Andrew Philip Drummond-Murray, commonly known as Andrew Murray, is a British trade union and Labour Party official and activist. Murray was seconded from Unite the Union to Labour headquarters for the 2017 United Kingdom general election, subsequently becoming an adviser to Jeremy Corbyn from 2018 to 2020.
Born into an aristocratic Scottish family, Murray began his career as a journalist and later became a senior official for various trade unions.[1] Murray was chair of the Stop the War Coalition from its formation in 2001 until June 2011 and again from September 2015 to 2016. After forty years in the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and then the Communist Party of Britain, he joined Labour towards the end of 2016.[2][3]
Murray is a contributor to the Morning Star and Tribune.[4][5]
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- ^ Maguire, Kevin (25 November 2016). "Commons Confidential: Murray comes in from the cold". New Statesman. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Boffey, Daniel (10 December 2016). "Unite leader's aide leaves Communist party to join Labour". The Observer. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Andrew Murray". tribunemag.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Andrew Murray". Morning Star. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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