Yvette Cooper
Home Secretary
Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician who is currently the Home Secretary since 5 July 2024.[1]
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| Home Secretary | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 5 July 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | James Cleverly | ||||||||||||||||
| Chair of the Home Affairs Committee | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 19 October 2016 – 1 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Keith Vaz | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Diana Johnson | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (2010–2024) Pontefract and Castleford (1997-2010) | |||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Lofthouse | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority | 6,630 (18.4%) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 March 1969 Inverness, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parents | Tony Cooper (father) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Website | Official website | ||||||||||||||||
Cooper is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford constituency in the United Kingdom. She is a member of the Labour Party. Her husband, Ed Balls, represents the neighbouring constituency of Morley and Outwood.
She served in the Cabinet between 2008 and 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown. She was Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. After Labour lost the 2010 general election, Cooper was appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary, then in 2011 Shadow Home Secretary.[2]
References
change- ↑ "David Lammy New UK Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper Interior Minister". Barron's. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "Yvette Cooper says she won't rule out standing for Labour leader". The Guardian. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
Other websites
change- Official site Archived 2014-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
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