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'''Joan Ryan''' has been the [[Labour Party]] member of Parliament for Enfield North since the 2015 general election. She was previously the MP from 1997 to 2010.
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{{short description|'''Former Labour MP for Enfield North (1997–2010, 2015–19) and former chair of Labour Friends of Israel; leads ELNET UK'''}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name        = Joan Ryan
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| image      = Joan_Ryan_MP_2017.jpg
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| image_size  = 220
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| caption    = Official House of Commons portrait, 2017
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| occupation  = Politician; chief executive, ELNET UK
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| known_for  = MP for Enfield North (1997–2010, 2015–19); chair of Labour Friends of Israel from 2015; left Labour in February 2019
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}}
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'''Joan Ryan''' was the [[Labour Party]] member of Parliament for Enfield North from 2015 until the dissolution of Parliament on 6 November 2019. She was previously the MP from 1997 to 2010. She left the Labour Party on 19 February 2019; in 2021 she was named head of the UK office of [[European Leadership Network|ELNET]].<ref name="JR-Bio">UK Parliament, [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/166/Biography Members API: Joan Ryan (member 166), biography], and [https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/166/Synopsis synopsis], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="JR-JN2021">Jenni Frazer, [https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/former-lfi-chair-joan-ryan-named-head-of-new-pro-israel-group/ Former LFI chair Joan Ryan named head of new pro-Israel group], ''Jewish News'', 14 June 2021, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
  
 
In the 2010 election Ryan failed to be re-elected following the expenses scandal which saw her ordered to repay some £5,000 in mortgage interest which she had 'overclaimed'. She had also claimed more than £4,500 for work on her home, including fence repairs, cleaning the back garden and redecorating her living room. <ref> Jack Doyle and Tamara Cohen [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2811831/They-don-t-MPs-forced-2010-expenses-including-whirlpool-bath-mirrors-carbon-monoxide-detector-stand-election-2015.html They STILL don't get it: MPs forced out in 2010 over expenses including a whirlpool bath, mirrors and carbon monoxide detector will stand for re-election in 2015] Daily Mail, 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015 </ref>  
 
In the 2010 election Ryan failed to be re-elected following the expenses scandal which saw her ordered to repay some £5,000 in mortgage interest which she had 'overclaimed'. She had also claimed more than £4,500 for work on her home, including fence repairs, cleaning the back garden and redecorating her living room. <ref> Jack Doyle and Tamara Cohen [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2811831/They-don-t-MPs-forced-2010-expenses-including-whirlpool-bath-mirrors-carbon-monoxide-detector-stand-election-2015.html They STILL don't get it: MPs forced out in 2010 over expenses including a whirlpool bath, mirrors and carbon monoxide detector will stand for re-election in 2015] Daily Mail, 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015 </ref>  
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==Back for more!==
 
==Back for more!==
 
Having lost her constituency battle in 2010, Ryan was given a payoff of £50,517. Despite this, she has been recalled by the party to stand for the Enfield North seat in the upcoming 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2941966/Back-14-Labour-Lib-Dem-MPs-given-payoffs-55-000-election-stand-again.html Back for more! 14 Labour and Lib Dem ex-MPs given payoffs of up to £55,000 when they lost their seats are standing again] Daily Mail, 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015 </ref>  
 
Having lost her constituency battle in 2010, Ryan was given a payoff of £50,517. Despite this, she has been recalled by the party to stand for the Enfield North seat in the upcoming 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2941966/Back-14-Labour-Lib-Dem-MPs-given-payoffs-55-000-election-stand-again.html Back for more! 14 Labour and Lib Dem ex-MPs given payoffs of up to £55,000 when they lost their seats are standing again] Daily Mail, 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015 </ref>  
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==Parliamentary career==
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Parliament's records list Ryan as the member for Enfield North from 1 May 1997 to 6 May 2010 and from 7 May 2015 to 6 November 2019. Her party affiliations were Labour (1 May 1997 – 19 February 2019), Independent (19 February – 18 April 2019), Change UK – The Independent Group (18 April – 5 July 2019) and The Independent Group for Change (5 July – 6 November 2019).<ref name="JR-Bio" />
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Posts held by Joan Ryan, as listed by Parliament
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! Post !! From !! To
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|-
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| Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) || 29 May 2002 || 13 June 2003
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| Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) || 13 June 2003 || 5 May 2006
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|-
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) || 5 May 2006 || 28 June 2007
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|-
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| Prime Minister's Special Representative to Cyprus || 29 June 2007 || 14 September 2008
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|-
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| Vice-Chair, Labour Party || 29 June 2007 || 14 September 2008
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|-
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| Member, Panel of Chairs || 2 February 2016 || 3 May 2017
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|-
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| Member, Environmental Audit Committee || 19 December 2016 || 3 May 2017
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| Member, Panel of Chairs || 22 June 2017 || 6 November 2019
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|-
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| Member, Environmental Audit Committee || 11 September 2017 || 25 February 2019
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|}
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Enfield North general elections won by Joan Ryan, as recorded by Parliament
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! Date !! Winner's votes !! Share !! Majority !! Turnout
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| 7 May 2015 || 20,172 || 43.7% || 1,086 || 67.7%
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| 8 June 2017 || 28,177 || 58.0% || 10,247 || 71.3%
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|}
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Parliament's record of the 2019 general election in Enfield North (12 December 2019) names Labour's Feryal Clark as the winner. ''Jewish News'' reported that Ryan "stood down from Parliament later that year".<ref name="PARL-Elections">UK Parliament, [https://electionresults.parliament.uk/constituency-areas/214/elections Elections in Enfield North (13 April 2010 – 30 May 2024)], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="JR-JN2021" />
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==Labour Friends of Israel and leaving Labour==
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Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) described Ryan as its Parliamentary Chair in February 2019, and ELNET UK's website says she was appointed Chair of LFI in 2015.<ref name="LFI-Ryan">Labour Friends of Israel, [https://www.lfi.org.uk/lfi-chair-joan-ryan-mp-resigns-from-the-labour-party/ LFI chair Joan Ryan MP resigns from the Labour Party], 19 February 2019, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="ELNETUK-People">ELNET UK, [https://elnet.uk/our-people Our people: leadership team], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> On 19 February 2019 she resigned from the Labour Party. In her statement she said that "the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn has become infected with the scourge of anti-Jewish racism" and that she could not remain a member "while its leadership allows Jews to be abused with impunity". She joined the Independent Group of former Labour MPs.<ref name="LFI-Ryan" /> The BBC reported that she described Corbyn and "the Stalinist clique which surrounds him" as not providing real opposition at a moment of crisis for the country.<ref name="BBC-Ryan2019">BBC News, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47300832 MP Joan Ryan quits Labour for Independent Group], 20 February 2019, accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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LFI said in a statement that it "respects the very difficult decision taken by MPs this week to leave the Labour Party, including that of our brave and principled Parliamentary Chair Joan Ryan MP", and that she "will remain in her position as our Parliamentary Chair".<ref name="LFI-Ryan" />
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==ELNET UK==
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On 14 June 2021 the ''Jewish News'' reported that Ryan, "ex-chair of the Labour Friends of Israel", had been named executive director of ELNET's UK office, described as "the fifth office to open, following its establishment in Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Warsaw". It quoted her as saying: "As a practitioner in public policy for many years, I fully appreciate the strategic importance of the UK's ties with Israel and am keen to continue working with UK's Jewish community."<ref name="JR-JN2021" /> ELNET UK's website now lists "Rt Hon Joan Ryan" as Co-CEO.<ref name="ELNETUK-People" /> Companies House lists her as a director of ELNET UK Limited since 24 November 2021.<ref name="EL-Off">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13763473/officers ELNET UK Limited (13763473): officers], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> See [[European Leadership Network]].
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==Companies House appointments==
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Companies House groups the following appointments under one officer record for Joan Marie Ryan.<ref name="JR-CH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/xX6bUJOAUvaUXWfr7cj6YC81rZs/appointments Joan Marie Ryan: personal appointments], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Appointments of Joan Marie Ryan listed by Companies House on 11 November 2026
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! Company !! Company status !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned
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| ELNET UK Limited (13763473) || Active || Director (active) || 24 November 2021 || –
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| UK ELNET Limited (13401423) || Dissolved || Director || 16 May 2021 || –
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| Riders for Health (03178605) || Dissolved || Director (resigned) || 6 July 1998 || 18 November 2015
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| Phoenix Cinema Trust Limited (01956960) || Active || Director (resigned) || Before 9 January 1992 || 8 December 1997
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==Staff==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:37, 11 November 2026

Former Labour MP for Enfield North (1997–2010, 2015–19) and former chair of Labour Friends of Israel; leads ELNET UK

Joan Ryan

Image 220
Official House of Commons portrait, 2017
Occupation Politician; chief executive, ELNET UK
Known for MP for Enfield North (1997–2010, 2015–19); chair of Labour Friends of Israel from 2015; left Labour in February 2019

Joan Ryan was the Labour Party member of Parliament for Enfield North from 2015 until the dissolution of Parliament on 6 November 2019. She was previously the MP from 1997 to 2010. She left the Labour Party on 19 February 2019; in 2021 she was named head of the UK office of ELNET.[1][2]

In the 2010 election Ryan failed to be re-elected following the expenses scandal which saw her ordered to repay some £5,000 in mortgage interest which she had 'overclaimed'. She had also claimed more than £4,500 for work on her home, including fence repairs, cleaning the back garden and redecorating her living room. [3]

Back for more!

Having lost her constituency battle in 2010, Ryan was given a payoff of £50,517. Despite this, she has been recalled by the party to stand for the Enfield North seat in the upcoming 2015 general election. [4]

Parliamentary career

Parliament's records list Ryan as the member for Enfield North from 1 May 1997 to 6 May 2010 and from 7 May 2015 to 6 November 2019. Her party affiliations were Labour (1 May 1997 – 19 February 2019), Independent (19 February – 18 April 2019), Change UK – The Independent Group (18 April – 5 July 2019) and The Independent Group for Change (5 July – 6 November 2019).[1]

Posts held by Joan Ryan, as listed by Parliament
Post From To
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) 29 May 2002 13 June 2003
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) 13 June 2003 5 May 2006
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office) 5 May 2006 28 June 2007
Prime Minister's Special Representative to Cyprus 29 June 2007 14 September 2008
Vice-Chair, Labour Party 29 June 2007 14 September 2008
Member, Panel of Chairs 2 February 2016 3 May 2017
Member, Environmental Audit Committee 19 December 2016 3 May 2017
Member, Panel of Chairs 22 June 2017 6 November 2019
Member, Environmental Audit Committee 11 September 2017 25 February 2019
Enfield North general elections won by Joan Ryan, as recorded by Parliament
Date Winner's votes Share Majority Turnout
7 May 2015 20,172 43.7% 1,086 67.7%
8 June 2017 28,177 58.0% 10,247 71.3%

Parliament's record of the 2019 general election in Enfield North (12 December 2019) names Labour's Feryal Clark as the winner. Jewish News reported that Ryan "stood down from Parliament later that year".[5][2]

Labour Friends of Israel and leaving Labour

Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) described Ryan as its Parliamentary Chair in February 2019, and ELNET UK's website says she was appointed Chair of LFI in 2015.[6][7] On 19 February 2019 she resigned from the Labour Party. In her statement she said that "the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn has become infected with the scourge of anti-Jewish racism" and that she could not remain a member "while its leadership allows Jews to be abused with impunity". She joined the Independent Group of former Labour MPs.[6] The BBC reported that she described Corbyn and "the Stalinist clique which surrounds him" as not providing real opposition at a moment of crisis for the country.[8]

LFI said in a statement that it "respects the very difficult decision taken by MPs this week to leave the Labour Party, including that of our brave and principled Parliamentary Chair Joan Ryan MP", and that she "will remain in her position as our Parliamentary Chair".[6]

ELNET UK

On 14 June 2021 the Jewish News reported that Ryan, "ex-chair of the Labour Friends of Israel", had been named executive director of ELNET's UK office, described as "the fifth office to open, following its establishment in Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Warsaw". It quoted her as saying: "As a practitioner in public policy for many years, I fully appreciate the strategic importance of the UK's ties with Israel and am keen to continue working with UK's Jewish community."[2] ELNET UK's website now lists "Rt Hon Joan Ryan" as Co-CEO.[7] Companies House lists her as a director of ELNET UK Limited since 24 November 2021.[9] See European Leadership Network.

Companies House appointments

Companies House groups the following appointments under one officer record for Joan Marie Ryan.[10]

Appointments of Joan Marie Ryan listed by Companies House on 11 November 2026
Company Company status Role Appointed Resigned
ELNET UK Limited (13763473) Active Director (active) 24 November 2021 –
UK ELNET Limited (13401423) Dissolved Director 16 May 2021 –
Riders for Health (03178605) Dissolved Director (resigned) 6 July 1998 18 November 2015
Phoenix Cinema Trust Limited (01956960) Active Director (resigned) Before 9 January 1992 8 December 1997

Staff

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 UK Parliament, Members API: Joan Ryan (member 166), biography, and synopsis, accessed 11 November 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jenni Frazer, Former LFI chair Joan Ryan named head of new pro-Israel group, Jewish News, 14 June 2021, accessed 11 November 2026.
  3. ↑ Jack Doyle and Tamara Cohen They STILL don't get it: MPs forced out in 2010 over expenses including a whirlpool bath, mirrors and carbon monoxide detector will stand for re-election in 2015 Daily Mail, 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015
  4. ↑ Back for more! 14 Labour and Lib Dem ex-MPs given payoffs of up to £55,000 when they lost their seats are standing again Daily Mail, 29 October 2014, accessed 22 April 2015
  5. ↑ UK Parliament, Elections in Enfield North (13 April 2010 – 30 May 2024), accessed 11 November 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Labour Friends of Israel, LFI chair Joan Ryan MP resigns from the Labour Party, 19 February 2019, accessed 11 November 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 ELNET UK, Our people: leadership team, accessed 11 November 2026.
  8. ↑ BBC News, MP Joan Ryan quits Labour for Independent Group, 20 February 2019, accessed 11 November 2026.
  9. ↑ Companies House, ELNET UK Limited (13763473): officers, accessed 11 November 2026.
  10. ↑ Companies House, Joan Marie Ryan: personal appointments, accessed 11 November 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 25 April 2016
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