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Richard Burgon

Labour MP for Leeds East, since 7 May 2015

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

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Scorecard

81.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
471 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
104 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
40 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
558 Debates spoken in 1971 written questions tabled

Ranked 145 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading Aye 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division Aye 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading against party line No 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 against party line Aye 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 against party line Aye 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part against party line No 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 against party line Aye 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 against party line Aye 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading No vote 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No vote 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No vote 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No vote 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 against party line No 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C Aye 321–158

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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

Name of company or organisation: Richard Burgon Campaigns Ltd
Interest held: from 17 January 2022
(Registered 28 March 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

8. Miscellaneous

Non-practising solicitor.
(Registered 6 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Unpaid Director of Richard Burgon Campaigns Ltd, a company established for my campaign to be Labour’s Deputy Leader and which continues to help deliver my campaigns work.
Date interest arose: 16 April 2020
(Registered 24 March 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Unpaid Chair of the Brazil Solidarity Initiative, a network established to campaign for human rights in Brazil.
Date interest arose: 22 November 2018
(Registered 24 March 2023)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

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Debates

558 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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