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She called for a leadership election to replace [[Gordon Brown]] as Labour Party leader.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/09/13/gordon-brown-faces-labour-revolt-and-possible-leadership-contest-115875-20734972/ Gordon Brown faces Labour revolt and possible leadership contest], By Jason Beattie, [[Daily Mirror]], 13/09/2008</ref> For this she was fired as Vice Chair of the Labour Party and Prime Minister's envoy to [[Cyprus]] on 14 September 2008.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2910614/Labour-MP-Joan-Ryan-sacked-after-open-revolt-against-Gordon-Brown.html Labour MP Joan Ryan sacked after open revolt against Gordon Brown], Daily Telegraph</ref> |
She called for a leadership election to replace [[Gordon Brown]] as Labour Party leader.<ref>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/09/13/gordon-brown-faces-labour-revolt-and-possible-leadership-contest-115875-20734972/ Gordon Brown faces Labour revolt and possible leadership contest], By Jason Beattie, [[Daily Mirror]], 13/09/2008</ref> For this she was fired as Vice Chair of the Labour Party and Prime Minister's envoy to [[Cyprus]] on 14 September 2008.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/2910614/Labour-MP-Joan-Ryan-sacked-after-open-revolt-against-Gordon-Brown.html Labour MP Joan Ryan sacked after open revolt against Gordon Brown], Daily Telegraph</ref> |
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Ryan was featured in the [[Daily Telegraph]] during that paper's coverage of the [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|MPs' expenses scandal]]<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5336436/Joan-Ryan-expenses-switch-after-4500-spend.html] She was named by Daily Telegraph in MPs expenses scandal</ref> as having "flipped" her second home. Ryan claimed under the Additional Costs Allowance scheme, a system intended to help MPs pay for the costs of running a second home near Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5335097/MPs-expenses-how-Additional-Costs-Allowance-works.html|title=MPs' expenses: how Additional Costs Allowance works|last=Barrett|first=David|date=17 May 2009|work=[[Telegraph.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]]|accessdate=20 June 2010 | location=London}}</ref> In Ryan's case, she made the claims on a second home. Her family home was in her constituency of Enfield further from Parliament than any other London MP.<ref name="Ryan_expenses">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5336436/Joan-Ryan-expenses-switch-after-4500-spend.html|title=Joan Ryan: expenses switch after £4,500 spend|last=Leach|first=Ben|coauthors=Jamieson, Alastair|date=17 May 2009|work=[[Telegraph.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group]]|accessdate=20 June 2010 | location=London}}</ref> Following an independent audit in she was asked by Parliament to repay £5,121 in mortgage interest which was was not entitled to.<ref>[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23802442-london-mps-will-lose-cash-for-second-homes-after-being-forced-to-repay-expenses.do] Evening Standard</ref> |
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In February 2010 she received the Friend of Ireland Award from the Labour Party Irish Society, for her working in supporting the Irish community in Britain. |
In February 2010 she received the Friend of Ireland Award from the Labour Party Irish Society, for her working in supporting the Irish community in Britain. |
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Revision as of 19:01, 9 March 2012
Joan Ryan | |
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| Member of Parliament for Enfield North | |
| In office 1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Timothy Eggar |
| Succeeded by | Nick de Bois |
| Majority | 1,920 (4.7%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 September 1955 Warrington |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Martin Hegarty |
Joan Marie Ryan (born 8 September 1955, Warrington) is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council.[1]
Early life
She went to St Joseph Secondary School and Notre Dame High School in the Warrington area. At the City of Liverpool College of Higher Education she gained a BA in History and Sociology in 1979. In 1981, she gained an MSc in Sociology from the Polytechnic of the South Bank. She worked as a teacher of Sociology and European Politcs in Hammersmith. She worked as a freelance oral history interviewer for the Imperial War Museum for a period of three years in the mid-1980s.
Parliamentary career
Joan Ryan served as 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 in the 1997 general election.
Ryan was parliamentary private secretary to Andrew Smith, as well as a senior whip. From 5 May 2006 to 29 June 2007, Ryan was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for nationality, citizenship and immigration at the Home Office, succeeding Andy Burnham. She had particular responsibility for ID cards and passports, the Forensic Science Service, refugee integration, E-borders, extradition and judicial cooperation, the Criminal Records Bureau, Home Office research and science, improving regulation, and design and green issues.
In the 2005 election she retained her seat with a slightly reduced majority.
Ryan's voting record includes support for the Iraq war and the introduction of ID cards.
Ryan supported Hazel Blears in the Labour party's 2007 deputy leadership election, Blears came sixth in the election. On 29 June, it was announced that the Prime Minister had appointed Ryan as Special Representative to Cyprus and as a Privy Counsellor.
She called for a leadership election to replace Gordon Brown as Labour Party leader.[2] For this she was fired as Vice Chair of the Labour Party and Prime Minister's envoy to Cyprus on 14 September 2008.[3]
Ryan was featured in the Daily Telegraph during that paper's coverage of the MPs' expenses scandal[4] as having "flipped" her second home. Ryan claimed under the Additional Costs Allowance scheme, a system intended to help MPs pay for the costs of running a second home near Parliament.[5] In Ryan's case, she made the claims on a second home. Her family home was in her constituency of Enfield further from Parliament than any other London MP.[6] Following an independent audit in she was asked by Parliament to repay £5,121 in mortgage interest which was was not entitled to.[7]
In February 2010 she received the Friend of Ireland Award from the Labour Party Irish Society, for her working in supporting the Irish community in Britain.
Ryan was defeated by Conservative candidate Nick de Bois by 1,692 votes in the May 2010 General Election poll.[8]
In 2012, the Independent reported that Joan Ryan made one of the most persistent and successful attempts to edit the Wikipedia article about her. The newspaper said "At least 10 attempts have been made from computers in Parliament to remove information about her expenses claims and a further 20 efforts to delete the information, some from her constituency of Enfield, have also been recorded in Wikipedia's logs. The sustained effort has proved successful and there is now no mention of Ms Ryan's Parliamentary expenses on her Wikipedia page."[9]
Personal life
As of May 2009[update] she lived in Enfield with her husband, Martin Hegarty, and children.[10] She has three grandchildren.[11]
After Parliament
After losing her seat Ryan was appointed Chief Executive of the Global Tamil Forum, and later also became deputy director of the successful NOtoAV campaign.[12] A board member and trustee of Riders for Health since 1998 Joan was appointed Chair of the Board in October 2010 - Riders for Health is an award winning social enterprise that manages and maintains vehicles used in the delivery of health care and other vital services to rural communities in Africa.
References
- ^ Mp, Labour (17 October 2002). "Joan Ryan". BBC News.
- ^ Gordon Brown faces Labour revolt and possible leadership contest, By Jason Beattie, Daily Mirror, 13/09/2008
- ^ Labour MP Joan Ryan sacked after open revolt against Gordon Brown, Daily Telegraph
- ^ [1] She was named by Daily Telegraph in MPs expenses scandal
- ^ Barrett, David (17 May 2009). "MPs' expenses: how Additional Costs Allowance works". Telegraph.co.uk. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- ^ Leach, Ben (17 May 2009). "Joan Ryan: expenses switch after £4,500 spend". Telegraph.co.uk. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ [2] Evening Standard
- ^ BBC. "General election 2010 results - Enfield North". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/who-are-the-commons-moles-changing-wikipedia-entries-7545991.html
- ^ "Man acquitted of harassing Enfield North MP Joan Ryan on grounds of insanity". Enfield Independent. Newsquest Media Group. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
- ^ "Election 2010: Joan Ryan, Labour Candidate for Enfield North". Enfield Independent. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ Wilson, Peter (16 April 2011). "Referendum puts Nick Clegg in the crosshairs".