Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 dauki mukamin. Tsohonsa Stephen Parry ya yi murabus daga majalisar dattijai yayin rikicin cancantar zama a majalisar
, bayan gano cewa yana da 'yan ƙasa biyu na United Kingdom. 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.