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James Murray

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James Murray

Official portrait, 2024
Paymaster General
Assumed office
21 July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Preceded byNick Thomas-Symonds
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Assumed office
21 July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Preceded byThe Lord Livermore
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office
14 May 2026 – 20 July 2026
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byWes Streeting
Succeeded byYvette Cooper
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
1 September 2025 – 14 May 2026
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byDarren Jones
Succeeded byLucy Rigby
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
In office
9 July 2024 – 1 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byGareth Davies
Succeeded byDan Tomlinson
Member of Parliament
for Ealing North
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byStephen Pound
Majority12,489 (28.9%)
Shadow portfolios
2020–2024Financial Secretary
2020–2020Whip
Deputy Mayor of London
for Housing and Residential Development
In office
14 April 2016 – 16 October 2019
MayorSadiq Khan
Preceded byRick Blakeway
Succeeded byTom Copley
Member of Islington Council
for Barnsbury
In office
6 May 2006 – 26 May 2016
Succeeded byRowena Champion
Personal details
Born
James Stewart Murray

(1983-07-13) 13 July 1983 (age 43)
Hammersmith, London, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
EducationSt Paul's School
Wadham College, Oxford (BA)
Websitejamesmurray.org

James Stewart Murray (born 13 July 1983) is a British Labour Co-op politician who has been a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North since 2019. He has been the Paymaster General since 2026. He was the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from May to July 2026, following the resignation of Wes Streeting. He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from September 2025 until May 2026, and as the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from July 2024 until September 2025. He was Deputy Mayor of London for Housing from 2016 to 2019.

James Murray was born on 13 July 1983 in Hammersmith. His mother Lynne was a Labour councillor for Cleveland ward in Ealing from 2014 to 2018.[1]

References

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  1. ↑ "CMIS > Councillors". ealing.cmis.uk.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 2019-12-19.