Joani Reid is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride and Strathaven since July 2024.

Early life

Reid is a granddaughter of the Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid. She studied politics and philosophy at the

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, then went to London for a Masters degree. She worked as a policy manager at the

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Political career

Local government

Reid was a councillor for the Lewisham Central ward in

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for eight years from 2014 and served as Cabinet Member for Safer Communities. She was selected as the Labour candidate for East Kilbride and Strathaven in February 2023 and elected to the

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at the 2024 general election.

House of Commons

Reid has served as a member of the

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since October 2024. She is Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism.

Personal life

She is married with two children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Joani Living people Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 2024–present Scottish Labour MPs Councillors in the London Borough of Lewisham Alumni of the University of Glasgow People from East Kilbride Labour Party (UK) councillors Women councillors in England Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Scottish politicians