 In October 2013 Reed was appointed a Shadow Home Office Minister by Labour Leader Ed Miliband.In the 2015 general election, Reed was re-elected with 33,513 votes (a 62.5% share, up 6.6% from the previous General Election in 2010) and a majority of 21,364 (39.9%) with a 62.3% turnout.On 27 June 2016, Reed resigned as Shadow Minister for Local Government as part of the mass resignation of the Labour Shadow Cabinet against Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour party.