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Richard Burgon MP

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

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £29,586 / £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings £0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared) £29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2024-07-04present
Leeds East current
2015-05-072024-05-30
Leeds East

Party history

2025-02-05present
Labour current
2024-07-232025-02-05
Independent
2015-05-072024-07-23
Labour

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2016-06-272020-04-06
Shadow Lord Chancellor and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
2015-09-182016-06-27
Shadow Minister (Treasury)

Committee memberships

2020-05-112021-02-22
Justice Committee
2015-07-062015-10-26
Justice Committee
2020-07-062024-05-30
Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee)
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
richard@richardburgon.com
020 7219 5980 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
0113 232 3266 · Leeds East
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