Luke Murphy | |
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Member of Parliament for Basingstoke | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Maria Miller |
Majority | 6,484 (13.2%) |
Member of Lambeth London Borough Council for Gipsy Hill | |
In office 9 June 2016 –3 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labour |
Website | lukemurphy |
Luke Sean Murphy [1] is a British Labour politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Basingstoke since the 2024 general election. [2]
Murphy was selected as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for Basingstoke in February 2024 after the previous candidate,David Lawrence,resigned for personal reasons in November 2023. Murphy had previously served as a political advisor to members of Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet. [3]
Murphy won the seat of Basingstoke for the Labour Party in the 2024 general election,unseating the Conservative Party incumbent Maria Miller and becoming the constituency's first Labour MP. [4] He earned a majority of 6,484,42.7% of the vote and a 14% swing for Labour from the 2019 general election. [5]
In 2024,PinkNews listed Murphy among a number of LGBTQ+ parliamentarians. [6]
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