At a glanceRachel Reeves is a Labour MP for Leeds West and Pudsey, and has represented the seat for 16 years, 2 months. They have cast 83 votes in Commons divisions (14% attendance), tabled 753 written questions and registered 5 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Rachel Reeves did not vote in 492. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently holds the Government post of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Current roles
- Leeds West and Pudsey Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 6 May 2010
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Matt Turmaine
Labour
100.0% · 83 of 83 shared votes
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Mr Luke Charters
Labour
100.0% · 83 of 83 shared votes
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Sir Alan Campbell
Labour
100.0% · 83 of 83 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 83 of 83 shared votes
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Adam Thompson
Labour
100.0% · 83 of 83 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sammy Wilson
Democratic Unionist Party
0.0% · 0 of 52 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 50 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
3.2% · 2 of 62 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
3.4% · 2 of 59 shared votes
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Dr Ben Spencer
Conservative
3.6% · 2 of 56 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Employment and earnings1
- Writing a book - Peters Fraser & Dunlop Limited
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Alison Wedgwood - £30,000.00 (registered 15 Oct 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources2
- National Theatre - £265.69 (registered 27 Mar 2025)
- National Theatre - £276.00 (registered 27 Mar 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Property in London (registered 27 Sep 2024)
Written questions
Schools: Leeds West
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Leeds West constituency had at least one construction element in (a) condition grade C and (b) condition grade D
Answer · 8 Feb 2023
The Condition Data Collection (CDC) is one of the largest and most comprehensive data collection programmes in the UK’s public sector. It collected data on the building condition of government funded schools in England. It provides a robust evidence base ...
Taxpayer Protection Taskforce: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked for the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce in each month between April 2021 and December 2022.
Answer · 7 Dec 2022
At Spring Budget 2021 the Government announced a £100 million investment into the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of 1,250 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff up to March 2023. The taskforce was established to extend HMRC’s work to address fraud and error in t...
Treasury: Security
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has been made aware of any security breaches in his Department relating to Ministers in his Department during his time in post.
Answer · 3 Nov 2022
It is a long-established practice of the Treasury not to comment either on whether a security breach has been identified, or any subsequent outcome.
Treasury: ICT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide details of any government business he has conducted from his own personal devices or accounts.
Answer · 3 Nov 2022
The Cabinet Office has published guidance to departments on the use of private email that covers how information is held for the purposes of access to information, and how formal decisions are recorded for the official record. This guidance is being updat...
Treasury: Mobile Phones
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to prevent the use of personal mobile phones for government business in his Department.
Answer · 3 Nov 2022
There is a place for the use of a variety of digital channels in fast moving modern environments. Ministers will have informal conversations from time to time, in person or remotely, and relevant content from such discussions is passed back to officials. ...
Economic Situation: Weather
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the economic cost of the red weather heat alert of 18 and 19 July 2022.
Answer · 5 Sep 2022
We do not hold data on the specific cost of the red weather heat alert 18 – 19th July 2022. The ONS monthly estimate of GDP for July will become available on the 12th of September 2022. Information about the risks to different economic sectors from heatwa...
Cost of Living Payments: Energy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the impact of the raising of the projected energy price cap on the efficacy of the cost of living payments.
Answer · 5 Sep 2022
In May 2022, we announced over £15 billion of additional cost of living support, targeted at those with the greatest need. This package builds on over £22 billion previously announced, meaning government support for the cost of living now totals over £37 ...
Energy Bills Rebate
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of how much will be provided in cost of living energy support for third and second homes.
Answer · 5 Sep 2022
The Government estimates around 545,000 second homes in Great Britain, which make up around 2% of the UK’s housing stock. If all of these homes were eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme grant, this could contribute a maximum estimate of £218millio...
Early day motions
| 11 Mar 2020 | Parents of premature and sick babies | 13 sig. |
| 31 Oct 2018 | CHESS | 13 sig. |
| 9 Nov 2010 | CLOSURE OF POST OFFICE ON HAWKSWORTH WOOD ESTATE IN KIRKSTALL, LEEDS WEST | 9 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Today the Government have responded to the covid counter-fraud commissioner’s recommendations in a report that I commissioned, which confirms that the Conservative Government left the door open to more than £10 billion of pandemic fraud. T…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
When we were in opposition, I promised the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation, and we are now working in government to deliver exactly that. The Government Property Agency contract that expires in 2028 will come back in house, so p…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
In the first quarter of this year we were the fastest growing economy in the G7. Since I became Chancellor, we have had growth of 2.3%, which is the second fastest rate of growth in the G7. We are growing our economy by bringing investment…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I have not only visited my hon. Friend’s constituency, but I went to school there and I am well aware of many of the pubs in Beckenham and Penge. This summer, from this Thursday, the great British summer savings programme will benefit busi…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
With all respect, the Liberal Democrats backed that referendum 10 years ago, and they were part of the Government who legislated for it. Unlike the Liberal Democrats, the Labour party actually sticks to its manifesto commitments.
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I thank my hon. Friend for the representation that he makes on behalf of the ceramics industry in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The £120 million funding will be launched in the autumn. We are working with the sector now, and it will be available f…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
When the Conservatives were in office, in the last Parliament they borrowed more than the G7 average every single year. This year we are borrowing less than the G7 average and have brought down Government borrowing to 4.2% of GDP in the mo…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
Let’s talk about my record: six cuts in interest rates; wages rising faster than inflation; trade deals secured; investment delivered; support for our energy-intensive industries; half a million children lifted out of poverty; record inves…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
I thank my hon. Friend for that question and for the representation that he and other MPs representing ceramics constituencies have made. It was a real honour for me to meet the impressive force of nature that is Sharon Yates when I visite…
23 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
This Government have the right economic plan—the fastest growth in the G7 at the start of this year, the second fastest rate of growth in the G7 since the election, and inflation lower than forecast, with food inflation at its lowest level…
23 Jun 2026 Economic Strength
I am incredibly proud of my record as Chancellor of the Exchequer: the fastest growing country in the G7 within the EU, wages rising faster than inflation every single month since I became Chancellor, record investment coming into the Unit…
23 Jun 2026 Economic Strength
In my two Budgets, I have raised an additional £30 billion through taxes for more wealthy people, whether that is through the changes to the non-dom rules, VAT and business rates on private schools, taxes on private jets, the high-value c…
23 Jun 2026 Economic Strength
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and his work on the Treasury Committee. On pensions reform, through the Mansion House accord and Sterling 20, we have got pension funds to commit to investing more in British businesses, both through…
23 Jun 2026 Economic Strength
Since I became Chancellor, our economy has grown by 2.3%—the fastest growth among European G7 economies in that period. Over that time, we have progressed our strategy for stronger and more secure growth through fiscal stability by bringin…
23 Jun 2026 Cost of Living: Wythenshawe and Sale East
I thank my hon. Friend for bringing the story of Darren and Nicole to this House. I hope that they and their children will benefit from the change I made to the two-child limit for universal credit, as well as from the rolling out of free …
23 Jun 2026 Cost of Living: Wythenshawe and Sale East
The Government are committed to easing cost of living pressures for people in Wythenshawe and Sale East, and across the UK. Budget measures are already helping households; we are freezing prescription charges for the second year in a row, …
23 Jun 2026 UK-EU Economic Co-operation
I understand why my hon. Friend makes those arguments; we are clearly poorer outside the European Union than we otherwise would have been. We made a manifesto commitment that we would not rejoin the single market or customs union, or retur…
23 Jun 2026 UK-EU Economic Co-operation
I have been working hard in this Labour Government to reset the relationship so damaged by the choices of the Conservatives. That is why we have committed to this second UK-EU summit, after the agreement between President Ursula von der Le…
23 Jun 2026 UK-EU Economic Co-operation
At a time of great global uncertainty, it is more important than ever that we deepen ties with our closest allies and biggest trading partners, whose values we share, and whose interests are bound to ours. It is 10 years today since the Br…
23 Jun 2026 Support for Industry
Our steel strategy protects the UK steel industry, so that more orders can come to British Steel and other steel manufacturers in the UK. We will not allow our steel sector to be undercut by cheap foreign imports.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Chancellor of the Exchequer · HM Treasury 5 Jul 2024 – 20 Jul 2026
Opposition posts
- Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer · HM Treasury 9 May 2021 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster · Cabinet Office 5 Apr 2020 – 9 May 2021
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions · Department for Work and Pensions 7 Oct 2013 – 14 Sep 2015
- Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury · HM Treasury 7 Oct 2011 – 7 Oct 2013
- Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) · Department for Work and Pensions 8 Oct 2010 – 7 Oct 2011
Committee memberships
- Business and Trade Committee · Chair 27 Jan 2020 – 7 Apr 2020
- Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system 13 Feb 2019 – 6 Nov 2019
- Liaison Committee (Commons) 6 Nov 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) 30 Oct 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Business and Trade Committee · Chair 12 Jul 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Treasury Committee 26 Oct 2015 – 3 May 2017
- Business, Innovation and Skills Committee 12 Jul 2010 – 2 Nov 2010
Previous seats
- Leeds West · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Bromley and Chislehurst 5 May 2005
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 7097
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Unit 8A, Bramley Shopping Centre, Leeds, LS13 2ET
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Rachel Reeves, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Rachel Reeves?
Rachel Reeves is a Member of Parliament representing Leeds West and Pudsey in the House of Commons. See Rachel Reeves's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Rachel Reeves represent?
Rachel Reeves sits as Labour. See Rachel Reeves's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Rachel Reeves represent?
Rachel Reeves is the Member of Parliament for Leeds West and Pudsey. See Rachel Reeves's official Parliament profile.
How long has Rachel Reeves been an MP?
Rachel Reeves has served in the House of Commons for 16 years, 2 months. See Rachel Reeves's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Rachel Reeves?
Rachel Reeves has 5 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Rachel Reeves's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.