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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
18 Mar 2026 Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 368–107
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading Aye 292–161
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 No 175–292
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 172–283
11 Mar 2026 Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 174–292
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading Aye 304–203
10 Mar 2026 Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 203–311
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 Aye 304–177
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 Aye 315–163
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 Aye 315–109
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 Aye 316–171
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 Aye 307–173
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 Aye 321–106
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 17 Aye 306–182
9 Mar 2026 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 16 Aye 309–181
2 Mar 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No 105–410
24 Feb 2026 Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms No 69–279
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading Aye 361–84
23 Feb 2026 Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 73–256
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No 77–280
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 156–273
23 Feb 2026 Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: Amendment 1 No 161–272
11 Feb 2026 Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 Aye 279–90
11 Feb 2026 Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 Aye 277–143
11 Feb 2026 Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 deferred division No vote 362–107

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

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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 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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