At a glanceSteve Reed is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Streatham and Croydon North, and has represented the seat for 13 years, 7 months. They have cast 257 votes in Commons divisions (45% attendance), tabled 2,337 written questions and registered 1 financial interest.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Steve Reed did not vote in 318. 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
He currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Current roles
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Committee since 5 Sep 2025
- Streatham and Croydon North Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 29 Nov 2012
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 254 of 254 shared votes
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Alex Mayer Labour 100.0% · 253 of 253 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 253 of 253 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 253 of 253 shared votes
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Harpreet Uppal
Labour
100.0% · 249 of 249 shared votes
Votes least like
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 185 shared votes
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Alan Mak
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 176 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 164 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 160 shared votes
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Priti Patel
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 153 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 sources1
- The Football Association - £494.36 (registered 10 Sep 2025)
Written questions
Environment Protection: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the transparency data entitled Defra: spending over £25,000, February 2024, published on 13 May 2024, what the purpose of Project Hazel is; and how much his Departmen
Answer · 24 May 2024
Project Hazel refers to Capita’s share divestment from Fera Science Ltd, a joint venture with Defra. Defra spent £1.57 million on Project Hazel from 2020.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of government procurement card spending by his Department in each year since 2010.
Answer · 7 May 2024
The table below sets out total expenditure using government procurement cards for the given financial years. Information relating to 2010 to 2016 is not readily available. Financial YearAmount2016-17£147,1672017-18£474,6192018-19£1,324,3662019-20£1,311,32...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of accidental damage to equipment made by his Department in each year since 2010.
Answer · 1 May 2024
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Maladministration
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of administrative errors made by his Department in each year since 2010.
Answer · 1 May 2024
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs. Defra reports losses from error to the Public Sector Fraud Authority. We are unable to provide a breakdown of losses from administrative errors only – err...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse has been of contracts cancelled by his Department since 2010.
Answer · 1 May 2024
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of projects that have been written off within his Department in each year since 2010.
Answer · 1 May 2024
Prior to preparing to leave the EU Defra had no major projects, with outcome delivery led through its Arm’s Length bodies and executive agencies. Defra now manages a portfolio of priority projects spanning policy to delivery which are critical to deliveri...
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the overspend on procurement within his Department in each year since 2010.
Answer · 1 May 2024
The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Marketing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of his Department's use of (a) marketing businesses and (b) communications agencies in each year since 2010.
Answer · 1 May 2024
The information requested is not available as it is not possible to split the costs of the department’s use of marketing businesses and communications agencies from the total cost of spend on campaigns. Such information as is available is in the attached ...
Speeches in the chamber
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I have had the great pleasure of visiting Portsmouth with my hon. Friend on several occasions, so I have seen at first hand what a powerful champion she is for her constituents. She has raised this point with me previously. I am more than …
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and his powerful advocacy for his constituents. The changes we are making are, in part, intended to lay the framework for the mayoral devolution that will follow. That will provide significant new po…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I thank my hon. Friend for her question and her support for the changes being brought in, which, indeed, she has long advocated for. As a powerful advocate for her area, she will ensure that the changes happen successfully. Up to £1 millio…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I respectfully urge the hon. Member to remember that fair funding reforms have aligned funding with deprivation. Under the previous Government, only three out of 10 areas got funding that aligned with levels of deprivation and need. Now it…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
My hon. Friend makes an important point. Of course, her constituents in both the areas she refers to deserve and will have their voices heard. The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 allows for the establishment of area c…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
The proposals we are bringing forward are the best for economic growth and for savings, which we can plough into the frontline services that I believe the hon. Member’s residents care about the most. I have said on a number of occasions al…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I thank my hon. Friend for recognising the benefit to her constituents from eliminating duplication and putting the savings into the frontline services that her residents care about—it is a shame that the shouty Members on the Opposition B…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I am sorry that the right hon. Gentleman seems to have forgotten that I made the announcements about Essex in a previous statement—perhaps he was not paying attention, but he should have been. I am sorry, as well, that he is against the sa…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
My hon. Friend is a very powerful champion for Stevenage, and I have had the pleasure of visiting the constituency with him on numerous occasions. He is right to point to the many problems that come with duplication and the benefits of eli…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I am happy to extend the opportunity of a meeting to the hon. Gentleman so that he can make clear his views. It is important that we take time to get decisions right in cases where I am not satisfied that the information available is suffi…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I remind my hon. Friend of the additional funding that is available for transitional arrangements; that is a recognition of the challenges that she has just described. The option we have selected for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire is the o…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
The hon. Gentleman will be aware that there was a re-consultation on the situation in West Sussex, and an awful lot of stakeholders across the county submitted evidence. He would surely agree that it is only right and respectful that we ta…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
As always, my hon. Friend is powerfully advocating for his constituents. The option we selected is the one that is the best for growth. It will support opportunities in Stoke-on-Trent and Cannock Chase, bringing in investment and creating …
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
It is regrettable that the hon. Lady appears to be defending a system with so much duplication that money is being wasted on multiple tiers of senior officers when it could be saved and ploughed back into the frontline services that might …
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I can attest to the fact that my hon. Friend is a powerful and frequent advocate for her constituents in Amber Valley. The option that we have accepted is the one that best supports economic growth across the county. That will best support…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I will ensure that the decision is taken in good time for the appropriate electoral arrangements to be put in place. That will be shortly after the summer recess. The council will then be able to prepare for those elections. As I made clea…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I thank my hon. Friend for the way in which she champions her constituents, whom she so ably represents. She is quite right: one of the key reasons for local government reorganisation is to streamline local government so that areas right a…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
As the right hon. Gentleman will have heard during the statement, there are reasonable people who support and oppose various decisions that we are taking today, but it is important that we move forward. In the case of Leicester and Leicest…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I have had the great pleasure of visiting Peterborough with my hon. Friend on many occasions. He is always very powerful in putting forward the case for the city and the people who live there, and that includes, as he has just shown, his d…
16 Jul 2026 Local Government Reorganisation
I hope the hon. Lady will agree that we should take the time to get it right, rather than rush into a decision that I do not think would be right at the moment. The intention is that the elections will go ahead in 2027 as scheduled. The fi…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 5 Sep 2025 – 20 Jul 2026
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5 Jul 2024 – 5 Sep 2025
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 4 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Secretary of State for Justice · Ministry of Justice 29 Nov 2021 – 4 Sep 2023
- Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 19 Sep 2021 – 29 Nov 2021
- Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 6 Apr 2020 – 19 Sep 2021
- Shadow Minister (Education) (Children and Families) · Department for Education 24 Jun 2019 – 6 Apr 2020
- Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Civil Society) · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 3 Jul 2017 – 24 Jun 2019
- Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) (Civil Society) · Department for Culture, Media and Sport 3 Oct 2016 – 3 Jul 2017
- Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) · Department for Communities and Local Government 8 May 2015 – 27 Jun 2016
- Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) · Home Office 7 Oct 2013 – 30 Mar 2015
Committee memberships
- Public Administration Committee 10 Dec 2012 – 11 Nov 2013
Previous seats
- Croydon North · Elected 4 times 29 Nov 2012 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 7297
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Steve Reed, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Steve Reed?
Steve Reed is a Member of Parliament representing Streatham and Croydon North in the House of Commons. See Steve Reed's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Steve Reed represent?
Steve Reed sits as Labour (Co-op). See Steve Reed's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Steve Reed represent?
Steve Reed is the Member of Parliament for Streatham and Croydon North. See Steve Reed's official Parliament profile.
How long has Steve Reed been an MP?
Steve Reed has served in the House of Commons for 13 years, 7 months. See Steve Reed's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Steve Reed?
Steve Reed has 1 entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Steve Reed's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.