Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Shadow Lord Chancellor
In office 27 June 2016 – 6 April 2020
Leader
Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by
The Lord Falconer of Thoroton
Succeeded by
David Lammy
Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office 16 September 2015 – 27 June 2016
Leader
Jeremy Corbyn
Preceded by
Cathy Jamieson
Succeeded by
Jonathan Reynolds
Member of Parliament for Leeds East
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015[1]
Preceded by
George Mudie
Majority
5,531 (14.2%)
Personal details
Born
(1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 43) Leeds, England
Political party
Labour
Other political affiliations
Socialist Campaign Group
Alma mater
St John's College, Cambridge
Website
Official website
Richard Burgon (born 19 September 1980) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds East since 2015. Burgon served as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn from 2016 to 2020.
Burgon studied English Literature at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was chairman of the Cambridge University Labour Club. After working as an employment lawyer, he was elected as the MP for Leeds East at the 2015 general election.
Burgon was appointed as Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) in September 2015 by new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Burgon was promoted to Shadow Justice Secretary in June 2016 following the organised mass resignations in protest against the leadership of Corbyn. He was a candidate in the 2020 Labour Party deputy leadership election. He was dismissed from the Shadow Cabinet in April 2020 after Keir Starmer became Labour Leader.
As of March 2021, he was Vice President of Labour CND, a group open to all Labour Party members who are also members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.[2]
^"Contact information for Richard Burgon - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk.
^"LabCND's 2021 annual general meeting". www.labourcnd.org.uk. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
RichardBurgon (born 19 September 1980) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds East since 2015. Burgon...
least 5% of affiliated members. Five candidates—Rosena Allin-Khan, RichardBurgon, Dawn Butler, Ian Murray and Angela Rayner—received sufficient nominations...
Group was reformed. It supported Rebecca Long-Bailey for Leader and RichardBurgon for Deputy Leader in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, which...
Burgon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Archie Burgon (1912–1994), professional footballer Colin Burgon (born 1948), British Labour...
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Party leadership election, nominated Rebecca Long-Bailey for leader and RichardBurgon for deputy leader. Neither was elected. In January 2020, Sultana was...
Shelbrooke, Conservative); Leeds Central (Hilary Benn, Labour); Leeds East (RichardBurgon, Labour); Leeds North East (Fabian Hamilton, Labour); Leeds North West...
and the Humber Hilary Benn Clive Betts Olivia Blake Paul Blomfield RichardBurgon Sarah Champion Yvette Cooper Judith Cummins Gill Furniss Louise Haigh...
North and Stoke Newington Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse RichardBurgon (self) Ian Byrne, MP for Liverpool West Derby Dan Carden, Shadow Secretary...
February 2022 – via Twitter. Hyde, John (6 April 2020). "David Lammy replaces Burgon as shadow justice secretary". The Law Society Gazette. Retrieved 25 February...
endorsed RichardBurgon for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, saying "I'm backing Richard to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Richard is a socialist...
com. Retrieved 14 February 2021. "Board of Deputies – Clive Lewis, RichardBurgon and Dawn Butler absent from the list of those who have signed the #TenPledges...
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killed, we will continue to fight for accountability and justice." RichardBurgon: “Husam, my deepest condolences. I cannot begin to imagine the pain...
campaigner born and raised in Leeds East". 20 January 2024. Burgon, Richard [@RichardBurgon] (8 February 2022). "Delighted to have been reselected as the...
economic strategy". BBC News. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023. Cree, Richard (25 May 2023). "Labour launches economic plan built on a UK-version of...
tied with local councillor Linda Burgess, each several votes behind RichardBurgon. London Regional Director, Ken Clark, put two pieces of paper into the...
Colin Burgon (born 22 April 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elmet from 1997 to 2010. Colin Burgon was...
suggested that the information could have originated from a typo by RichardBurgon, who tweeted the same claim shortly after Bastani. After criticising...
"Lord Falconer of Thoroton". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 August 2021. "RichardBurgon MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 August 2021. "Rt Hon David Lammy MP"...
Group and backed his Campaign Group colleagues Rebecca Long-Bailey and RichardBurgon in the 2020 Labour leadership election and deputy leadership election...
West Midlands Tahir Ali Zarah Sultana Wales Beth Winter Yorkshire and the Humber Olivia Blake RichardBurgon Imran Hussain Rachael Maskell Jon Trickett...
and the Humber Hilary Benn Clive Betts Olivia Blake Paul Blomfield RichardBurgon Sarah Champion Yvette Cooper Judith Cummins Gill Furniss Louise Haigh...
West Midlands Tahir Ali Zarah Sultana Wales Beth Winter Yorkshire and the Humber Olivia Blake RichardBurgon Imran Hussain Rachael Maskell Jon Trickett...
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