Sarah Murphy (born 20 October 1986) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician, serving as Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing[a] since July 2024.

In 2017, as the Research Analyst for Lee Waters AM, Murphy developed and implemented the first open-source, online crowdsourcing platform for a Welsh Assembly Member.

In September 2022, Murphy spoke on a panel at the Give Back Yoga Symposium, on the work of holistic medicine to treat eating disorders.

[13] Murphy spoke alongside Professor Susan Broderick of Georgetown, Dr. John Kelly of Harvard and James Marzolf PhD, Senior Director at the Whole Health Institute.

She has raised questions about the proliferation of biometric data collection within schools,[16] workplace surveillance and workers’ rights[17] online safety[18] and AI.

[20] The group has previously investigated the introduction of Open Source Software within the Welsh Government and the impact of Police Face Recognition Cameras.

"[22] Murphy led the 2022 Chwarae Teg LeadHerShip programme[23] which offered women aged between 16 and 22 the opportunity to shadow politicians in the Welsh Senedd.

Murphy was quoted as saying "As your representative in the Senedd, I care so much about hearing your ideas for how this should be done – and the regeneration at Salt Lake should be guided by the community.

"[26] Murphy documented her walk from Cornelly village to Cynffig Comprehensive Secondary School in Pyle experience, and raised awareness of, the length of time it takes for children to walk to school in all weather conditions following a number of public meetings with the local community[27] Murphy has also raised this issue within the Senedd and written to Government Ministers to call for a review into current standards.

[28] Murphy is also one of a number of politicians who condemned Zimmer Biomet for potentially closing their Bridgend-based factory and would go on to call for proper consultation to protect jobs.