Jonathan Reynolds


Jonathan Reynolds

Official portrait, 2024
Chief Whip of the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Assumed office
5 September 2025
Prime MinisterSir Keir Starmer
Preceded bySir Alan Campbell
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
President of the Board of Trade
In office
5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byKemi Badenoch
Succeeded byPeter Kyle
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
Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour Co-op
Spouse(s)Claire Reynolds
Children4
ResidenceStalybridge, Greater Manchester
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
BPP Law School
WebsiteOfficial website

Jonathan Neil Reynolds (born 28 August 1980) is a British politician who was the Secretary of State for Business and Trade from 2024 until 2025. A member of Labour Co-op, he has been Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.[1]

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.

Notes

  1. As Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy until 4 September 2023
  2. As Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

References

  1. "Stalybridge and Hyde result". Manchester Evening News. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2024-02-08.