Jonathan Reynolds

Jonathan Reynolds
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
President of the Board of Trade
Assumed office
5 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byKemi Badenoch
Shadow cabinet positions
2020–2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade[a]
In office
29 November 2021 – 5 July 2024
LeaderSir Keir Starmer
Preceded byEd Miliband[b]
Succeeded byKevin Hollinrake
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
6 April 2020 – 29 November 2021
LeaderSir Keir Starmer
Preceded byMargaret Greenwood
Succeeded byJonathan Ashworth
Junior shadow portfolios
2013–2020
Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
8 October 2016 – 6 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byRichard Burgon
Succeeded byPat McFadden
Shadow Minister for Rail
In office
14 September 2015 – 6 January 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byLilian Greenwood
Succeeded byAndy McDonald
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change
In office
7 October 2013 – 18 September 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Member of Parliament
for Stalybridge and Hyde
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byJames Purnell
Majority8,539 (22.9%)
Member of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council for Longdendale
In office
4 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byPeter Bibby
Succeeded byGillian Peet
Personal details
Born (1980-08-28) 28 August 1980 (age 44)
Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
SpouseClaire Johnston
Children4
Residence(s)Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
BPP Law School
ProfessionSolicitor
WebsiteOfficial 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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  1. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Stalybridge and Hyde result". Manchester Evening News. 7 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Addleshaws trainee quits firm after becoming Labour MP". Centaur Media plc. The Lawyer. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2010. Jonathan Reynolds was returned for the solidly Labour Stalybridge and Hyde constituency on the edge of Manchester with a majority of 2,700.
  4. ^ "Jonathan Reynolds – UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2017.