Emma Reynolds
Emma Reynolds MP | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | |
In office 11 May 2015 – 12 September 2015 | |
Leader | Harriet Harman (Acting) |
Preceded by | Hilary Benn |
Succeeded by | Jon Trickett |
Shadow Minister for Housing | |
In office 7 October 2013 – 11 May 2015 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Jack Dromey |
Succeeded by | Roberta Blackman-Woods |
Shadow Minister for Europe | |
In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 | |
Leader | Ed Miliband |
Preceded by | Wayne David |
Succeeded by | Gareth Thomas |
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East | |
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |
Preceded by | Ken Purchase |
Majority | 5,495 (16.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born |
Wolverhampton, England | 2 November 1977
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Website | Official website |
Emma Elizabeth Reynolds[1] (born 2 November 1977) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton North East since 2010 general election.[2]
Reynolds was the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government from May to September 2015.
Early life and career
Reynolds was educated at Codsall High School, near Wolverhampton, followed by Wulfrun Further Education College. She studied at Wadham College at the University of Oxford, where she read Politics, Philosophy and Economics.[3] Her father Kevin is a teacher at Concord College, a boarding independent school set in the grounds of Acton Burnell Castle, near Shrewsbury.
Reynolds set up a lobbying business in Brussels to help British companies that wished to influence EU laws.[4]
From 2001 to 2004, Reynolds worked in Brussels as a political adviser to Robin Cook then President of the Party of European Socialists.[5] She later worked in Downing Street and the House of Commons[6] as a special advisor to then Minister for Europe and Labour Chief Whip Geoff Hoon.[3]
In January 2009, Reynolds joined commercial public affairs consultancy Cogitamus, which gives advice to companies.[7]
Political career
Reynolds was selected as the Labour candidate for the 2010 general election for Wolverhampton North East in September 2008. Despite a 9% swing to the Conservatives and a reduction in majority of more than 6,000 she held the seat for Labour.[3][8]
Reynolds has spoken on many issues in the House of Commons since being elected including questions on Building Schools for the Future, free school meals, human trafficking, cuts to police numbers and Mental Health Services.[9] In the summer of 2010 Reynolds was also elected to the Foreign Affairs Select Committee of the House of Commons.
In October 2010, Reynolds was promoted by Labour's new leader, Ed Miliband, to the opposition frontbench, as a shadow junior Foreign Office Minister under the then Shadow Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper.[10] After the resignation of the Shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson and resulting mini-reshuffle of posts, Reynolds continued working in her post under the new Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander.[11] In October 2011, Emma Reynolds was promoted by Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to the position of Shadow Europe Minister. In October 2013, Reynolds was promoted by Ed Miliband to the position of Shadow Housing Minister, replacing Jack Dromey.
Reynolds is Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group[12] and secretary for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Sikhs,[13] as well as Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking.
Reynolds resigned as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party.[14]
Views on the European Union
In an online article for the New Labour pressure group Progress, Reynolds asserted that "Britain's membership of the European Union is in our national interest".[15]
In an 1 October 2012 interview with the Total Politics website, Reynolds called for the eurozone countries to integrate more closely. She also said she had differing opinions with Jon Cruddas, Labour's policy review chief, on whether having a referendum on the EU was a priority.[16]
Personal life
Reynolds participates in sports such as running and used to play football. She also enjoys pubs and going to the cinema.[17] She speaks fluent French and Spanish, and some basic Italian.
References
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- ↑ Meet The New MPs: Watch Video Interviews With The New Intake At Westminster
- 1 2 3 "Labour candidate selected « Express & Star". expressandstar.com.
- ↑ <!Labour party profile>
- ↑ "WPR – Emma Reynolds MP". parliamentaryrecord.com.
- ↑ "Emma Reynolds". politics.co.uk.
- ↑ "Labour candidate takes Cogitamus role". Public Affairs News. 14 January 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ↑ General Election 2010: Full Midland results and stats – Birmingham News – News – Birmingham Mail
- ↑ "Emma Reynolds". theyworkforyou.com.
- ↑ "Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet and ministerial teams". BBC News. 12 October 2010.
- ↑ "Alan Johnson 'to quit front-line politics'". BBC News. 20 January 2011.
- ↑ "House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Groups as at 30 July 2015 : China". parliament.uk.
- ↑ "House of Commons – Register Of All-Party Groups as at 30 July 2015 : Sikhs". parliament.uk.
- ↑ "WATCH: Black Country MP Tom Watson named deputy leader of Labour Party – while Wolverhampton MP Emma Reynolds resigns from shadow cabinet". expressandstar.com.
- ↑ "David Cameron's eurosceptic containment strategy is failing". progressonline.org.uk.
- ↑ "TP JRF coffee club interview: Emma Reynolds". Total Politics.
- ↑ "Breaking politics and political news for Westminster and the UK - PoliticsHome.com". epolitix.com.
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Ken Purchase |
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East 2010–present |
Incumbent |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Wayne David |
Shadow Minister for Europe 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by Gareth Thomas |
Preceded by Jack Dromey |
Shadow Minister for Housing 2013–2015 |
Succeeded by Roberta Blackman-Woods |
Preceded by Hilary Benn |
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2015 |
Succeeded by Jon Trickett |