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

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

Last updated: 12 Sep 2018

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Access to Legal Aid 13 Nov 2018

  Of all the cuts to justice, the slashing of legal advice for sick and disabled people who are unfairly denied their benefits is one of the cruellest. We now have a shameful situation whereby people are first denied the financial support to which they are entitled and then must struggle through a difficult appeal without legal advice. This situation is bad enough already, but it will be even...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Access to Legal Aid 13 Nov 2018

  Let us be clear: legal advice was given to 91,000 people in the year before this Government’s reforms to legal aid. How many was it last year? It was 478 people, not 91,000. Can the Minister honestly tell the House that the need for legal advice has reduced by such a degree, or should we instead conclude that—just as with employment tribunal fees, housing advice, employment advice...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: HMP Liverpool 13 Nov 2018

  Privatised provision of maintenance at HMP Liverpool was to blame for a lot of the appalling conditions there. Despite that, the Government plan to run two new prisons for private profit. I do not expect the Government to agree with me that the privatisation of justice is wrong, but surely we can get a consensus that companies engaging in fraudulent activity should not be able to profit from...

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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

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 for Communities and Local Government
• Prison Officers
• Legal Aid Scheme
• Carillion
• Courts: ICT
• Ministry of Justice: Contracts

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)

• Guardianship (Missing Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Prisons and Courts Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• 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 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs. See all Richard Burgon’s speeches
• Has received answers to 846 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 78.52% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 70 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Richard Burgon’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 85 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)