Reeves, who was formerly a solicitor, and five other one-term National MPs entered Parliament in a swing against Labour in the. He failed to re-enter Parliament as a listcandidate in the electorate in the. In 2004 Reeves was elected president of United Future succeeding former Wellington Mayor Mark Blumsky. Since then, he has stood several times for United Future. In the 2008 election he filled the number 4 slot in the United Future list and stood as a United Future electorate candidate for Wairarapa.