Oliver Ryan

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Oliver Ryan is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Burnley, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

484

Votes Cast

£234,505

Expenses 2024-25

3,420

Majority

31.7%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£234,505

Staffing£165,025
Office£29,861
Accommodation£21,460
Travel£15,158
Other£3,000

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 39,719 voters

Labour
12,598 votes31.7%
Liberal Democrat
9,178 votes23.1%
Conservative
8,058 votes20.3%
Reform UK
7,755 votes19.5%
Green Party
1,518 votes3.8%
Independent
292 votes0.7%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

35

Written Questions

24

Oral Questions

77

Debates Spoken In

107

Speeches

484

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 NO

Armed Forces Bill Committee

2 votes · 2 Jun 2026

1 AYE3 NO

King's Speech Motion for an Address

4 votes · 20 May 2026

8 AYE

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

8 votes · 21 Apr 2026

Financial Interests(2)

Visits outside the UK

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

£7,277
Name of donor
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Address of donor
c/o Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 30 Charles Street, London W1J 5DZ
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Flights (£7276.54), accommodation (£1880.31) and meals (£400), value £9,556.85
Destination of visit
Saudi Arabia
Dates of visit
11 October 2025 to 14 October 2025
Purpose of visit
Led a delegation of MPs and Peers over 4 days, to meet several Saudi Ministers, royal family members and members of the Shura Council, in relation to: trade, defence, tourism (Haj/Umrah), education and energy. A dinner was hosted at the British Embassy with the Ambassador to promote Saudi-British relations.

Registered 29 October 2025

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

Anthony George Watson

£4,600 for support in my work as an MP, to pay for the printing of my constituency-wide annual report newsletter.

17 October 2025

£4,600
Name of donor
Anthony George Watson
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£4,600 for support in my work as an MP, to pay for the printing of my constituency-wide annual report newsletter.
Date received
17 October 2025
Date accepted
17 October 2025
Donor status
individual

Registered 28 October 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Oliver in Parliament

Eyesight: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote the importance of regular eye tests and vision screening for children; and what further steps h

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care17 Jun 2025

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility requirements for the NHS Health Check to adults

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care4 Jun 2025

Primary Education: Children's Play

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure children in (a) key stage 1 and (b) key stage 2 have sufficient access to (i) high-quality play provision and (ii) adequ

AnsweredDepartment for Education21 Mar 2025

Defence: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support jobs in the defence sector.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence18 Mar 2025

Ketamine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the classification of ketamine as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; and i

AnsweredHome Office3 Dec 2024

British Nationality: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2024 to Question 10959 on British Nationality: Assessments, what her planned timescale is for reviewing the

AnsweredHome Office12 Nov 2024

Carbon Emissions: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of support available to businesses developing technologies to reduce carbon emissions.

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero11 Nov 2024

British Nationality: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) updating the Life in the UK (i) handbook and (ii) citizenship test and (b) introduc

AnsweredHome Office23 Oct 2024

Powers of Attorney: Forms

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the (a) adequacy of safeguards against the misuse of online application forms for Lasting Power of Attorney and (b) potenti

AnsweredMinistry of Justice22 Oct 2024

Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle Islamophobia.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government22 Oct 2024
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