Layla Moran MP: votes, interests and costs
Layla Moran represents Oxford West and Abingdon in the House of Commons for Liberal Democrat and has done since 8 June 2017.
Offices and committees
Layla Moran sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 4 December 2024 | Current |
| Health and Social Care Committee | 9 September 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs & International Development) | Opposition Department | 5 July 2024 | 18 September 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Science, Innovation & Technology) | Opposition Department | 5 July 2024 | 18 September 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) | Opposition Department | 7 September 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development) | Opposition Department | 7 September 2020 | 30 May 2024 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) | Opposition Department | 21 August 2019 | 6 January 2020 |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education) | Opposition Department | 16 June 2017 | 7 September 2020 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Down Syndrome Bill | 19 January 2022 | 26 January 2022 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 11 September 2017 | 6 November 2019 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b0442f793abb.
Register of interests
Layla Moran has 14 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 16 June 2021 and the latest on 13 July 2026. By category: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (6), Miscellaneous (3), Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (2), Visits outside the UK (2), Employment and earnings (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Simon Ruddick - £948.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Communication Development which included facilitator overnight accommodation, food and drink
- Value of the benefit: £948.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-09
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-09
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-07-10
- Name of the donor: Simon Ruddick
- Status of the donor: Individual
Lawn Tennis Association - £720.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets including hospitality for the HSBC Championships at The Queen’s Club
- Value of the benefit: £720.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-06-12
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-06-12
- Name of the donor: Lawn Tennis Association
- Status of the donor: Company
- Name of the donor company: Lawn Tennis Association
International visit to Taiwan between 28 March 2026 and 03 April 2026
- Purpose of the visit: To meet the President, cabinet ministers and opposition members of Parliament.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-03-28
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-04-03
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: British-Taiwanese APPG
Dermot Roaf - £1,800.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: paid in monthly instalments of £150 between 2nd January 2026 and December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,800.00
- Name of the donor: Dermot Roaf
- Status of the donor: Individual
Hugo Brunner - £2,400.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: paid in monthly instalments of £200 between 15th January 2026 and December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £2,400.00
- Name of the donor: Hugo Brunner
- Status of the donor: Individual
Peter Frankopan - £2,400.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: paid in monthly instalments of £200 between 8th January 2026 and December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £2,400.00
- Name of the donor: Peter Frankopan
- Status of the donor: Individual
International visit to Bahrain between 31 October 2025 and 03 November 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Attending the Manama Dialogue to debate the Middle East’s foreign-policy, defence and security challenges
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-31
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-11-03
Peter Frankopan - £2,400.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: paid in monthly instalments between January 2025 and December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £2,400.00
- Name of the donor: Peter Frankopan
- Status of the donor: Individual
Dermot Roaf - £1,800.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: paid in monthly instalments between January 2025 and December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £1,800.00
- Name of the donor: Dermot Roaf
- Status of the donor: Individual
Hugo Brunner - £2,400.00
- How the donation was received: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: paid in monthly instalments between January 2025 and December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £2,400.00
- Name of the donor: Hugo Brunner
- Status of the donor: Individual
Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-10-16
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Funding the legal fees for representing me in relation to complaints against the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Global Warming Policy Foundation. At the time of registration, the estimated value of this support is below the registrable threshold.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-03-05
- Name of the donor: Good Law Project
- The type of interest: Financial interest or material benefit
Non-executive Director - Semiconductor Catapult (known as CSA Catapult innovation Centre until 9 June 2026)
- Type of work or service being provided: Non-executive Director
- Date the agreement started: 2022-12-01
- Name of the payer: Semiconductor Catapult (known as CSA Catapult innovation Centre until 9 June 2026)
- Brief description of the payer's business: a centre established to help the UK become a global leader in compound semiconductors
- Agreement starting 30 June 2023 - £18,621.00
Member of the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP)’s Advisory Board. The ICJP’s principal objective is to coordinate and support legal work which supports the rights of Palestinians in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the wider diaspora. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2021-06-03
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 1f7caaaeeafd. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £246,933 for Layla Moran in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. The figure for 2023-24 was £227,486. IPSA lists office spending of £22,364 in the same year. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £246,933.32 | £227,485.67 | £205,615.46 |
| Office costs: spent | £22,364.10 | £22,749.52 | £23,088.45 |
| Accommodation: spent | £25,429.42 | £25,315.69 | £23,070.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £3,182.63 | £3,362.70 | £3,748.11 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Oxford West and Abingdon CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term full time), Intern ×3 (fixed term full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Layla Moran voted in the House of Commons: 383 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 35 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Layla Moran voted Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 21 October 2026 | Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers: Aye |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading: No |
| 13 October 2026 | Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 Aye; Amendment 1 Aye; New Clause 25 Aye |
| 11 September 2026 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading: Aye |
| 7 September 2026 to 8 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 142 No; Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 6 Aye |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 Aye; New Clause 2 Aye |
| 22 June 2026 | Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 Aye; New Clause 22 Aye; New Clause 11 No; New Clause 4 Aye |
| 16 June 2026 | Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 Aye; New Clause 14 Aye; New Clause 13 Aye |
| 10 June 2026 | Railways Bill: Third Reading: No |
| 10 June 2026 | Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 Aye; Amendment 143 Aye; New Clause 1 Aye |
| 8 June 2026 to 9 June 2026 | Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Aye; New Clause 8 Aye; New Clause 2 Aye |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 174 written questions from Layla Moran since 4 July 2024. The latest 10 were addressed to Treasury, Department for Education, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and 4 other departments.
Debts: Developing Countries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department's Answer to Question 107484 on the 28th of January 2026, whether he intends to review the Government's decision regarding legislation to require private creditors to participate in s …
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department's Answer to WQ17788 on 16 July 2026, what portion of the £710 million renewal and retrofit programme has been spent on air conditioning systems for schools to date.
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer to WQ17788 on 16 July 2026, what portion of the £710 million renewal and retrofit programme is expected to be spent on air conditioning systems for schools.
Postal Services: NHS
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of Royal Mail's NHS option on delivery of health-related correspondence.
Uyghurs: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to raise concerns regarding the human rights of the Uyghur Muslims in China.
Parcels: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the EU's customs charge for small parcels on the (a) comic and (b) wider publishing industry; and whether his Dep …
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Civil Service Pension Scheme, how many (a) formal Stage 1 complaints under the Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure have been registered by Capita since December 2025 and (b) formal Stage …
East West Rail Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department intends to convene a meeting of stakeholders involved in preparing for the commencement of East-West Rail passenger services.
East West Rail Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons East-West Rail passenger services have not yet commenced.
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure consultations on disability benefits reforms are accessible for disabled people.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 7c88654a68fb. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Layla Moran.
2024 general election
Layla Moran won Oxford West and Abingdon at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 23,414 votes (50.9%), a majority of 14,894 over Vinay Raniga (Conservative). Result as published: LD hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Oxford West and Abingdon figures
Statements and pledges on this site
Official corrections
Records in which Layla Moran corrected an answer or the Commons record, or which the UK Statistics Authority addressed to Layla Moran:
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.