Oliver Ryan | |
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Member of Parliament for Burnley | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Antony Higginbotham |
Majority | 3,420 (8.6%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Oliver David Ryan April 1995 (age 29) Manchester,Greater Manchester,England |
Political party | Labour Co-op |
Alma mater | University of Manchester (BA) University of Law (GDL) |
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] .
Oliver 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.
Ryan 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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Oliver Ryan | 12,598 | 31.7 | –8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Birtwistle | 9,178 | 23.1 | +15.4 | |
Conservative | Antony Higginbotham | 8,058 | 20.3 | –20.2 | |
Reform UK | Nathan McCollum | 7,755 | 19.5 | +12.4 | |
Green | Jack Launer | 1,518 | 3.8 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Rayyan Fiass | 292 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Mitchell Cryer | 169 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | David Roper | 151 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 3,420 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,719 | 53 | –9.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Oliver Ryan | 1,520 | 52.1 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Danny Mather | 1,178 | 40.4 | –4.0 | |
Green | Luke Robinson | 221 | 7.6 | –1.1 | |
Majority | 342 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,930 | 31.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Oliver Ryan | 1,581 | 55.3 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Danny Mather | 922 | 32.2 | +5.7 | |
UKIP | Peter Harris | 195 | 6.8 | –15.6 | |
Green | Georgia Blakeney | 161 | 5.6 | +0.4 | |
Turnout | 2,865 | 30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Oliver Ryan | 1,284 | 42.32 | ||
UKIP | David Turner | 1,162 | 38.30 | ||
Conservative | Colin White | 429 | 14.14 | ||
Green | Nancy Jaegar | 159 | 5.24 | ||
Majority | 122 | 4.02 | |||
Turnout | 3,034 | 33 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
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