 His term expired at the conclusion of the Parliament in March 2007.Following the NSW Liberal party's loss in the 2007 State election Ryan attacked right wing Upper House Liberals David Clarke and Charlie Lynn for "diverting the party's intellectual firepower" from winning the State Election by concentrating on internal factional disputes.His comments were described by Liberal Leader Barry O'Farrell and NSW Liberal Party President Geoff Selig as a "dummy spit" but they recommended against punishing Ryan in order to prevent him from receiving "undeserved martyr status."