About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Rachel Reeves) represents you, and all of the people who live in Leeds West and Pudsey, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Leeds West and Pudsey

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Also represented Leeds West

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @RachelReevesMP
• https://facebook.com/rachelreeves10

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Rachel Reeves campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Universal Credit
• Government Procurement Card
• Pay
• Recruitment
• UK Trade with EU

Currently held offices

• The Chancellor of the Exchequer (since 5 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 9 May 2021 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( 5 Apr 2020 to 9 May 2021)
• Chair, Business and Trade Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 7 Apr 2020)
• Chair, Business and Trade Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 7 Apr 2020)
• Chair, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Business and Trade Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Business and Trade Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Chair, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Treasury Committee (26 Oct 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ( 7 Oct 2013 to 14 Sep 2015)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury ( 7 Oct 2011 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Finance Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Pensions Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)

Recent appearances

• Treasury: Affordable Housing 3 Dec 2024

  At the Budget, the Government announced major steps towards delivering a once-in-a-generation increase in social housing, including a £500 million boost to the affordable homes programme, increasing annual spend to £3.1 billion. The Government will set out future grant investment beyond the current affordable homes programme at phase 2 of the spending review.

• Treasury: Affordable Housing 3 Dec 2024

  Stoke-on-Trent has a proud industrial history and some beautiful buildings. My hon. Friend makes an important point—I will raise it with colleagues at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The £500 million boost to the affordable homes programme also allows up to 10% of that delivery to come from acquiring existing homes. Social landlords, including some local...

• Treasury: Affordable Housing 3 Dec 2024

  As the right hon. Gentleman will know, home ownership fell under the previous Government. We are determined to turn that around and ensure that more people, particularly families, get on to the housing ladder. As he has confirmed, the right to buy discounts will continue, but in future every penny of that money will go back into building new social housing, so that more people can have a home...

More of Rachel Reeves’s recent appearances