About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Jonathan Reynolds) represents you, and all of the people who live in Stalybridge and Hyde, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour/Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde

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

Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @jreynoldsMP
• https://facebook.com/JonathanreynoldsMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Jonathan Reynolds campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Energy and Climate Change
• Department for Transport
• Treasury
• Universal Credit
• Energy: Meters
• Kickstart Scheme
• Green Deal Scheme
• Health Services: Learning Disability

Currently held offices

• Secretary of State for Business and Trade (since 5 Jul 2024)
• President of the Board of Trade (since 5 Jul 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade ( 4 Sep 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy (29 Nov 2021 to 4 Sep 2023)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ( 6 Apr 2020 to 29 Nov 2021)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 4 Dec 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Business and Trade Committee (17 Oct 2016 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury) ( 6 Oct 2016 to 6 Apr 2020)
• Member, Education, Skills and the Economy Sub-Committee (23 May 2016 to 31 Oct 2016)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee ( 1 Feb 2016 to 17 Oct 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) (18 Sep 2015 to 6 Jan 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Member, Finance and Services Committee (26 Jul 2010 to 30 Jan 2012)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 11 Jun 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• James Purnell
• Tom Pendry
• Fred Blackburn
• Gordon Lang
• Horace Cox
• Philip Dunne
• Sydney Hope
• Hugh Lawrie
• Edmund Wood
• John Tattersall
• John Rhodes
• John Wood

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill Committee Committee (1 out of 1)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (6 out of 7)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Energy BILL Committee (3 out of 14)
• High Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• High-Speed Rail (London-West Midlands) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pensions Bill Committee (4 out of 12)
• MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (10 out of 13)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Localism Bill Committee (22 out of 24)
• Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)

Recent appearances

• Harland & Wolff 19 Dec 2024

  I agree with the shadow Secretary of State on the iconic nature of this business; its role in British history and in the community, particularly in Belfast; and the esteem in which it is held. I do feel he could have thanked us for cleaning up another mess that the previous Government left us, although perhaps that is too much to ask. After all, they could have made the decisions to allow...

• Harland & Wolff 19 Dec 2024

  I thank the Select Committee Chair for his kind words. I am delighted that we have been able to secure this future for Harland & Wolff. His assessment is right that the largest creditor to Harland & Wolff when we took office was Riverstone, a significant US hedge fund. He is right to say that had we gone ahead with that Government guarantee or loan, there would likely have been no real...

• Harland & Wolff 19 Dec 2024

  I am extremely grateful to be able to deliver that outcome for the hon. Gentleman’s constituents as a result of the announcement. He is right to say that successful UK Government policy must be about more than one-off solutions to specific problems such as this. That is why we have adopted an ambitious industrial strategy that covers key sectors of the economy and delivers exactly what he...

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