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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
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

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)
• Legislation (Territorial Extent) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (17 out of 18)
• Localism Bill Committee (22 out of 24)

Recent appearances

• US-UK Trade Deal: Northern Ireland 12 May 2025

  With your permission, Mr Speaker, I am grateful to be able to give a statement today, following that given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security on Thursday, to update the House on the agreement we have reached with the United States and specifically to address the important circumstances of Northern Ireland. I can confirm that we have closely considered...

• US-UK Trade Deal: Northern Ireland 12 May 2025

  Mr Speaker, I am incredibly grateful for your forbearance. If it is okay, I will continue to these words, given how important I know the matter is to all Members of the House.

• US-UK Trade Deal: Northern Ireland 12 May 2025

  Mr Speaker, I would have been more than happy to make it a statement, and I was hoping to be able to do so. We have negotiated a quota of 100,000 vehicles where tariffs will be reduced from 27.5% to 10%, and secured an agreement for associated car parts, recognising the vital role that this sector plays in our economy. For steel and aluminium, this deal will remove the 25% additional tariffs...

More of Jonathan Reynolds’s recent appearances