Joseph Reeves (28 January 1888 – 8 March 1969) was a British Labour Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for

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between 1945 and 1959. Reeves was founder and chairman of

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Labour Party and vice-chairman of the Society for Improving Relations between Great Britain and the

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. He served as secretary of the

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's education committee. He was an

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of the

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. He fought Woolwich West in 1931 and

in 1935 without success before winning the Greenwich seat in the 1945 general election. Whilst in Parliament, Reeves was a member of the Party's National Executive Committee 1946-53 and of the committee of inquiry into the

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. He retired as MP in 1959.

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* 1888 births 1969 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of Deptford Metropolitan Borough Council UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub