Joan Ryan is no longer a Member of Parliament. This page has not been updated since 2015.
Biography:
Joan Ryan was elected as Labour MP for Enfield North on May 7th 2015 with 20172 votes, taking 43.7% of the vote.
Joan was a local Labour Councillor for eight years. She was Chair of Policy and Finance and deputy leader of Barnet Council before being elected as Member of Parliament for Enfield North for the first time in the 1997 general election. She has also been parliamentary private secretary to Andrew Smith, and a senior whip. From 5 May 2006 to 29 June 2007 Joan was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for nationality, citizenship and immigration at the Home Office. In the 2005 election she retained her seat with a slightly reduced majority, but lost it in the following election in 2010.
After losing the election, Joan was appointed Chief Executive of the Global Tamil Forum, and later became deputy director of the successful NOtoAV campaign.
Constituency: Enfield North
Date of Birth: 8 September 1955
Email: joan.ryan.mp@parliament.uk
Party: Labour
Personal Website: http://www.joanryan.org.uk/
Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Westminster Tel: 020 7219 6583
Twitter: twitter.com/joanryanEnfield
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/joanryanEnfield
