Attendance
82%
93 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
433
110 debates
Written Qs
144
144 answered
Committees
2
memberships
Expenses
£199k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 120 claims
Interests
1
1 category
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 91 | |
| Economy | 86 | |
| Employment | 47 | |
| Education | 41 | |
| Crime & Policing | 32 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 29 | |
| Housing | 23 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 37 | 8,077 |
| Environment | 16 | 4,780 |
| Culture Community | 4 | 4,090 |
| Local Government | 23 | 3,910 |
| Energy | 13 | 3,480 |
| Housing | 17 | 3,263 |
| Fiscal Policy | 10 | 2,537 |
| Labour Market | 5 | 2,046 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2026 | Middle East: Economic UpdateI welcome the Chancellor’s statement and the announcements made by her and the Energy Secretary. We have seen two fossil fuel shocks in just the past five years, which have done un… EnergyEconomy JobsCost Of Living | 113 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Middle East: Economic UpdateI am grateful to the Chancellor for her statement, and in particular for setting out the long list of interventions this Government have made on the cost of living, which stands in… EnergyCost Of LivingEconomy Jobs | 95 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 419)To extend the discussion slightly to something you have alluded to but have not gone into in much detail, Dr Pill, in combination with this new modelling, you also view other chang… | 121 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeApologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. Why is the hon. Member and her party proposing to throw out the framework that underpinned all the achievements that she is listing? EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 27 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeI fully agree with the hon. Member. I will say more about the impact on future generations later, but as she says, the burden will weigh heaviest on them if we do not take action t… EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 459 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeLike my hon. Friend, I am so pleased when I get letters from children at schools in Basingstoke. I am able to tell them about the Government’s ambitious plans and their commitment … EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 440 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeI completely agree. If my hon. Friend will forgive the pun, the land use framework is a landmark document. It reflects the Government’s acknowledgement that the public understand m… EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 357 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeI, too, celebrate the achievements under the previous Government. Why, then, given that those achievements came about under the framework of the Climate Change Act, which was then … EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 46 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I do not know the circumstances of that particular issue, but I agree that renewable energy companies, like all companies, should act … EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 122 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeI beg to move, That this House has considered the UK’s progress towards achieving the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. I thank the Backbench Business Committ… EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 619 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Climate ChangeI thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting the debate, and all colleagues who contributed. There was broad agreement that it is important to make progress on tackling cl… EnergyEnvironmentEconomy Jobs | 86 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 685)If I could just return very quickly to that question about merchant-owned on buy now, pay later, in your experience, with one area being covered and one not, could you foresee grea… | 64 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 685)Do you have estimates for how it might look in the trajectory following? | 13 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 685)Can I just ask a bit about how that process works? Are you invited explicitly by the FCA to provide that feedback? Is it ongoing? | 25 |
| 18 Mar 2026 | Treasury Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 685)Just moving on to targeted support, in the joint statement with the FCA you said that you would deliver a consistent and proportionate dispute resolution approach to targeted suppo… | 41 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 42 | 29.2% |
| Treasury | 21 | 14.6% |
| Department for Education | 17 | 11.8% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 10 | 6.9% |
| Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | 9 | 6.3% |
| Department for Transport | 9 | 6.3% |
| Home Office | 8 | 5.6% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 7 | 4.9% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Defence | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to publishing annual data on suicides among armed forces veterans. | Answered |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms his Department uses to monitor (a) the impact of private rented sector reforms on the availability of housing for vulnerable people and (b) local h… | Answered |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many workers applied to the Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund during the pilot programme; and what estimate he has made of the number of workers who will be supported by… | Answered |
| 04 Feb 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the availability of flexible, remote or hybrid working on mothers with childcare responsibilities, including in Basingstok… | Answered |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of Further Education Colleges from section 33 of the VAT Act 1994 on social mobility for students at those colleges. | Answered |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the exclusion of Further Education Colleges from section 33 of the VAT Act 1994 on economic growth. | Answered |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS Trusts comply with NICE CG143 and national sickle cell clinical standards in the management of acute sickle cell crises, particularl… | Answered |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered extending Section 33 of the VAT Act 1994 to Further Education colleges. | Answered |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the inability of Further Education colleges to reclaim VAT on their financial sustainability. | Answered |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Child Maintenance Service formula in cases where the paying parent is the sole earner in a household supporting children wit… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are his Department taking to ensure NHS staff can recognise rheumatological symptoms and ensure urgent referral to rheumatology services. | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the validity period of driving theory test certificates for learner drivers who have been unable to secure a practical driv… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has any plans to review the statutory minimum provision within the English National Concessionary Travel scheme to support disabled and elderly residents to safely and equitably acces… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the backlog within the Probate Registry; and what steps his Department is taking to expedite the processing of a… | Answered |
| 17 Dec 2025 | Ministry of Justice | To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for current waiting times within the Specialist Team of the Probate Registry, and of the impact of those delays on bereaved families; and what measures hi… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 27 Oct 2025 | present |
| Energy Security and Net Zero CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 21 Oct 2024 | 03 Nov 2025 |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office Costs | 80 | 30,058 | 15.1% |
| Accommodation | 28 | 10,964 | 5.5% |
| Staffing | 9 | 155,501 | 78.3% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 960 | 0.5% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 1,090 | 0.5% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 11 | 8,390 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 7 | 7,414 |
| Bought-in services | Staffing | 5 | 5,970 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 39 | 5,037 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 12 | 4,076 |
| Postage & couriers | Office Costs | 4 | 4,070 |
| Website hosting and design | Office Costs | 1 | 3,702 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,000 |
| Training - staff | Staffing | 4 | 2,023 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 2 | 1,602 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 14 | 1,363 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 3 | 1,211 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2025 | Staffing Bought-in services | Comms & Media | 1,194 | Paid |
| 13 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | [200011793-450] | 521 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 1,825 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Website hosting and design | CAUSEWAYCREATIVE.CO.UK [200011725-10768] [200011792-482,483] [200012497-1] | 3,702 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -1,825 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 2,796 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | WWW.FIRSTFORPAPER.CO.U [200011725-8937] | 204 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | AMAZON [***] [200011725-8938] | 150 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 138 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment | 135 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Council tax | March Council Tax | 135 | Paid |
| 24 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Dual Fuel | 182 | Paid |
| 22 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | [200011793-452] | 110 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | PRACTICAL CREATIVES [200011725-8741] | 2,268 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 135 | Paid |
| 21 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Dual Fuel | 68 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Staffing Training - staff | Comms Training for Team [200011793-454] | 750 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 294 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Equipment - purchase | Office furniture | 209 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 170 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
8. Miscellaneous1 entry
21 Oct 2025
Unpaid member of the independent Housing Policy and Delivery Oversight Committee
Date interest arose: 8 September 2025
(Registered 17 October 2025)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 10 wards, 10 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Hill | Andy Konieczko | Liberal Democrats | 1,096 | 02 May 2024 |
| Brookvale Kings Furlong | Arun Mummalaneni | Conservative and Unionist Party | 906 | 02 May 2024 |
| Chineham | Jonathan Edward Jenkin | Green Party of England and Wales | 987 | 02 May 2024 |
| Eastrop Grove | Ronald John Hussey | Liberal Democrats | 1,398 | 02 May 2024 |
| Hatch Warren Beggarwood | Stacy Anne Hart | Women's Equality Party | 1,659 | 02 May 2024 |
| Kempshott Buckskin | Richard Court | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,163 | 02 May 2024 |
| Norden | Laura James | Basingstoke & Deane Independents | 1,102 | 02 May 2024 |
| Popley | Sajish Tom | Labour Party | 1,148 | 02 May 2024 |
| South Ham | Julie Catherine Harper | Labour Party | 1,068 | 02 May 2024 |
| Winklebury Manydown | Zander West | Labour Party | 706 | 02 May 2024 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 100,432 | Electorate 78,487 (2024) |
| Median age | 38 | years |
| Degree-educated | 32.8% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 85.1% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 62.2% | households |
| Private-rented | 17.5% | households |
| Social-rented | 20.3% | households |
| Employment rate | 65.8% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.