House of Commons

The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 6th January 2015

MURPHY, Rt Hon Jim (East Renfrewshire)

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc

1 August 2014, received £100 for writing an article for the Catholic Herald, 15 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8TQ. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 12 August 2014)

Payments received from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA:

22 August 2014, £90 for completion of annual survey. Payment donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 12 September 2014)

4. Sponsorships

(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:

Name of donor: Fundraising dinner organised by the office of the Shadow Defence Secretary

Address of donor: 1 Spiersbridge Way, Thornliebank, Glasgow, G46 8NG

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £7,846.05 raised at a fundraising dinner held on 10 July 2013 in London to support my work as Shadow Defence Secretary. No individual registrable donations were received.

Date of receipt: 10 July 2013

Date of acceptance: 31 July 2013

Donor status: n/a

(Registered 6 August 2013; updated 19 December 2013 and 25 July 2014)  

Name of donor: PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP

Address of donor: 1 Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Services of a research assistant (total value for their work in my office: £29,435) shared with another MP from 10 March 2014 to 2 November 2014, to support me as Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.

Date of receipt: 10 March 2014

Date of acceptance: 10 March 2014

Donor status: limited liability partnership

(Registered 9 April 2014; updated 6 November 2014)

Name of donor: Holland House Property Investments Ltd

Address of donor: 160 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2HG

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: rent free use of an office between 11 November and 12 December 2014 during my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party; value £4,000

Date of receipt: 11 November 2014

Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014

Donor status: company, registration SC176032

(Registered 16 December 2014)

Name of donor: John McGuire

Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 to support my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party

Date of receipt: 24 November 2014

Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014

Donor status: individual

(Registered 16 December 2014)

Name of donor: Alan Massie

Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £14,500 to support my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party

Date of receipt: 20 November 2014

Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014

Donor status: individual

(Registered 16 December 2014)

Name of donor: Lord George Robertson

Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000 to support my campaign for leadership of the Scottish Labour Party

Date of receipt: 18 November 2014

Date of acceptance: 10 December 2014

Donor status: individual

(Registered 16 December 2014)

5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)

Name of donor: Manchester City Football Club Ltd

Address of donor: Etihad Stadium, Ashton New Road, Manchester M11 3FF

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: five tickets at total of £850 at Manchester City FC v Tottenham, including hospitality  

Date of receipt of donation: 18 October 2014

Date of acceptance of donation: 18 October 2014

Donor status: company, registration 00040946

(Registered 6 November 2014)

6. Overseas visits

Name of donor: World Vision UK

Address of donor: Opal Drive, Fox Milne, Milton Keynes, MK15 0ZR

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Total of £1677.38 for myself and a staff member, consisting of air travel at £1,121.10, taxis costing £20.33, accommodation and food costing £535.95 (accommodation £447.95)

Destination of visit: Lebanon and Jordan

Date of visit: 12-16 March 2014

Purpose of visit: As Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, to assess the humanitarian situation resulting from the Syrian crisis, understand the plight of Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them and to see the work of the charity.

(Registered 11 April 2014)

Name of donor: TUC

Address of donor: 23-28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Total approximate value of £2,675.99 for myself and a staff member, consisting of air travel £1,589.90, accommodation £548 and car hire £538.09.

Destination of visit: Qatar

Date of visit: 31 March - 3 April 2014  

Purpose of visit: As Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, to observe the conditions of migrant workers in Qatar.

(Registered 29 April 2014)

8. Land and Property

Flat in London, from which rental income is received.

Prepared 7th January 2015