About me - Ellie Reeves Labour MP for Lewisham West and East Dulwich

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I’m very proud to represent the constituency where I’m from. I grew up in Sydenham, went to Adamsrill Primary and learnt to ride my bike in Mayow Park. My mum has lived in Sydenham her entire life.

My great-grandad worked in the swimming baths in East Dulwich and my grandad went to primary school there. I lived in Crofton Park for many years, where I was a Governor at Stillness Primary School.

I studied law at Oxford University and then worked as an employment rights lawyer for over 10 years. I mainly represented Unite and UCATT trade union members as a trade union lawyer and then set up my own business providing help to working mums and women facing maternity discrimination.

I joined the Labour party aged 15, motivated to do so by the poor conditions of my secondary school which were caused by a lack of funding. I have been campaigning for social justice, public services and equality ever since then, and served on the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee between 2006 – 2016.

I was elected to represent Lewisham West & Penge in 2017 and again in 2019. Following the 2023 Boundary Review and the 2024 general election I am delighted to be the MP for Lewisham West & East Dulwich, an area that means so much to me and my family. It is a privilege and honour to now be able to represent this area in parliament.

Between April 2020 and September 2023 I served on the Labour Frontbench first as Shadow Solicitor General, and then as a Shadow Justice Minister. During this time I helped to write Labour’s Green Paper on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls.

In September 2023 I was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Deputy National Campaign Co-ordinator for the Labour Party, and helped to lead the Party’s General Election winning campaign. From July 2024 to September 2025, I served as Labour Party Chair and Minister of State without Portfolio in the Cabinet Office, and from September 2025 to July 2026 I served as Solicitor General.

I was delighted to be promoted to serve in Cabinet as the Attorney General by the Prime Minister in July 2026. As Attorney General my number one priority is delivering on the Government’s ambitious strategy to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.