Jonathan Reynolds has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy since 2021.
22 Facts About Jonathan Reynolds
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Jonathan Reynolds was a Shadow Transport Minister from 2015 to 2016 and a Shadow Treasury Minister from 2016 until 2020.
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Jonathan Reynolds 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.
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Jonathan Reynolds studied Politics and Modern History at the University of Manchester and BPP Law School.
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In 2007, Jonathan Reynolds was elected to Tameside Council for the ward of Longdendale.
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Jonathan Reynolds served on Labour's National Executive Committee from 2003 to 2005.
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Jonathan Reynolds worked for four years as a political assistant for the previous Stalybridge and Hyde MP James Purnell and was selected to replace Purnell after a controversial selection process.
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Jonathan Reynolds is a member of the Co-operative Party and Unite the Union.
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In 2011 Jonathan Reynolds stood down as councillor, the candidacy was taken up by Gill Peet who was elected in his place.
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Under Ed Miliband, Jonathan Reynolds was appointed Shadow Justice and Constitutional Affairs Whip.
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Jonathan Reynolds was later appointed Miliband's Parliamentary Private Secretary and Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change.
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Jonathan Reynolds resigned the position following Jeremy Corbyn's January 2016 reshuffle, saying he felt he could "best serve the party as a backbencher" and expressing his support for the sacked Pat McFadden.
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Jonathan Reynolds supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour leadership election.
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Jonathan Reynolds was appointed a member of the BIS Select Committee in 2016.
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Jonathan Reynolds questioned Mike Ashley during the committee's inquiry into working practices at Sports Direct.
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Jonathan Reynolds is the Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group, Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, and former Secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces.
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Jonathan Reynolds is Chair of Christians on the Left and a vice-chair of Labour Friends of Israel.
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Jonathan Reynolds previously argued the Labour Party had not developed a credible "alternative economic model".
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Jonathan Reynolds has argued in favour of an industrial policy and reforms to UK equity markets.
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Jonathan Reynolds has described himself as on the moderate wing of the Labour Party.
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Jonathan Reynolds has campaigned for the redevelopment of local town centres, particularly Stalybridge; improved transport links, including the Mottram-Tintwistle Bypass, the proposed Transpennine Tunnel, and Northern Hub improvement; for more primary school places in Hyde; and for further devolution to Greater Manchester.
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Jonathan Reynolds has opposed cuts to police and fire services in Tameside and Greater Manchester, and worked to improve local health services, including publicly calling for the resignation of Tameside Hospital's Chief Executive, Christine Green, in 2013.