Ellie Reeves MP: Covid, Starmer, Corbyn and representing her home borough in the House Ellie Reeves. Pic: UK Parliament Talking to Eastlondonlines a year after re-election, Lewisham MP Ellie Reeves discussed the issues facing her constituents, how she got into politics, and how Labour can bounce back from their crushing defeat last December… Lewisham’s problems have always been a challenge to be faced for local MP Ellie Reeves. But when she was re-elected last year, she could barely have imagined what was to come in 2020. Since then, she has been busy fighting the devastating effects of the “double impact” of the global pandemic and preparing for the fact that there may not be a deal on the table with the EU.