Liberal Democrats MP for Oxford West and Abingdon since (elected). An MP continuously since .
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161
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Register entries
15
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Declared while sitting for Lib Dem
£21,699
10 of 15 entries state an amount
| Party | Office | Area | Period | Began | Ended | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib Dem | MP | Oxford West and Abingdon | – present | elected | — | Party history |
Parliament's party history for this member: Liberal Democrat ( – present).
Every entry the member has in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, as Parliament currently publishes it. The wording and values are the member's own declarations; nothing here has been assessed by this site.
Totals add only the entries that declare an amount received: payments for work, donations, gifts, and funded visits (register categories 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Ongoing employment is listed but not added, because its figure is a rate rather than a sum received. Each entry is dated by when the benefit happened, not when it was registered, and placed under the party the member sat for on that date. A member who changed party therefore has a separate total for each.
| Date | Category | Entry | Declared value | Sitting for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Gifts, UK sources | Simon Ruddick - £948.00 | £948 | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| 3. Gifts, UK sources | Lawn Tennis Association - £720.00 | £720 | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| 4. Visits outside the UK | International visit to Taiwan between 28 March 2026 and 03 April 2026Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) | £5,669 | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| date registered | 2. Donations and support | Dermot Roaf - £1,800.00 | £1,800 | Lib Dem | Register record |
| date registered | 2. Donations and support | Hugo Brunner - £2,400.00 | £2,400 | Lib Dem | Register record |
| date registered | 2. Donations and support | Peter Frankopan - £2,400.00 | £2,400 | Lib Dem | Register record |
| 4. Visits outside the UK | International visit to Bahrain between 31 October 2025 and 03 November 2025Kingdom of Bahrain | £1,162 | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| date registered | 2. Donations and support | Peter Frankopan - £2,400.00 | £2,400 | Lib Dem | Register record |
| date registered | 2. Donations and support | Dermot Roaf - £1,800.00 | £1,800 | Lib Dem | Register record |
| date registered | 2. Donations and support | Hugo Brunner - £2,400.00 | £2,400 | Lib Dem | Register record |
| 8. Miscellaneous | Director and Trustee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). This is an unpaid role. | — | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| 8. Miscellaneous | 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.Good Law Project | — | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| 1.2. Ongoing employment | Agreement starting 30 June 2023 - £18,621.00Semiconductor Catapult (known as CSA Catapult innovation Centre until 9 June 2026) | — | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| 1. Employment and earnings | Non-executive Director - Semiconductor Catapult (known as CSA Catapult innovation Centre until 9 June 2026) | — | Lib Dem | Register record | |
| 8. Miscellaneous | 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. | — | Lib Dem | Register record |
I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I am so pleased he is back on his feet. He is making a really important point about a potential blind spot for the Government in terms of rurality. Policy Exchange produced an excellent report recently about the effect of rurality on access to healthcare in England. Does he agree that if we design services around the hardest to reach, that helps the most unequal parts of society everywhere?
The chief executive of NHS England and I toured the John Radcliffe’s maternity unit this summer. The building is in a dire state: women give birth in rooms with no windows and no toilets—and where there are toilets, they often flood. In fact, Valerie Amos said that it was the worst she had seen as part of her review. The trust leaders are clear with us that they want a new maternity unit. May I invite the Secretary of State to come to Oxford and see for herself? If she has not got the time for that, will she at least have a meeting with me and the trust leaders so that we can discuss how we can move the project forward?
The hon. Lady is giving a powerful speech, and it is a reminder of why there are no Conservative MPs or councils led by the Conservatives in Oxfordshire anymore. I absolutely commend the women of Piddington for speaking up, and I commend the young women in Oxford who have come to me to say that their voice has not been heard. However, there are women in all parts of this country, and in all sorts of circumstances, for whom that is true. The violence against women and girls strategy was criticised by the National Audit Office in January 2025. It was written by the Leader of the Opposition when she was the Minister for Women and Equalities, and she should have tackled this issue. Will the Leader of the Opposition apologise to the women of Piddington, and those across this country?
Misogyny exists in many cultures; I would point out that it does in ours, too, and that is well recognised. Did it ever occur to the hon. Gentleman that perhaps some of those people are leaving those countries because they do not agree with those values and that, notwithstanding the issues that we have too, they would rather come to a country that better respects the rights of women? Is he suggesting that every man in those countries holds those views?
It is not just business owners who can see the cost, but the workers. I was struck when a constituent who works in the Mini plant in Oxford wrote to me. He supported Brexit at the time, but he has since seen how the racist rhetoric is making it harder for him to be in his community, and his job feels precarious. He now says he would happily rejoin. Does my hon. Friend agree that workers as well as owners are seeing what has happened to their jobs after that disastrous deal?
I pay tribute to all the Members who have shared their story; I feel we have learned a bit more today about how the hon. Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips) became how she is. I am sure we have all heard so many <span id="1346" class="column-number" data-column-number="1346"></span>heartbreaking stories from our constituents, and I want to thank all those who have contacted me, whether or not we agree, because sharing these stories is profoundly difficult. One constituent with incurable cancer contacted me, asking for the freedom to choose when to give up their battle. Her own brother had an incurable melanoma spreading down his neck, which left him barely able to speak to his loved ones. He went out at 2 am in his dressing gown, climbed on to a bridge and jumped on to a motorway below. This was witnessed by two girls who were walking home from a party. My constituent asks: “how many more need to take their own lives in horrific ways because they simply cannot bear the pain, discomfort and hopelessness any more?” She wants the right to decide for herself when enough is enough. Then there is the constituent whose sister went abroad to access assisted dying. The 84-year-old sang to her sister, who ended her life peacefully with her family around her. My constituent said: “It was a painless, peaceful and dignified death at the time of her own choosing. Together with giving birth to my children, it was one of the most beautiful experiences of my long life.” I do not believe that only families with means should be able to have that experience; it should be open to everyone. Let me turn to the issue of palliative care. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Calder Valley (Josh Fenton-Glynn), who is a fellow member of the Health and Social Care Committee. Although we wrote the reports together, I have come to a different conclusion, with great respect. It is, frankly, a stain on successive Governments that palliative care is in this state. Our Committee’s findings were stark: commissioning variation creates a postcode lottery, bereavement support is frequently inaccessible, services are fragmented, workforce and skill shortages are widespread, and systemic inequalities persist.
No, I shall not. It is worth noting that the NHS has not been meeting its own standards on palliative care for decades. The then Minister for Care, the right hon. Member for Aberafan Maesteg (Stephen Kinnock), appeared before our Committee in the spring, and he mentioned the importance of workforce. I ask again, where is that workforce plan? We need it, but that will not be the whole answer; we also need better data and early identification, clearer guidance and joined-up working with adult social care and local authorities. The Government have said that they will publish a modern service framework for palliative and end-of-life care, and it is very positive that the interim MSF has been published, but let me tell the House how I see it as Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee. I genuinely do not believe that palliative care would have been included in the early batch of MSFs if it were not for this Bill forcing the Government to do so. Furthermore, given all the issues and competing priorities of the NHS, let alone the competing political priorities of this Government or any other that comes after it in the next four years, I do not believe that palliative care will improve as fast as we want it to without the pressure of a Bill like this. I do not believe that this is an either/or proposition. I want palliative care to improve, therefore I will be voting for this Bill.<span id="1347" class="column-number" data-column-number="1347"></span> I have to end with one more constituent’s story, and it is the story of Robert. His two parents had different views on this issue: his father did not agree with assisted dying, but his mother did. We are lucky in Oxfordshire that we have some of the best palliative care in the country. He described how her care was exemplary—she died without pain and was well looked after—but he felt that her wishes were not respected while his father’s were, and there were consequences to her not being able to access assisted dying, as her brother could not be there at her bedside when she passed. For those constituents who want a real choice at the end of life, I will tirelessly continue to want to improve palliative care, but I will also be supporting the Bill.
May I welcome the Secretary of State to her place? I look forward to working with her as I have done with her predecessors. May I draw her attention to our Committee’s work on corridor care, and the correspondence between the Committee and the Minister for Secondary Care, who is in her place? I thought it was a constructive session. In our correspondence with the Department, <span id="1055" class="column-number" data-column-number="1055"></span>we raised the issue of staff fatigue. Staff will understandably have questions, such as whether summer is the new winter, what now happens to the leave they were planning to take and the training they must attend, which they often cannot attend during the winter, so can she be clear with staff about that? In the letter responding to the Committee, the Department said that there are new NHS staff standards and new occupational health and wellbeing support, which is all fine, but it then says that there will be “a continued focus on workforce sustainability through the upcoming NHS Workforce Plan.” Where is that workforce plan?
I have to say that I shed a tear—not necessarily at the sanctions part of the statement, but the part where the Government said that the occupation is illegal. Ever since my election as the first British-Palestinian MP, I have stood up to ask that question in statements such as this—I do not speak for the people of Palestine; I speak here for the people of Oxford West and Abingdon, but I could only ever speak for myself—and, frankly, I felt gaslit every single time I could not get a straight answer, so for that I say thank you. Now that Britain is standing tall on the world stage again—the United Nations was founded in Westminster in 1946, and we are applying international law without fear or favour again—how does the Foreign Secretary intend to work with Members across this House so that we can all play our part in ensuring that that institution and ours stand tall forever more?
The hon. Lady may be aware that the Health and Social Care Committee has a pre-appointment hearing with the incoming chair of the CQC tomorrow morning. One question I would like to ask them hinges on the answer to another question, on which I would have loved an update from the Minister. The previous Secretary of State said that HSSIB will not be merged with the CQC until the CQC is ready, but we have never had a list from the Government as to exactly what metrics they will use to decide when that happens. That will have a bearing on what kinds of questions we ask the chair and CEO. What specifically do the Government mean by “ready”? Does the hon. Lady not see that as a problem?
Held . Recorded result: LD Hold. Majority 14,894. 45,998 votes cast from an electorate of 69,851. Parties are as each candidate stood at the time.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layla Moran | Liberal Democrat | 23,414 | 50.9% |
| Vinay Raniga | Conservative | 8,520 | 18.5% |
| Stephen Webb | Labour | 5,981 | 13.0% |
| James Gunn | Reform UK | 4,164 | 9.1% |
| Chris Goodall | Green Party | 3,236 | 7.0% |
| Anni Byard | Social Democratic Party | 259 | 0.6% |
| Ian Shelley | Christian Peoples Alliance | 256 | 0.6% |
| Josh Phillips | Independent | 168 | 0.4% |
| Seat | Dates |
|---|---|
| Oxford West and AbingdonElected 1 time | – present |
| Oxford West and AbingdonElected 2 times | – |
| Post | Dates |
|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs & International Development)Opposition Department | – |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Science, Innovation & Technology)Opposition Department | – |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs)Opposition Department | – |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (International Development)Opposition Department | – |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)Opposition Department | – |
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Education)Opposition Department | – |
| Committee | Dates |
|---|---|
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | – present |
| Health and Social Care CommitteeChair | – present |
| Down Syndrome Bill | – |
| Public Accounts Committee | – |
| Constituency | Date |
|---|---|
| Oxford West and Abingdon | |
| Battersea |
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