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Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op) MP for Burnley, since 4 July 2024

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

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Scorecard

81.7% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
470 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
105 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour (Co-op) MPs
2 Interests declared 1 at £5,000 or more
87 Debates spoken in 34 written questions tabled

Ranked 149 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 152–337
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 No 77–390
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9 No 104–317
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 No 167–313
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24 No 182–307
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part Aye 389–102
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46 No 105–381
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Third Reading Aye 320–171
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: New Clause 1 No 172–322
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Clause 2 stand part Aye 318–174
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 No 83–319
20 Oct 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 7 No 174–321
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Remaining Stages: Amendment 9 No 160–324
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 8 No 151–319
15 Oct 2025 Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 5 No 78–316
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 41 No vote 164–333
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage: Amendment 40 No vote 163–339
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 No vote 78–327
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Second Reading Aye 340–77
16 Sep 2025 Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading No 78–292
16 Sep 2025 Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion No vote 89–79
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 121 No vote 316–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 62 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 61 No vote 330–161
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 60 No vote 318–170

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

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

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)

On the register since 4 Nov 2025

4. Visits outside the UK

£9,556

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)

On the register since 7 Nov 2025

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Debates

87 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

2 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £14,156 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
29 Oct 2025 Oliver Ryan sitting MP The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Other Visit £9,556
17 Oct 2025 Oliver Ryan sitting MP Anthony George Watson Individual Non Cash Advertising £4,600

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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