Ryan Wain
| Ryan Wain Companies House Facebook LinkedIn MuckRack Twitter Website (Political activist, lobbyist) | |
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| File:Ryan Wain ID.png On breakfast TV advocating for digital IDs | |
| Born | Ryan Joseph Wain November 1987 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
| Interests | Covid passports, Digital ID |
| Party | Labour Party |
Ryan Wain attended the 2025 Labour Party conference and aspires to be a Blairite MP | |
Ryan Wain is the Political Director of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.[1]
He was on the shortlist but failed to be selected as Labour candidate for Knowsley constituency at the UK/General election/2024. The successful candidate, Anneliese Midgley, a local trade union official, was elected as a Labour MP with a majority of 18,319 votes over the Reform UK candidate.[2]
United for Change
Wain was CEO of United for Change (UfC)[3] which he founded alongside the multimillionaire businessman Simon Franks.[4]
Wain stated he wanted United for Change to win the UK/General election/2019. UfC's ideological position was centrist, pro-Brexit and tough on immigration.[5] In August 2019 Ryan Wain claimed that United for Change would help reclaim the centre ground, talking about a "short term window of opportunity" to replace Labour and the Conservative Party, and encouraged Labour MPs to leave their own party.[6]
Wain later indicated UfC was just a "digital platform" and not a political party. It did not subsequently launch as a party to contest the 2019 general election, and in October 2021, UfC was legally dissolved.[7]
PR
He had previously worked in the private sector, most notably at the international advertising agency TBWA. There, he worked on delivering campaigns for a number of clients, including the Labour Party.[8]
Opinions
Covid passports
Ryan Wain was cited as an "expert" on "containing the coronavirus outbreak" in April 2020.[9]
"Labour should back Covid passports: they will save lives and win votes".[10]
Digital IDs
On 26 September 2025, Good Morning Britain heard that Digital IDs would be "a dystopian nightmare":
- Executive Director of the Tony Blair Institute, Ryan Wain and Rebecca Vincent, Big Brother Watch's Interim Director, debate on whether digital IDs should be mandatory after Sir Keir Starmer is set to confirm that every adult in Britain will be required to have a digital ID card today, under new plans to help tackle illegal immigration.[11]
References
- ↑ "Ryan Wain on Linkedin"
- ↑ "I'm humbled to be on the final shortlist to become our next Labour MP candidate here in Knowsley"
- ↑ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10912512/officers
- ↑ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/united-for-change-hopes-to-win-power-with-volunteer-army-c3gpkhgv6
- ↑ https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/whatever-happened-new-centrist-party-united-change
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfEZ_ysQjcM
- ↑ "UNITED FOR CHANGE LIMITED"
- ↑ "The Policy Ask with Ryan Wain: 'Democracy is under threat – it’s becoming introspective'”
- ↑ https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/experts-explain-only-way-uk-21911433
- ↑ https://labourlist.org/2021/07/labour-should-back-covid-passports-they-will-save-lives-and-win-votes/
- ↑ "Digital IDs: 'a dystopian nightmare'"