Jonathan Reynolds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Kemi Badenoch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | James Purnell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 8,539 (22.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council for Longdendale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 4 May 2007 – 5 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Peter Bibby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gillian Peet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England | 28 August 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour Co-op | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Claire Johnston | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence(s) | Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Manchester BPP Law School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Profession | Solicitor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Neil Reynolds (born 28 August 1980) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade since July 2024.[1] A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.[2][3]
Reynolds served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition and a Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister from 2013 to 2015. He was a Shadow Transport Minister from 2015 to 2016 and a Shadow Treasury Minister from 2016 until 2020. He was Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2020 to 2021, and has been a front bench representative on the Labour National Executive Committee since 2020.[4]
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Jonathan Reynolds was returned for the solidly Labour Stalybridge and Hyde constituency on the edge of Manchester with a majority of 2,700.