Reeves follows Thatcher and Sturgeon with public tears
Her emotion came as Sir Keir Starmer failed to guarantee that she would remain in her role as Chancellor.
However, she is not the first British politician to cry in public.
Margaret Thatcher, 1990
Baroness Thatcher was known as the Iron Lady partly because she never appeared flustered or emotional in public.
However, she was moved to tears when she left Downing Street for the last time in 1990 after 11 years as prime minister.
George Osborne, 2013
The former chancellor became emotional during Thatcher's funeral in 2013.
Mr Osborne was brought to tears during the sermon delivered by Lord Chartres, the then bishop of London.
He was chancellor until 2016 when he quit in the wake of the Brexit referendum.
Theresa May, 2019
Baroness May was in tears as she announced her resignation as prime minister in May 2019.
She said she had tried her best to deliver Brexit and it was a 'deep regret' that she was not able to.
Matt Hancock, 2020
Health Secretary Matt Hancock becomes emotional hearing the words of the first man in the world to receive the vaccine, William Shakespeare.
He tearily says 'it makes you so proud to be British'. @piersmorgan | @susannareid100
Watch the full interview👉 https://t.co/fzcHkA6S4k pic.twitter.com/IxzfZ3GAVs
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) December 8, 2020
Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, fought back tears in December 2020 as he watched one of the first British people receive the coronavirus vaccine live on Good Morning Britain.
'It's been such a tough year for so many people and there's William Shakespeare putting it so simply,' Mr Hancock said after gathering himself.
Mr Hancock resigned just six months later after his affair with Gina Colandangelo, an aide, was revealed.
Nicola Sturgeon, 2024
Nicola Sturgeon was accused of crocodile tears by bereaved families when she broke down at the Covid Inquiry.
The former first minister admitted to deleting her WhatsApp messages during the pandemic despite promising Scots they would all be made public.
She had already quit the position in February 2023 after admitting she had become a 'polarising figure'.
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