“In my book 'Women of Westminster,' a history of 100 years of women MPs, I was struck by how abuse of women in public life has always existed - since the time when Nancy Astor first braved the Commons - but how it is changing and becoming more dangerous.”

British politician

Rachel Jane Reeves is a British politician and Labour Party member, born in 1979. She has been the Member of Parliament for Leeds West and Pudsey, formerly Leeds West, since 2010, and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2024 to 2026. Before entering government, she held several shadow ministerial and shadow cabinet posts between 2010 and 2015, and again from 2020 until Labour returned to power after the 2024 election. Her public profile is shaped by economic and political responsibility, especially through her work in Parliament and in senior party roles.