Oliver Ryan MP: votes, interests and costs
The Member of Parliament for Burnley is Oliver Ryan (Labour (Co-op)).
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Oliver Ryan as a current member of this committee.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art | 6 February 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Finance (No. 2) Bill | 15 January 2026 | 3 February 2026 |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 30 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] | 5 February 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
| Finance Bill | 22 January 2025 | 30 January 2025 |
| Public Accounts Committee | 28 October 2024 | 1 December 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 de8690df6b84.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Oliver Ryan, as the MP registered them: Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (3), Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration 2 September 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Michael Craven - £5,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For support in my work as an MP, to pay for the printing of my constituency-wide annual report newsletter.
- Value of the benefit: £5,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-09-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-09-01
- Name of the donor: Michael Craven
- Status of the donor: Individual
Avanti West Coast - £3,000.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: 30 complimentary return rail tickets from Preston to London, for 16 - 18 year olds on my Political Summer School (estimated cost due to fluctuating rail fares and no individual cost on the tickets)
- Value of the benefit: £3,000.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-07
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-07
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-07-14
- Name of the donor: Avanti West Coast
International visit to Saudi Arabia between 11 October 2025 and 14 October 2025
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-11
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-14
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Saudi Arabia APPG
Anthony George Watson - £4,600.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: Monetary
- Description of the payment: For support in my work as an MP, to pay for the printing of my constituency-wide annual report newsletter.
- Value of the benefit: £4,600.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-17
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-17
- Name of the donor: Anthony George Watson
- Status of the donor: Individual
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
In 2024-25 Oliver Ryan's office spent £165,025 on staff, from a staffing budget of £185,538, according to IPSA. Office costs came to £29,861 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. 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 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £165,025.35 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,861.41 |
| Accommodation: spent | £21,460.19 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £15,158.13 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £3,000.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Burnley CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Caseworker (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Officer ×2 (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 506 votes by Oliver Ryan in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 47 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 13 July 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
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 36 written questions from Oliver Ryan since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department of Health and Social Care; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Ministry of Justice; Home Office; and others.
Ambulance Services: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (i) what estimate her Department has made of the number of newly qualified paramedics who have been unable to secure employment with NHS ambulance trusts in England in each of the last three years; …
Imran Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Pakistani counterpart regarding (a) the detention conditions, (b) welfare and (c) access to medical care of former Prime Minister Imran …
Imran Khan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Government of Pakistan on the imprisonment and detention conditions of former Prime Minister Imran Khan; and what further …
Financial Services: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Civil Justice Council’s review of litigation funding to strengthen protections for consumers, whether she plans to extend Financial Conduct Authority regulation to cover portfolio-based liti …
Pakistan: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Government of Pakistan regarding the trial of civilians in military courts since February 2024.
Harassment: Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the involvement of Pakistani state actors in the surveillance, intimidation and physical harassment of Pakistani diaspora members residing in the UK.
Schools: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to provide funding for the School Games Organisers Network and the Primary PE and Sport Premium beyond the 2025-26 academic year; what her planned timeline is for the procurement o …
Crisis and Resilience Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether funding provided through the Crisis and Resilience Fund from 1 April 2026 may be used by local authorities to provide holiday food vouchers for children eligible for free school meals; and what …
Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts.
Screening and Vaccination: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the age-related eligibility criteria for NHS screening and vaccination programmes, if he will make an assessment of (a) the evidential basis and decision-making process by which t …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bb721e7fdfb8. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Oliver Ryan.
2024 general election
Oliver Ryan won Burnley at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 12,598 votes (31.7%), a majority of 3,420 over Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrat). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Burnley figures
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.