Emma Elizabeth Reynolds was born on 2 November 1977 and is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East from 2010 to 2019, and the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in 2015.
19 Facts About Emma Reynolds
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Emma Reynolds studied at Wadham College at the University of Oxford, where she read Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
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Emma Reynolds set up a lobbying business in Brussels to help British companies that wished to influence EU laws.
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From 2001 to 2004, Emma Reynolds worked in Brussels as a political adviser to Robin Cook then President of the Party of European Socialists.
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Emma Reynolds later worked in Downing Street and the House of Commons as a special advisor to then Minister for Europe and Government Chief Whip Geoff Hoon.
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In January 2009, Emma Reynolds joined commercial public affairs consultancy Cogitamus, which gives advice to companies.
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Emma Reynolds was selected as the Labour candidate for the 2010 general election for Wolverhampton North East in September 2008.
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Emma Reynolds has spoken on many issues in the House of Commons including questions on Building Schools for the Future, free school meals, human trafficking, cuts to police numbers and Mental Health Services.
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In October 2010, Emma Reynolds was promoted by Labour's new leader, Ed Miliband, to the opposition frontbench, as a shadow junior Foreign Office Minister under the then Shadow Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper.
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In October 2011, Emma Reynolds was promoted by Labour leader, Ed Miliband, to the position of Shadow Europe Minister.
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In October 2013, Emma Reynolds was promoted by Ed Miliband to the position of Shadow Housing Minister, replacing Jack Dromey.
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In May 2015, after the 2015 general election, Emma Reynolds was promoted to the position of Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary by acting leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman, following the resignation of Ed Miliband.
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Emma Reynolds is former Treasurer of the All-Party Parliamentary China Group and Vice Chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for British Sikhs, as well as Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking.
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Emma Reynolds resigned as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party.
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Emma Reynolds later supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.
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Emma Reynolds was defeated in the 2019 election by the Conservatives' Jane Stevenson.
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Emma Reynolds said she had differing opinions with Jon Cruddas, Labour's policy review chief, on whether having a referendum on the EU was a priority.
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On 19 November 2022, Emma Reynolds was selected to be the Labour Party's parliamentary candidate for Wycombe, at the next general election.
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Emma Reynolds participates in sports such as running and used to play football.