Richard Burden (born 1 September 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Northfield since 1992. Together with close friend and fellow ex-Young Liberal Peter Hain MP, he was an enthusiastic supporter of the ill-fated Alternative Vote system in the May 2011 campaign.
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