Gerry Reynolds

Gerald William Reynolds (17 July 1927 – 7 June 1969) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Islington North from 1958 until his death.

Background Reynolds was born Brentford, Middlesex, in 1927, and was educated in Acton. He was diagnosed with kidney disease when he was fourteen, and at the time was given only three months to live.

Personal life and death Reynolds married Dorothy Budd in 1949, and they had two daughters. Few in parliament knew he was ill, and so his death came as a considerable shock; he had previously been considered a "rising star" in Westminster, and was being talked of as a potential future prime minister. Publications The Night the Police Went on Strike, by Reynolds, G.W. & Judge, A. (Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1968).