Burnley: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Burnley is Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op)), returned on 4 July 2024. The 2024 count gave Oliver Ryan (Labour) 12,598 votes and Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrat) 9,178, a majority of 3,420. 39,719 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 74,954, 53.0% of those registered.
Key figures
What the figures show
On the official figures, Burnley has the 7th lowest median house price of the 575 constituencies with this figure (£135,000), and the 20th lowest share working mainly from home (2021) of the 575 constituencies with this figure (17.1%).
The median price paid for a home was £135,000 in the year to March 2026 (ONS, from HM Land Registry data). Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £80,000. The highest March-year median in the series was £140,000, in the year to March 2025. It ranks 7th lowest of 575 constituencies. 1,355 sales were registered in the period, against 1,721 in the year to March 2025.
DWP figures count 9,839 children under 16 in relative low income families after housing costs in 2024/25, 41.1% of children here against 26.0% across the UK. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 35.8% in 2021/22 to 38.7% in 2024/25.
Full-time employees living in Burnley had median pay of £32,956 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £31,213. In April 2024 the residents' figure was £31,632. The residents' figure ranks 45th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
Burnley counted 45,122 households on Census day 2021; 21.7% of adults were retired and 17.1% of those in work were mostly working from home.
69.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±7.4 points). 30.3% were economically inactive.
The ONS estimates 114,851 people lived in Burnley in mid-2024, up 12.3% on 2014. Children under 16 numbered 23,944; people aged 65 and over, 20,491.
Workplaces in Burnley accounted for 44,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,820 local units for March 2026.
The claimant count for September 2026 was 4,085, or 5.8% of the working-age population. That is up from 3,925 twelve months before.
MP
Oliver Ryan, Labour (Co-op)
- MP for Burnley since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Oliver Ryan on this site
In Parliament
Hansard records these as Oliver Ryan's latest words in Parliament, from 24 June 2026 to 9 September 2026. Hansard search returns 122 spoken contributions by Oliver Ryan since 4 July 2024.
I thank the Secretary of State for her statement and welcome her to her role. She is such a powerful advocate and leader when it comes to our students and brilliant teachers in Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield.
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Unitary authorities have big benefits, but I am angry about the proposals. According to our own statistics, the new East Lancs authority—with Blackburn, and without the Ribble Valley—will create the most deprived unitary authority in the country, with an awful lot of debt …
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I thank the Minister for her listening ear throughout this process. I know that she will make a bigger statement on Thursday, but while she is giving these matters consideration, may I make a last-ditch attempt to convince her to keep Burnley and Blackburn very separate?
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Summer jobs are really important, as are summer schools. Will the Minister join me in welcoming students from the Burnley summer school, who join us in the Gallery today, and will he perhaps include in his speech the fact that over the Tories’ time in power from 2010 to 2024 …
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As the Minister is reading out his list of achievements, may I add to it? Does he think it is a good thing that we have put nearly £1 billion into support for the sick and disabled?
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General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Ryan | Labour | 12,598 | 31.7% | −8.5 |
| Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrat | 9,178 | 23.1% | +15.4 |
| Antony Higginbotham | Conservative | 8,058 | 20.3% | −20.2 |
| Nathan McCollum | Reform UK | 7,755 | 19.5% | +12.4 |
| Jack Launer | Green Party | 1,518 | 3.8% | +2.0 |
| Rayyan Fiass | Independent | 292 | 0.7% | |
| Mitchell Cryer | Independent | 169 | 0.4% | |
| David Roper | Independent | 151 | 0.4% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from Con. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 31.7% | Liberal Democrat 23.1% | 3,420 | 53.0% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Conservative 40.5% | Labour 40.2% | 127 | 62.4% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Burnley covers wards in 2 local authority areas, listed by the number of wards in the constituency.
Who has power over Burnley
Every body that makes decisions for Burnley, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Burnley this page: Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Burnley?
Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op)), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Burnley?
The House of Commons Library records 12,598 votes for Oliver Ryan of Labour and a majority of 3,420; 53.0% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Burnley?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 4,085, 5.8% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Burnley?
£135,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Burnley?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £32,956 (April 2025).
How many children in Burnley live in low income families?
9,839 children under 16, 41.1%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Burnley?
114,851 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.