Joshua Reynolds | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Maidenhead | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Theresa May |
Majority | 2,963 (5.9%) |
Member of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council for Furze Platt | |
Assumed office 6 May 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Joshua Peter Reynolds 13 January 1999 Maidenhead,England |
Political party | Liberal Democrats |
Alma mater | Cardiff Metropolitan University |
Joshua Peter Reynolds [1] (born 13 January 1999) [2] [3] is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead since 2024,winning the seat from the Conservative Party after former prime minister Theresa May stood down at the general election. Reynolds has been a member of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council since 2019.
Born and brought up in Maidenhead,Reynolds was educated at Furze Platt Senior School and gained a degree from Cardiff Metropolitan University in business and management studies. After leaving university,he worked as a manager for The Co-operative Group. [4]
Reynolds was elected as a member of Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council for the ward of Furze Platt at the 2019 council election. [5] He was re-elected in 2023 and became the council's cabinet member for communities and leisure. [6] [7] He stepped down from the cabinet in 2024 upon his election to Parliament. [8]
Reynolds was the Liberal Democrat candidate for the constituency of Maidenhead in the 2019 general election,coming second behind former prime minister Theresa May. [9] He received 24.4 per cent of the vote,an increase of 13.2 per cent from 2017. [10]
May stood down at the 2024 general election,and Reynolds became the first Liberal Democrat MP for Maidenhead,defeating the Conservative Party,which had represented the town for more than 100 years. [11] He achieved a majority of 2,963,overturning a Conservative majority of 18,846 in 2019. [12]
He was elected as member of the Business and Trade Select Committee on 21st October 2024. [13]
Reynolds has a husband. [14]