Oliver Ryan (politician)
Oliver David Ryan (born April 1995) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Burnley since 2024.[1] Ryan was previously a Tameside MBC Councillor from 2014 to 2023, he was Executive Member for Finance and Economic Growth and earlier Executive Member for Children's Social Care.[2]. Early lifeOliver David Ryan was born in April 1995 in Manchester, Greater Manchester. He has three siblings and grew up in Droylsden, Tameside.[3][4][5] Ryan graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA (Hons) in Modern History with Politics in 2016 before obtaining a postgraduate GDL in Law from the University of Law.[6][4] He has spoken of the influence his grandparents had on his upbringing. His grandfather David Boyle was a GMB Union official, his grandmother was an NHS nurse. Political careerRyan joined the Labour Party in 2010, aged 15.[2] He was elected as the Labour Party councillor for Audenshaw ward in the 2014 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council election at the age of 19.[7] He retained his seat in the 2018 and 2022 elections. Ryan stood down ahead of the 2023 election.[8][9] Ryan was then elected as the Labour and Co-operative MP for Burnley in the 2024 general election with a majority of 3,420 votes, defeating the incumbent Antony Higginbotham of the Conservative Party.[5] Ryan has said that his main priority in politics is to break the “generational cycle of worklessness” among some Burnley families.[10] Electoral performanceHouse of Commons
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