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

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)

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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Aye: 1058No: 874

1932 votes — page 2 of 78

2 NO

Opposition Day motion

2 votes · 14 Oct 2026

3 NO

Health Bill

3 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 NO

Health Bill

2 votes · 7 Sept 2026

1 AYE3 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

1 AYE2 NO

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 14 Jul 2026

Financial Interests(4)

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

17 January 2022

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

Registered 28 March 2023

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Non-practising solicitor. (Registered 6 June 2015)

Registered 6 June 2015

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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Date interest arose
16 April 2020

Registered 24 March 2023

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 Nov 2026

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 Nov 2026

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 Nov 2026

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office2 Nov 2026

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office23 Oct 2026

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.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office23 Oct 2026

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office23 Oct 2026

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

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office23 Oct 2026

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

Home Office16 Jun 2026

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government10 Jun 2026
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