Jonathan Reynolds


Jonathan Reynolds

Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
President of the Board of Trade
Assumed office
20 July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Preceded byPeter Kyle
In office
5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byKemi Badenoch
Succeeded byPeter Kyle
Shadow portfolios
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade
In office
29 November 2021 – 5 July 2024
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byEd Miliband
Succeeded byKevin Hollinrake
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
6 April 2020 – 29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byMargaret Greenwood
Succeeded byJonathan Ashworth
Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury
In office
8 October 2016 – 6 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byRichard Burgon
Succeeded byPat McFadden
Shadow Minister for Rail
In office
14 September 2015 – 6 January 2016
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byLilian Greenwood
Succeeded byAndy McDonald
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change
In office
7 October 2013 – 18 September 2015
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byLuciana Berger
Succeeded byAlan Whitehead
Chief Whip
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
5 September 2025 – 20 July 2026
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byAlan Campbell
Succeeded byAnneliese Midgley
Member of Parliament
for Stalybridge and Hyde
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byJames Purnell
Majority8,539 (22.9%)
Member of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council for Longdendale
In office
4 May 2007 – 5 May 2011
Preceded byPeter Bibby
Succeeded byGillian Peet
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Neil Reynolds

(1980-08-28) 28 August 1980 (age 46)
Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
Spouse(s)Claire Reynolds
Children4
EducationUniversity of Manchester (BA)
BPP University (GDL, LPC)
WebsiteOfficial website

Jonathan Neil Reynolds (born 28 August 1980) is a British politician who has been the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade since 2026. He was the Secretary of State for Business and Trade from 2024 until 2025. A member of Labour Co-op, he has been Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.

Reynolds served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition and a Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister from 2013 to 2015. He was a Shadow Transport Minister from 2015 to 2016 and a Shadow Treasury Minister from 2016 until 2020. He 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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Secretary of State for Business and Trade from 2024 to 2025. He assumed responsibilities of Science and Innovation from Liz Kendall in 2026.
  2. ↑ As Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Industrial Strategy until 4 September 2023
  3. ↑ As Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

References

  1. ↑ "Stalybridge and Hyde result". Manchester Evening News. 2010-05-07. Archived from the original on 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2024-02-08.