 Reza ran unsuccessfully in the 2017 United Kingdom General Election as the Conservative Party candidate for the Birmingham Hodge Hill Constituency.In April 2019, she was selected as a Conservative List Candidate for the Greater London Authority.Reza was born in Karachi, West Pakistan (now Pakistan) on 26 November 1961, to Kamal Reza (1930-2016), a tea broker and banker, and Razia Reza (née Tyabji), a social worker and educator.