Steve Reed (politician)
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Steve Reed OBE MP |
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Member of Parliament for Croydon North |
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Assumed office 29 November 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Malcolm Wicks |
| Majority | 21,364 (39.9%) |
| Lambeth Council Leader | |
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In office 4 May 2006 – 29 November 2012 |
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| Deputy | Jackie Meldrum |
| Preceded by | Peter Truesdale |
| Succeeded by | Lib Peck |
| Labour Group Leader on Lambeth Council | |
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In office September 2002 – 29 November 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Franklin |
| Succeeded by | Lib Peck |
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Lambeth Borough Councillor for Brixton Hill Ward |
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In office 7 May 1998 – 29 November 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Martin Tiedemann |
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| Born | 12 November 1963 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield |
| Website | www.stevereedmp.co.uk |
Steven Mark Ward Reed OBE (born 12 November 1963) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Croydon North since 2012. He was previously the Leader of Lambeth Council from 2006 to 2012.
Reed grew up in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and his family worked at Odhams printing factory in Watford until it closed down in 1983. Around this time, he joined the Labour Party before going on to study English at Sheffield University. He worked in the educational publishing industry from 1990 to 2008.
In March 2008 he narrowly lost out to Chuka Umunna for selection as Labour's 2010 election candidate for the Streatham constituency.
Reed first stood for the Lambeth London Borough Council in the 1998 election and won the Town Hall ward (now Brixton Hill). In 2002 Labour lost control of Lambeth council to a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition, and in response Reed was elected leader of the opposition.
After Labour won back control of Lambeth Council in 2006, Reed was appointed the council's leader. During his tenure, Lambeth went from being rated London's worst-run borough, with a one-star rating in the Audit Commission's annual inspection in 2006, to having a three-star rating in 2009. At the 2010 election, Labour gained seats from the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, making it the first time that Labour had been re-elected to lead in Lambeth for twenty years.
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