Steve Reed (politician)

Steve Reed
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Assumed office
5 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded bySteve Barclay
Member of Parliament
for Streatham and Croydon North
Croydon North (2012–2024)
Assumed office
29 November 2012
Preceded byMalcolm Wicks
Majority15,603 (35.0%)
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Secretary of State
2023–2024Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
2021–2023Justice
2020–2021Communities and Local Government
Shadow Minister
2019–2020Children and Families
2016–2019Civil Society
2015–2016Local Government
2013–2015Crime Prevention
Leader of Lambeth Council
In office
24 May 2006 – 29 November 2012
Preceded byPeter Truesdale
Succeeded byLib Peck
Member of Lambeth Council
for Brixton Hill
In office
2 May 2002 – 29 November 2012
Succeeded byMartin Tiedemann
Personal details
Born
Steven Mark Ward Reed

St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
WebsiteOfficial website

Steven Mark Ward Reed OBE is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since July 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, he is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham and Croydon North, formerly Croydon North since 2012.

Reed served as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from September 2023 to July 2024, for Communities and Local Government from 2020 to 2021, and for Justice from 2021 to 2023. Prior to his election to Parliament, he was leader of Lambeth London Borough Council from 2006 to 2012.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Committee details – Councillor Steve Reed". Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Steve Reed selected as Labour's candidate in Croydon North". LabourList. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2017.