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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
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No 74–323
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 104–391
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 164–311
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 144–244
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 No vote 135–258
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 No vote 143–249
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 No vote 85–317
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion No vote 233–94
16 Jun 2026 Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 No vote 262–86
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No vote 162–246
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 No vote 151–258
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 No vote 77–255
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival No vote 24–37
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading Aye 278–149
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 No 155–279
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 No 167–266
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 No 77–271
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Aye 356–86
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No 157–287
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No 94–297
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 No 90–290
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 145–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 65–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 81–266
3 Jun 2026 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 302–155

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:

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

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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