MP

Murray is Scottish Labour's longest serving MP and a close ally of Scottish leader Anas Sarwar.

Murray has been the MP for Edinburgh South since 2010 and was made Scottish secretary when Labour returned to power in July last year.

He was Scotland's only remaining Labour MP in 2015 after Labour lost 40 of its 41 seats in an SNP general election landslide.

Ian Murray is Scottish Labour's longest serving MP – indeed for a while he was their only MP, the party's last toehold north of the border.

In the 2017 election Murray increased his majority as Scottish Labour's representation rose to seven MPs, but he again became Scotland's sole Labour MP in 2019.