Joseph Reeves

Joseph Reeves (28 January 1888—8 March 1969) was a British Labour Party politician. He served as member of Parliament for Greenwich between 1945 and 1959.

This article is about British politician. For the American admiral, see Joseph M. Reeves.

Reeves was founder and chairman of Camberwell Labour Party and vice-chairman of the Society for Improving Relations between Great Britain and the USSR. He served as secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society's education committee. He was an Alderman of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford. He fought Woolwich West in 1931 and Greenwich 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 BBC. He retired as MP in 1959.

References
  • The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Hopwood Hume		 Member of Parliament for Greenwich
1945 – 1959		 Succeeded by
Richard Marsh
Party political offices
Preceded by
Walter Green		 Socialist societies representative of the Labour Party National Executive Committee
1946–1953		 Succeeded by
Arthur Skeffington


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