Richard Burgon’s voting in Parliament

Richard Burgon is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Richard Burgon sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Richard Burgon voted against replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system, while most Labour MPs generally voted for. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Richard Burgon’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Richard Burgon’s full vote analysis page for more.

Richard Burgon has hardly ever rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Female Offenders: Rehabilitation 8 Oct 2019

  Two thirds of women sent to prison get sentences of less than six months. Such sentences are proven to lead to more reoffending, and so create more victims of crime than tried and tested alternatives such as women’s centres. The Justice Secretary and his team know this, but they have chosen to ignore the evidence. Will the Minister tell the House today how many crimes her Department’s own...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Female Offenders: Rehabilitation 8 Oct 2019

  To help with that answer: the Government’s own research says that investment in alternatives would see more than 30,000 fewer crimes every year, an answer the Minister omitted, yet the Tories are deliberately choosing to ignore the evidence and are failing to invest properly in women’s centres and other proven alternatives. Instead, they are chasing “hang ’em and flog ’em”...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Judiciary: Independence 8 Oct 2019

  We have seen the Justice Secretary forced to take to Twitter to defend the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law after recent briefings from No. 10 Downing Street. He may well have to do that again later today, after this morning’s headlines. The Attorney General has briefed the press that he will resign if the Government refuse to adhere to the law demanding an extension to...

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Profile

Labour MP for Leeds East

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @richardburgon
• https://facebook.com/RichardBurgonForEastLeeds

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Richard Burgon campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Ministry of Justice
• HM Treasury
• Department of Health
• Home Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Prison Officers
• Prisons: Contracts
• Legal Aid Scheme
• Prisons: Staff
• Carillion

Currently held offices

• Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (since 27 Jun 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Minister (Treasury) (18 Sep 2015 to 27 Jun 2016)
• Member, Justice Committee (6 Jul 2015 to 26 Oct 2015)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• George Mudie
• Denis Healey
• James O'Grady
• Henry Cautley
• Thomas Leuty
• John Gane
• Thomas Leuty
• John Gane
• Richard Dawson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Bank of England and Financial Services Bill Committee (6 out of 12)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 19 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs. See all Richard Burgon’s speeches
• Has received answers to 544 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 81.39% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 107 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)