Jim Murphy

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This page is about the UK politician. For the American author, see Jim Murphy (author).

James Murphy (born 23 August 1967) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire, Scotland, and is a former government whip. He has been an MP since 1997, and was previously a president of the National Union of Students Under his leadership, the NUS, in 1995, dropped their opposition to the abolition of the student grant in line with the Labour Party's policies.

He has been a Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Cabinet Office since the general election in 2005. He is a board member of the Labour Friends of Israel (LFI). (Prime Minister Tony Blair has been a member of the LFI since 1983.)

In December 2001, Murphy admitted that the House of Commons paid the full rent for his constituency office while he claimed half the rent from Eastwood MSP Ken Macintosh, with whom he shares the office.

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Role in the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill

Murphy is the government minister attemping to bring the controversial Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill through its parliamentary stages. He introduced it to the House of Commons on January 11, 2006, defended it on the Today programme, and has chaired the committees.

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