Richard Burgon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Burgon
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Sep 19, 1980(1980-09-19)
Age	44
Birthplace	Leeds
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Richard Burgon Biography

Richard Burgon is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on September 19, 1980 in Leeds, England, United Kingdom. Richard Burgon, a British Labour Party politician, was born 19 September 1980 and has been the Member for Parliament (MP), for Leeds East since 2015. Burgon was Shadow Secretary of State in Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor for the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn between 2016 and 2020. He ran for the 2020 Labour Party deputy leader election.

Burgon became a solicitor in 2006. He worked for 10 years as an employment lawyer in the Employment Rights Unit at Thompsons Solicitors Leeds. Burgon described how, as an Employment Tribunal solicitor, he represented members of a wide variety of trade unions in cases relating to unfair dismissal, detriment based on trade union grounds and disability discrimination, discrimination based on religion or belief, unlawful deductions of wages, and TUPE.

Burgon has previously expressed support for the PSUV government in Venezuela and tweeted a congratulatory message to Nicolás Maduro when he became president in 2013. On an episode of Question Time in February 2019, Burgon refused to express regret for supporting Maduro following the outbreak of the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis. He has also expressed support for the Communist Party government in Cuba and spoke at a memorial event for Cuban President Fidel Castro following his death in 2016. During his speech, in which he praised Castro extensively, he stated that “Fidel Castro was a giant. A man of ideas. A man of action”.

Following the resignation of Ed Miliband as Labour leader, Burgon was one of 10 newly elected Labour MPs who wrote an open letter calling for “a new leader who looks forward and will challenge an agenda of cuts, take on big business and will set out an alternative to austerity – not one which will draw back to the New Labour creed of the past”. Along with Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and John McDonnell, Burgon was one of 48 Labour MPs to defy the whip and vote against the 2015 Welfare Bill, explaining that he was voting “for the people of East Leeds and against Conservative attacks on welfare.” He was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2015. Following Corbyn’s victory in that campaign he appointed Burgon as Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury. He nominated Corbyn again as leader during the 2016 Labour leadership election.

Burgon was first to contest a public election in 2004 as one of the Labour Party candidates in the Wetherby Ward of Leeds City Council.

Richard Burgon Net Worth

Richard Burgon is one of the richest Politician from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Burgon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Burgon claims that he got his start in politics by hearing about the 1984-85 Miners Strike. His aunt was a member Women Against Pit Closures, and was married to a striking miner. He is the nephew to Colin Burgon, a former Labour MP. Tony Benn wrote in his diary that he met Burgon in July 1999. He described him as a “good socialist” who had written a thesis about ‘Tony Benn and the Labour Party’. Benn noted that Burgon wore a T-shirt with the words “Socialism Is the Flame of Anger, and the Flame of Hope” made by Benn.

Burgon was present at the anti-war demonstrations held against George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq and Tony Blair on February 15, 2003.

Burgon stood for selection as the Labour prospective parliamentary candidate for the 2011 Barnsley Central by-election, coming second to Dan Jarvis. He also applied to be selected as the candidate for the 2012 Rotherham by- election but was not shortlisted.

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Prior to the 2015 general election, Burgon defeated Judith Cummins to be successfully selected by the Leeds East Constituency Labour Party to replace George Mudie.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Burgon celebrates birthday on September 19 of every year.

Burgon studied English Literature at St John’s College, Cambridge, where he was chair of Cambridge University Labour Club. After working as an employment lawyer, he was elected as the MP for Leeds East at the 2015 general election.

Who is Richard Burgon's uncle?

His uncle is Colin Burgon, the former Labour MP for Elmet.

Who is MP for Leeds East?

Leeds East
Electorate| 67,286 (December 2019)
Current constituency
Created| 1955
Member of Parliament| Richard Burgon (Labour)

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Born| 6 January 1963 Ashington, Northumberland, England
Political party| Labour
Other political affiliations| Socialist Campaign Group
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