Member of Parliament
Emma Reynolds
Labour MP for Wycombe
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
At a glanceEmma Reynolds is a Labour MP for Wycombe, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They currently serve as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. They have cast 306 votes in Commons divisions (53% attendance), tabled 475 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Emma Reynolds did not vote in 269. 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 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Current roles
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Government post · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 5 Sep 2025
- Wycombe 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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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 303 of 303 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 297 of 297 shared votes
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 291 of 291 shared votes
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Chris Vince
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 290 of 290 shared votes
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Matt Turmaine
Labour
100.0% · 289 of 289 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 126 shared votes
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.5% · 1 of 184 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.9% · 2 of 232 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 204 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
1.0% · 2 of 198 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.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources3
- Richard Phelps - Chair of the Henley Royal Regatta - £360.00 (registered 3 Jul 2026)
- The Ditchley Foundation - £540.00 (registered 9 Jan 2026)
- Paul Mainds - £350.00 (registered 16 Jul 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Governor, The Ditchley Foundation (I stopped being a member of the Council of Management on 9 September 2024) This is an unpaid role. (registered 17 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status of EU27 nationals resident in the UK will be in the event that the UK leaves the EU if they were given indefinite leave to remain by the UK Government before either (a) the
Answer · 5 Nov 2019
EU citizens who already hold indefinite leave to remain, regardless of when this was granted, can continue to rely on this status once the UK has left the European Union. They do not need to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme, but they may do...
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) Belgian, (b) Dutch (c) French, (d) German, (e) Italian and (f) Luxembourg nationals who were granted indefinite leave to remain prior to the
Answer · 5 Nov 2019
Statistics of settlement grants in the United Kingdom for non Commonwealth nationals before 1973 are published in table se 06 ‘Grants of settlement to Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals’) available at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/im...
Post Offices: Bank Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to oblige banks and building societies to sign an agreement with the Post Office to enable customers to withdraw money from their b
Answer · 31 Oct 2019
The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of ...
Home Office: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 596 tabled on 15 October 2019 by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East.
Answer · 5 Nov 2019
The response to question UIN 596 was answered on the 5th November 2019.
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
To ask the secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to continue to allocate money to the Government's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Answer · 5 Nov 2019
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.
Knives: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) knives were found in and (b) offences involving knives occurred in or in the vicinity of (a) secondary schools and sixth form colleges and (b) primary schools in the West Midlands in each
Answer · 5 Nov 2019
Our schools should be safe and disciplined environments for both pupils and teachers and no young person should feel the need to bring a weapon to school.That’s why we are taking action across Government to tackle the scourge of knife crime with a focus o...
Retail Trade: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) malicious wounding, (b) grievous bodily harm, (c) actual bodily harm and (d) common assault - aggravated were perpetrated against a worker in a retail setting in the West Midl
Answer · 5 Nov 2019
The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse toward shop workers can have, not only for victims, but also for businesses, and the wider community. This is why in April of this year the Government launched a call for evidence on vi...
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens aged over 17 who (a) hold and (b) do not hold a full or provisional UK driving licence.
Answer · 21 Oct 2019
There are more than 49 million people in Great Britain aged 17 or over who hold either a full or provisional driving licence. No estimate has been made of the number of people who do not hold a driving licence. No figures are available for licence holders...
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I can reassure my hon. Friend that agricultural pollution is top of mind for me as Secretary of State and for the Water Minister, and the issue will form part of the clean water Bill. We need to crack down on water pollution from agricultu…
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I can reassure the hon. Gentleman that it is a priority for the Government. I visited the University of Surrey’s veterinary medicine school yesterday, and we have been engaging with the sector, which wants to modernise the legislation. It …
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I can reassure my hon. Friend of that. He will have seen that I wrote to Ofwat setting out my early concerns that the creditors’ current proposal does not do enough to protect customers and the environment. The protection of consumers and …
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
The right hon. Lady lectures us about regulators. We have a tighter grip on our arms-length bodies than the Conservatives did when they were in Government. I issued strategic policy statements to all ALBs earlier this year, writing to the …
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
That is some brass neck, given that the whole issue of the Dartmoor ponies was created under the right hon. Lady’s Government. They rejected several of the Fursdon review recommendations and put the future of the Dartmoor ponies in doubt. …
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue. We have worked in close partnership with farmers and stakeholders to shape the new SFI. I can reassure my hon. Friend, and Members across the House, that those farmers who have soon-to-expire …
9 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Since our last oral questions, we have recently published England’s first long-term farming road map, as I mentioned earlier, and we have opened the first application window for our reformed sustainable farming incentive. I visited the Gro…
9 Jul 2026 Agri-tech Sector
I could not agree more with the right hon. Gentleman that the centre is a UK national asset. I or the Minister of State, my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan), would be pleased to visit to learn more about what it…
9 Jul 2026 Agri-tech Sector
My hon. Friend is right to say that the Government absolutely recognise the potential of agri-tech as a high-growth sector. That is why it is included in the Government’s industrial strategy. The UK is already a world leader in agri-tech, …
9 Jul 2026 Agri-tech Sector
Innovation and productivity go hand in hand, and the Government are backing British agri-tech with real investment. Innovation is central to our farming road map, and I recently announced that we are boosting the farming innovation program…
9 Jul 2026 Dartmoor Ponies
I agree. Given that the Conservatives created this mess by rejecting some of the Fursdon recommendations, it is a bit rich of them to have a go at the current Government, as we are trying to clear up their mess on this issue and many other…
9 Jul 2026 Dartmoor Ponies
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work on this important issue. I know there is a lot of concern in his local area and beyond about Dartmoor ponies, but I reassure him that under this Government, there will be no planned reduction in…
9 Jul 2026 Dartmoor Ponies
Dartmoor ponies are a vital part of our landscape and history. As the Environment Secretary, I have a duty to protect our native species, which obviously include Dartmoor ponies. I want to see the number of Dartmoor ponies maintained and t…
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
I would take our record over the hon. Gentleman’s record any time. The Conservatives could not even be bothered to spend the farming budget when they were in power. They sold farmers down the river on various trade deals, but we have not; …
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
I reassure the hon. Lady that those farmers whose agreements are coming to an end towards the end of this year or early next year—there are obviously thousands—will be able to apply in the second window. We have made the technological adv…
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
I could not agree more. I absolutely pay tribute to the right hon. Gentleman’s local young farmers’ club. As he knows, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs supports the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, and we …
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
I pay tribute to the work my hon. Friend does representing her local farmers, and I hope the Liskeard show goes well later this week. The Farming and Food Partnership Board, which has already been established, is working on two sector grow…
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
My hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. We are engaging with the National Farmers’ Union on this; we know it is a great concern for farmers. We have asked the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board to increase fertiliser price…
9 Jul 2026 Farm Business Sustainability
My hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan), the new farming and food Minister, and I published our new farming road map, which is the first ever long-term strategy for farming. It sets out a vision for a more productiv…
24 Jun 2026 Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
I thank the hon. Member for welcoming the road map. We have certainly learned a lot of lessons from what happened last summer, and I would absolutely like to see no sudden stops to the system. We are learning the lessons, but also with the…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Economic Secretary (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 14 Jan 2025 – 5 Sep 2025
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions) · Department for Work and Pensions 9 Jul 2024 – 14 Jan 2025
- Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury) · HM Treasury 9 Jul 2024 – 14 Jan 2025
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government · Department for Communities and Local Government 8 May 2015 – 14 Sep 2015
- Shadow Minister (Housing) · Department for Communities and Local Government 7 Oct 2013 – 8 May 2015
- Shadow Minister (Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) · Foreign and Commonwealth Office 7 Oct 2010 – 7 Oct 2013
Committee memberships
- Bank Resolution (Recapitalisation) Bill [HL] 5 Feb 2025 – 11 Feb 2025
- Finance Bill 22 Jan 2025 – 30 Jan 2025
- Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 31 Oct 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Health and Social Care Committee 26 Oct 2015 – 31 Oct 2016
- Foreign Affairs Committee 12 Jul 2010 – 2 Nov 2010
Previous seats
- Wolverhampton North East · Elected 3 times 6 May 2010 – 6 Nov 2019
Elections contested
- Wolverhampton North East 12 Dec 2019
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 3000
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Emma Reynolds, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Emma Reynolds?
Emma Reynolds is a Member of Parliament representing Wycombe in the House of Commons. See Emma Reynolds's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Emma Reynolds represent?
Emma Reynolds sits as Labour. See Emma Reynolds's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Emma Reynolds represent?
Emma Reynolds is the Member of Parliament for Wycombe. See Emma Reynolds's official Parliament profile.
How long has Emma Reynolds been an MP?
Emma Reynolds has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Emma Reynolds's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Emma Reynolds?
Emma Reynolds has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Emma Reynolds's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 27 Jul 2026.