At the West Valley Inn on Feb. 1, about 500 people attended a fundraiser for House Speaker William J. Murphy, noshing on farfalle with shrimp, ziti with red sauce and steamship round of beef, between getting drinks from the open bar.

Because Murphy extended complimentary admission to some attendees, including his House colleagues, it won’t be known publicly how many people sprang for a $200 ticket until the next round of campaign finance filings comes due at the end of April. (House spokesman Larry Berman said Murphy wouldn’t refuse donations from lawmakers if they offered.)

But Political Scene can at least tell you who came to the fundraiser, which Murphy, D-West Warwick, holds each year in his hometown.

At least 28 of Murphy’s fellow House Democrats — a group that totals 62 in all — showed up. There were also two former representatives, Norman L. Landroche Jr., of West Warwick, and Fausto C. Anguilla, of Bristol. Both men declined to run again last fall; like Murphy, they are lawyers.

All four Democratic general officers -- two of whom were lawmakers as recently as December -- made appearances. (The Republican governor did not attend.)

There were also a few people from the group formerly known as dissident Democrats -- those who voted against Murphy two years ago. That category included Rep. John J. DeSimone, D-Providence, who sought the speaker’s post himself in 2005 but voted for Murphy this year, and Rep. Robert E. Flaherty, D-Warwick, whom Murphy ousted as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in 2005 and who was simply absent from the November caucus that sealed Murphy’s third term as speaker for all practical purposes.

The crowd also included the House’s newest Democrat, Rep. Joseph H. Scott, who announced in December he was defecting from the Republican Party.

A few Republicans showed up, including House Minority Leader Robert A. Watson, R-East Greewich, and Rep. Joseph A. Trillo, R-Warwick. Allan W. Fung, who ran for mayor of Cranston as a Republican last fall, explained that he was wearing a different hat and one that brings him to the State House regularly: He lobbies for MetLife Home and Auto Insurance.

Besides Fung, there were, of course, lobbyists aplenty. To name a few: George H. Nee, of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO; Henry Boeniger and Robert A. Walsh Jr., of the National Education Association-Rhode Island; Scott A. Fraser and Brian K. Jordan, of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, and Frank McMahon, whose firm, Advocacy Solutions, has a long list of clients.