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Burnley general election result: Meet new MP Oliver Ryan

Burnley, Lancashire. Credit: Shutterstock / Neil Mitchell

Labour’s Oliver Ryan has just been elected as the new MP for Burnley.

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Oliver Ryan was selected by local members in Burnley. Ryan has been a councillor on Tameside council since 2014 representing Audenshaw ward, having first been elected at the age of 19.

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