MP for Streatham and Croydon North
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Steve Reed is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Streatham and Croydon North, first elected in 2012. Since September 2025 he has served as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and sits on the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission. His parliamentary career has included a long line of shadow roles in environment, justice and communities and local government before taking ministerial office.
Reed typically votes with his party, recording 100% party loyalty and attendance well above the party average. He sits centre-left in political terms. In key policy votes, he has generally backed universal credit and NHS funding, opposed immigration controls and the asylum system, and shown mixed positions on VAT, transgender rights, prison sentencing and the Rwanda deportation scheme; he has one recorded rebel vote against his party on a 2018 runway capacity motion.
Declared financial interests include two entries for gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources.
Generated 21 February 2026
13 positions
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Since Sept 2025
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Since Sept 2025
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Jul 2024 - Sept 2025
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sept 2023 - May 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
Nov 2021 - Sept 2023
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Sept 2021 - Nov 2021
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Apr 2020 - Sept 2021
Shadow Minister (Education) (Children and Families)
Jun 2019 - Apr 2020
Based on parliamentary votes
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has almost always voted against immigration controls
has voted a mixture of ways on bus services regulation
has generally voted against vat changes
has almost always voted against asylum system
has generally voted against transgender rights
has almost always voted against trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on nhs funding
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading
