Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, 2017, an zabi Ryan a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa, inda ya lashe kuri'u 53 zuwa 11 ga Sanata Peter Whish-Wilson na Greens. Ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na minista don ya hau kujerar. Tsohonsa Stephen Parry ya yi murabus daga majalisar dattijai a lokacin
rikicin cancantar zama dan majalisa, bayan gano cewa yana da 'yan kasa biyu na Burtaniya. Ryan shine tsohon ministan gwamnati na farko da ya zama Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa tun Doug McClelland (1983<unk>1987), kuma mutum na farko da ya yi murabus daga ma'aikatar don karɓar matsayin. Ya hau mulki yana da shekaru 44, ya zarce Kerry Sibraa (wanda yake da shekaru 49) a matsayin ƙaramin mutumin da ya hau kujerar shugaban kasa.