| First Name |
Rachel
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| Middle Name |
Jane
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| Last Name |
Reeves
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| Full Name at Birth |
Rachel Jane Reeves
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| Alternative Name |
@RachelReevesMP - (twitter), Rachel.Reeves.Mp@parliament.Uk-(email), @rachelreeves10 - (facebook), Rachelreevesmp-(instagram)
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| Birthday |
13th February, 1979
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| Birthplace |
Lewisham, South-East London, UK
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Distinctive Feature |
At school, she won a British Under-14 girls chess championship title in a tournament organised by the now-defunct British Women's Chess Association., She was once interviewed for a job at Goldman Sachs, but turned it down although the job could have made her "a lot richer"., She became in the 2010 G.E. only the second woman to represent a Leeds constituency., In September 2017, the conservative commentator Iain Dale placed Reeves at Number 94 on his list of the '100 most influential people on the Left', down ten places on the previous year., Reeves has written a study about the financial crisis of 2007–2010 for the Fabian Review, Institute of Public Policy Research,[37] Socialist Environment and Resources Association,[38] and the European Journal of Political Economy., Reeves has held office in the Labour Friends of Israel and remains a member, Rachel’s first book ‘Alice in Westminster – The Political Life of Alice Bacon, the story of Yorkshire’s first woman MP’, was published by IB Tauris in 2016. It was a Guardian Book of the Year
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| High School |
Cator Park School for Girls in Bromley, South-East London, [ex-GOVERNOR] - Swallow Hill Community College, Leeds, [ex-GOVERNOR] - Kirkstall Valley Primary School
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| University |
Oxford University, New College (BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics), London School of Economics (LSE) (MSc in Economics)
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| Occupation Text |
Politician, Author, Economist, Columnist, Ex school governor
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| Occupation |
Economist
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| Claim to Fame |
She became in the 2010 G.E. only the second woman to represent a Leeds constituency.
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| Year(s) Active |
2010 > present (MP (Labour) for Leeds West), 2017 > present (Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee), 2013 > 2015 (Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions), 2011 > 2013 (Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury), 1995 > present (joined / member of the Labour Party since age of 16), 2000 > 2006 (economist: Bank of England & British Embassy in Washington, D.C.), 2006 > ???? (economist: HBOS), 2017 > present (author: 2 books), 2010 > present (Select committees)
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| Talent Agency (e.g. Modelling) |
1> Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) Literary Agents, 2> url : https://www.petersfraserdunlop.com/, 3> profile : https://www.petersfraserdunlop.com/clients/rachel-reeves/, 4> Assistant : Laurie Robertson
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| Official Websites |
http://www.rachelreeves.net/, http://www.rachelreeves.net, twitter.com/RachelReevesMP, www.rachelreevesmp.co.uk/, www.instagram.com/rachelreevesmp/?hl=en, www.instagram.com/rachelreevesmp/tagged/?hl=en, en-gb.facebook.com/rachelreeves10/
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| Pets |
Jo Cox
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| Favorite People |
Alice Bacon, Neil Kinnock, John Battle, Ed Miliband, Luciana Berger, Jonathan Reynolds, Emma Reynolds, Chuka Umunna, Steve Harris
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| Favorite Places |
Leeds, England, Bank of England, London, Kirkstall Forge railway station, Leeds, England, Bramley Baths (Leisure centre in Leeds, England), Leeds General Infirmary (the children's heart unit), Israel, BARCA – Leeds (charity), Swallow Hill Community College (school in Leeds, England), Kirkstall Valley Primary School (Primary school in Leeds, England), China, Japan, Usa
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Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office since 2020, with responsibility for Labour's response to Brexit and shadowing Michael Gove. She has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010.
