Jonathan Reynolds

Jonathan Neil Reynolds(born 28 August 1980) is Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde since 2010.

Reynolds served on Labour's National Executive Committee from 2003–05 and until 2011 remained a councillor for Longdendale ward on Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, having been elected in 2007.

Reynolds worked for four years as a political assistant for the previous Stalybridge and Hyde MP James Purnell

He is a former shadow energy minister, shadow transport minister, and PPS to the Leader of the Opposition.

In Parliament
Under Edward Miliband, Reynolds was appointed Shadow Justice and Constitutional Affairs Whip. He was later appointed Miliband's Parliamentary Private Secretary and Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change. As Shadow Energy Minister, he focused on fuel poverty, energy efficiency, and solar energy.

After Jeremy Corbyn was elected to the leadership of the Labour party in September 2015, Reynolds was made a Shadow Minister for Transport with responsibility for rail.

Reynolds is also 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. He is also Chair of Christians on the Left.

Reynolds was appointed a member of the BIS Select Committee in 2016. He questioned Mike Ashley during the Committee's inquiry into working practices at

Reynolds is an advocate of proportional representation.

He supports the idea of a Universal Basic Income and the nationalisation of the UK rail networks.