Emma Reynolds

Emma Elizabeth Reynolds (born 2 November 1977) is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe since 2024.

[4] Her stepfather Kevin taught at Concord College, an independent boarding school set in the grounds of Acton Burnell Castle, near Shrewsbury.

[6] She later worked in Downing Street and the House of Commons[7] as a special advisor to then Minister for Europe and Government Chief Whip Geoff Hoon.

In May 2015, after the 2015 general election, Reynolds was promoted to the position of Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary by acting leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman, following the resignation of Ed Miliband.

Reynolds resigned as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party.

[18] In an online article for the New Labour pressure group Progress in 2011, Reynolds asserted that "Britain's membership of the European Union is in our national interest".

[21] Following her departure from parliament in 2019, Reynolds was appointed as Managing Director of Public Affairs, Policy & Research at TheCityUK, a special interest group lobbying the UK Government on behalf of the financial sector.