Portrait of Oliver Ryan

Oliver Ryan

Labour (Co-op) Sitting MP

MP for Burnley · in Parliament since 4 July 2024

Parliamentary office

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Email: oliver.ryan.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency office

5 Grimshaw Street, Burnley, BB11 2AS

Tel: 01282 216398

Constituency office

Drop ins welcomed 10am–2pm Monday to Thursday, Fridays by appointment only

Parliamentary participation snapshot

Voting participation
81.9%
517 of 631 divisions
Committee attendance
100.0%
20 meetings attended
Debate contributions
124
in the 7 year window
Written questions
36
in the 7 year window
Committee memberships
1
current

Biography

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

Parliamentary service

ConstituencyFromToNotes
Burnley4 July 2024PresentElected 1 time

Party affiliations

PartyFromTo
Labour1 September 2025Present
Independent10 February 20251 September 2025
Labour4 July 202410 February 2025

Voting participation

Participation rate
81.9%
Eligible divisions
631
Divisions voted
517

joint 142nd of 650 current MPs (4 tied) · all MPs average 71.4% · Labour (Co-op) average 72.9%

Participation by year

Oliver Ryan voting participation by yearPercentage of eligible Commons divisions voted in, per calendar year0%25%50%75%100%2024202520262024: 94.5%94.5%2025: 81.4%81.4%2026: 78.8%78.8%
YearEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
2026236186 78.8%
2025322262 81.4%
20247369 94.5%

By Parliament

ParliamentEligible divisionsVotedParticipation
59th631517 81.9%

Participation counts aye, no or teller votes in Commons divisions held while the MP sat. Absence has many legitimate causes (pairing, illness, parental leave, ministerial or Speaker duties).

Parliamentary activity

Debate contributions
124
Written questions
36
Oral questions
16
Early day motions
1
Bills sponsored
1
Petitions presented
0
Committee meetings attended
20

joint 558th of 650 current MPs (3 tied) · all MPs average 489 · Labour (Co-op) average 658

Written questions per year
Oliver Ryan: Written questions per yearNumber of Written questions recorded per calendar year051015202024: 111120242025: 131320252026: 12122026
Oral questions per year
Oliver Ryan: Oral questions per yearNumber of Oral questions recorded per calendar year0358102024: 1120242025: 9920252026: 662026
Early day motions per year
Oliver Ryan: Early day motions per yearNumber of Early day motions recorded per calendar year0.00.30.50.81.02024: 0020242025: 1120252026: 002026

Annual breakdown

YearDebate contributionsDebates participatedWritten questionsOral questionsEDMsBills sponsoredPetitions
2026 27 21 12 6 0 0 0
2025 70 47 13 9 1 0 0
2024 27 22 11 1 0 1 0

Committee memberships

Current committees

CommitteeRoleSinceMeetings attendedAttendance
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art Member 6 February 2025 – no published attendance

joint 1st of 515 current MPs (488 tied) · all MPs average 99.6% · Labour (Co-op) average 99.8%

Committee membership history

4 bill committees served on

Hansard activity

Contributions
124
spoken contributions
Debates participated in
90
distinct debates

550th of 650 current MPs · all MPs average 552 · Labour (Co-op) average 650

Contributions per year
Oliver Ryan: debate contributions per yearSpoken contributions recorded in Hansard per calendar year02550751002024: 272720242025: 707020252026: 27272026
Debates participated in per year
Oliver Ryan: debates participated in per yearDistinct debates the MP contributed to, per calendar year0132538502024: 222220242025: 474720252026: 21212026

Counts come from the Hansard record for the Commons and Westminster Hall within the dataset window. Individual contributions and topic analysis are not yet part of the dataset; search Hansard for the full record.

Parliamentary timeline

Generated from seat, party, role and committee records.

  1. 2024

    • – Became MP for Burnley
    • – Joined Labour
    • – Joined Public Accounts Committee
  2. 2025

    • – Joined Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
    • – Joined Independent
    • – Joined Labour

Constituency: Burnley

Burnley constituency boundary
Area
119.5 km²
Latest election
2024 General Election (4 July 2024)
Result
Lab Gain · majority 3,420
Electorate
74,954 · turnout 53.0%
Postcode areas
BB10, BB11, BB12, BB9, OL14

Statistics cover 7 November 2019 to 7 November 2026. Source: UK Parliament Members, Committees, Commons Votes, Hansard, Questions and Bills APIs, via the UK Politics Decoded dataset. View this MP’s raw JSON.