Career
However, the constituency was abolished for the February 1974 general election, and Reed has not returned to Parliament since. Reed subsequently had a career in journalism and public relations. From 1990 until 2005, he was the Director of Corporate Communications for Whitbread.
The Sedgefield constituency was re-created in boundary changes for the 1983 general election, when future Prime Minister Tony Blair was elected as its Member of Parliament.
