Education
University of Manchester.
University of Manchester.
Reynolds served on Labour"s National Executive Committee from 2003-2005 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 Member of Parliament James Purnell and was selected to replace Purnell after a controversial selection process. Aged 29, when first elected, Reynolds was one of the youngest MPs elected at the 2010 election.
Born in Houghton-le-Spring to Keith and Judith Reynolds, Jonathan Reynolds moved to Manchester in 1998.
After leaving university Reynolds worked for the council and (former Member of Parliament) James Purnell, before beginning training as a solicitor. Between 2003 and 2005, Reynolds was the Youth Representative on the Labour Party"s National Executive.
In 2007, Reynolds was elected to Tameside Council for the ward of Longdendale, Reynolds and his family live in Mottram-in-Longdendale. In the General Election of May 2010, Reynolds was elected as Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde.
In 2011 Reynolds stood down as councillor, the candidacy was taken up by Gill Peet who was elected in his place, during this year Reynolds did not claim Councillor Allowances.
, Reynolds is the Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces, Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group, and Vice-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism. He is also Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, and became a Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change in 2013. He 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.
Reynolds has been a campaigner for the redevelopment of local town centres, particularly Stalybridge, the Mottram-Tintwistle Bypass, for more primary school places in Hyde and for improved rail links in his constituency.
He is a supporter of the ongoing Northern Hub rail improvements. His constituency campaigns have included opposition to policing cuts in Tameside.
Reynolds studied Politics and Modern History at the University of Manchester and BPP Law School (Manchester). Reynolds is also a member of the Cooperative Party and Unite the Union.
55th United Kingdom Parliament. 56th United Kingdom Parliament.