Yvette Cooper
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Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Home Secretary under Keir Starmer since 2021, having also served in the position under Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2015. She previously served in Gordon Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2008 to 2009 and Work and Pensions Secretary from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, previously Pontefract and Castleford, since 1997.
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Shadow Home Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 29 November 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Nick Thomas-Symonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 20 January 2011 – 12 September 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader |
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Preceded by | Ed Balls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Andy Burnham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 19 October 2016 – 1 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Tim Loughton (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Tim Loughton (acting) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | James Purnell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Gordon Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Andy Burnham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Liam Byrne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Pontefract and Castleford (1997–2010) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Geoffrey Lofthouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 1,276 (2.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1969-03-20) 20 March 1969 (age 55) Inverness, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parent | Tony Cooper (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cooper delivers an Amnesty International lecture on fixing the refugee crisis Recorded 20 October 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First elected to Parliament at the 1997 general election, Cooper was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at three departments under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1999 to 2005. She was promoted to Minister of State for Housing and Planning in 2005, and was retained in the role when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister in 2007. In 2008, she was appointed to Brown's Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, before being promoted to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in 2009. After Labour's defeat at the 2010 general election, Cooper served in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2010 to 2011. In 2011, her husband Ed Balls was promoted to Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer; Cooper replaced Balls as Shadow Home Secretary and served until Labour lost the 2015 general election.
On 13 May 2015, Cooper announced she would run to be Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election following the resignation of Miliband.[1] Cooper came third with 17.0% of the vote in the first round, losing to Jeremy Corbyn.[2] Cooper subsequently resigned as Shadow Home Secretary in September 2015. Cooper was the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee from 2016 to 2021.[3] As a backbencher, Cooper repeatedly sought to extend Article 50 to delay Brexit. She became Shadow Home Secretary again in Keir Starmer’s November 2021 reshuffle.