Richard Burgon

MP since 7 May 2015

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Richard Burgon is the Labour MP for Leeds East, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

1903

Votes Cast

£301,574

Expenses 2024-25

11,265

Majority

47.3%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£301,574

Staffing£246,891
Accommodation£25,977
Office£23,450
Travel£5,256

Year-on-Year

2024-25£301,574
2023-24£283,483
2022-23£276,939
2021-22£249,977
2020-21£233,342
2019-20£196,477
2018-19£194,994
2017-18£188,088
2016-17£182,549
2015-16£152,626

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 39,388 voters

Labour
18,610 votes47.3%
Reform UK
7,345 votes18.6%
Conservative
6,898 votes17.5%
Green Party
3,506 votes8.9%
Liberal Democrat
1,445 votes3.7%
The Yorkshire Party
664 votes1.7%
Social Democratic Party
519 votes1.3%
Independent
222 votes0.6%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

172

Written Questions

12

Oral Questions

136

Debates Spoken In

183

Speeches

484

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 NO

Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 10 Jun 2025

1 AYE2 NO

Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 9 Jun 2025

3 NO

Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage

3 votes · 4 Jun 2025

3 AYE

Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

3 votes · 3 Jun 2025

4 AYE

Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM

4 votes · 14 May 2025

1 AYE1 NO

Opposition Day

2 votes · 13 May 2025

4 NO

Data (Use and Access) Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 7 May 2025

Financial Interests(4)

(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital

17 January 2022

Name of company or organisation
Richard Burgon Campaigns Ltd
Interest held
from 17 January 2022

Registered 28 March 2023

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Non-practising solicitor. (Registered 6 June 2015)

Registered 6 June 2015

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
16 April 2020

Registered 24 March 2023

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Date interest arose
22 November 2018

Registered 24 March 2023

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Richard in Parliament

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of current Personal Independence Payments recipients do not meet four points on a single descriptor on the daily living activities

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions3 Apr 2025

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Personal Independence Payment claimants there are in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions3 Apr 2025

Personal Independence Payment: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients who use that payment to fund social care.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care3 Apr 2025

Personal Independence Payment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 139 of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions2 Apr 2025

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value is of grants provided by her Department under the Access to Work scheme in each financial year since 2020-21; and how much her

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions27 Mar 2025

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2024, what estimate she has made of how much revenue will be raised by changes to the rules for (a) non-domiciled tax status

AnsweredTreasury26 Mar 2025

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK continues to step up for Ukraine as new funding announced

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office24 Mar 2025

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will open a public consultation on the measures not being consulted on in Annex A of her Department's Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits a

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions21 Mar 2025

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with multiple sclerosis are supported through the Personal Independence Payment system.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions19 Mar 2025

Social Security Benefits: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of welfare reform on people with multiple sclerosis.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions19 Mar 2025
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