Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, MP for Leeds West and Pudsey
Rachel Reeves has been an MP since 2010.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2024 to 2026 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (HM Treasury) | 2021 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Cabinet Office) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2013 to 2015 | |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2011 to 2013 | |
| Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Department for Work and Pensions) | 2010 to 2011 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2020 | |
| Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system | 2019 | |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Treasury Committee | 2015 to 2017 | |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | 2010 |
Countries of interest
Political Interests
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Rachel Reeves has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Alison Wedgwood - £30,000.00 | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in London | 27 Sep 2024 |
| Employment and earnings | Writing a book - Peters Fraser & Dunlop Limited | – |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Rachel Reeves has not asked any written questions in the last 12 months. Government ministers cannot ask them, so this can simply reflect an MP’s role.
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
47 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Rachel Reeves represents Leeds West and Pudsey. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Rachel Reeves won with 49% of the votes, and Lee Farmer (Conservative) came second with 17%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Reeves | Labour | 18,976 | 49.3% |
| Lee Farmer | Conservative | 6,584 | 17.1% |
| Andrea Whitehead | Reform UK | 6,281 | 16.3% |
| Ann Forsaith | Green Party | 3,794 | 9.9% |
| Dan Walker | Liberal Democrat | 1,743 | 4.5% |
| Jamal El Kheir | Workers Party of Britain | 633 | 1.6% |
| Darren Longhorn | The Yorkshire Party | 404 | 1.0% |
| Sasha Watson | Social Democratic Party | 79 | 0.2% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Rachel Reeves took part in 42 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Rachel Reeves voted the same way as their party in 40 of the 40 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this