About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Richard Burgon) represents you, and all of the people who live in Leeds East, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for Leeds East

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

Party was Labour until 24 Jul 2024; Independent until 5 Feb 2025

• 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
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Work and Pensions
• HM Treasury
• Foreign
• Commonwealth and Development Office
• Prison Officers
• Prisons: Contracts
• Legal Aid Scheme
• Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
• Prisons: Staff

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) ( 6 Jul 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Justice Committee (11 May 2020 to 22 Feb 2021)
• Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice (27 Jun 2016 to 6 Apr 2020)
• 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)
• Bank of England and Financial Services Bill Committee (6 out of 12)
• Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 6)

Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 25 Apr 2025

  Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill: Second Reading – Richard Burgon. Private Members' Bills

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Climate Change: Finance 20 Mar 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions in official development assistance on the UK contribution to international climate finance.

• Welfare Reform 18 Mar 2025

  Last night I received a response from the Minister for Social Security and Disability, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms), to a written question that I had asked about the average payment for the daily living component of PIP. It revealed that the average payment was just £12 a day. The purpose of the daily living component is to cover the cost of extra help...

More of Richard Burgon’s recent appearances

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