Rachel Reeves
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Rachel Reeves MP |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 8 June 2015 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Liam Byrne |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Timms (Acting) |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 7 October 2011 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Angela Eagle |
| Succeeded by | Chris Leslie |
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Member of Parliament for Leeds West |
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Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Battle |
| Majority | 10,727 (27.9%) |
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13 February 1979 Lewisham, London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Nicholas Joicey |
| Alma mater |
New College, Oxford London School of Economics |
| Website | Official website |
Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British Labour Party politician and an economist. She has served as the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010.
Reeves was Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2013 but did not return to the shadow cabinet after her maternity leave following Jeremy Corbyn's victory in the 2015 Labour Leadership Election.
The daughter of Graham and Sally Reeves of Lewisham, South East London, she was educated at Cator Park School for Girls in Bromley. At school, Reeves was the UK Under-14 girls chess champion.
After A-Levels in Politics, Economics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics, Reeves read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at New College, Oxford (MA), followed by graduating as MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.
Reeves cites the influence of her father on her and her sister in leaning towards social democratic policies. She recalls how when she was eight years old her father, Graham, pointed out the then-Labour leader Neil Kinnock on the television and "told us that was who we voted for". Reeves says she and her sister have "both known we were Labour since then". She joined the Labour Party at age 16.
Reeves worked as an economist at the Bank of England and British Embassy in Washington, D.C. between 2000 and 2006.
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