Emma Reynolds
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 Official portrait, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 20 July 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Andy Burnham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lucy Rigby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 5 September 2025 – 20 July 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Steve Reed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Angela Eagle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Steve Baker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Wycombe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 May 2010 – 6 November 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ken Purchase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jane Stevenson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Wolverhampton North East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Emma Elizabeth Reynolds 2 November 1977 Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Labour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Stevens (m. 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | gov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emma Elizabeth Reynolds (born 2 November 1977) is a British politician who has served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury since 2026. A member of the Labour Party, she previously served as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2025 to 2026. Reynolds has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wycombe since 2024, and was previously the MP for Wolverhampton North East from 2010 to 2019.
Born in Wolverhampton, Reynolds was educated at Codsall High School and Wulfrun College. She studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Wadham College, Oxford, and later set up her own lobbying business. After working as a political adviser, she was elected to the House of Commons in 2010. She served on the shadow frontbench under Ed Miliband from 2010 to 2015 and was briefly shadow housing secretary under Harriet Harman, before resigning after Jeremy Corbyn became party leader in 2015. She lost her seat at the 2019 general election and subsequently worked as a lobbyist for TheCityUK.
After returning to Parliament at the 2024 general election, Reynolds served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and then Economic Secretary to the Treasury under Keir Starmer. In the 2025 cabinet reshuffle, Reynolds was promoted to cabinet as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. After Andy Burnham became Prime Minister in 2026, she was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury.