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.
1932
Votes Cast
£301,574
Expenses 2024-25
11,265
Majority
47.3%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£301,574
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 39,388 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
180
Written Questions
12
Oral Questions
140
Debates Spoken In⚑
187
Speeches⚑
513
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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Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
21 Oct 2026
4 NONorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee
4 votes · 20 Oct 2026
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee
4 votes · 20 Oct 2026
5 NONorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee
5 votes · 19 Oct 2026
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee
5 votes · 19 Oct 2026
Financial Interests(4)
(i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
17 January 2022
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(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
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Non-practising solicitor. (Registered 6 June 2015)
Registered 6 June 2015
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- Date interest arose
- 16 April 2020
Registered 24 March 2023
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- Date interest arose
- 22 November 2018
Registered 24 March 2023
Activity Pulse
Questions asked and motions sponsored by Richard in Parliament
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what definition his Department uses of a serious violation of international humanitarian law for the purposes of the Gl
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has issued guidance on the application of the Global Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Sanctio
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has issued guidance on the application of the Global Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Sanctio
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has powers to sanction a person for (a) obstructing humanitarian assistance through a failure to act, (b) fi
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Business and Trade Commi
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department work on developing and implementing sanctions on Russia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to allocate additional resources to monitoring serious violations of international humanit
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to publish draft regulations under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 for the proposed sanc
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with the police a) prior to the Great Israeli Real Estate Event on 14 June 2026 and b) following reports that materials
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has assessed council commissioning rates for homecare to ascertain if councils are encouraging the u
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