Joseph Reeves

Joseph Reeves(28 January 1888—8 March 1969) was a BritishLabour Partypolitician. He served asMember of ParliamentforGreenwichbetween 1945 and 1959.

Reeves was founder and chairman ofCamberwellLabour Party and vice-chairman of the Society for Improving Relations between Great Britain and theUSSR.He served as secretary of theRoyal Arsenal Co-operative Society's education committee. He was anAldermanof theMetropolitan Borough of Deptford. He foughtWoolwich Westin 1931 andGreenwichin 1935 without success before winning the Greenwich seat in the1945 general election.

Whilst in Parliament, Reeves was a member of the Party'sNational Executive Committee1946-53 and of the committee of inquiry into theBBC. He retired as MP in 1959.

References

The Times House of Commons 1955.1955.{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)

External links

Hansard1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by Joseph Reeves

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Hopwood Hume	Member of ParliamentforGreenwich 1945–1959	Succeeded by Richard Marsh
Party political offices
Preceded by Walter Green	Socialist societies representative of theLabour Party National Executive Committee 1946–1953	Succeeded by Arthur Skeffington

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