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]


Yvette Cooper

Official portrait, 2024
Home Secretary
Assumed office
5 July 2024
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byJames Cleverly
Chair of the Home Affairs Committee
In office
19 October 2016 – 1 December 2021
Preceded byKeith Vaz
Succeeded byDiana Johnson
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byJames Purnell
Succeeded byIain Duncan Smith
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byAndy Burnham
Succeeded byLiam Byrne
Junior ministerial offices
Minister of State
2005–2008Housing and Planning
Under-Secretary of State
2003–2005Regeneration and Regional Development
2002–2003Lord Chancellor's Department
1999–2002Public Health
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2021–2024Home Secretary
2011–2015Home Secretary
2010–2013Women and Equalities
2010–2011Foreign Secretary
2010–2010Work and Pensions
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 byGeoffrey Lofthouse
Majority6,630 (18.4%)
Personal details
Born (1969-03-20) 20 March 1969 (age 55)
Inverness, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
(m. 1998)
Children3
ParentsTony Cooper (father)
Education
WebsiteOfficial 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

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  1. "David Lammy New UK Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper Interior Minister". Barron's. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  2. "Yvette Cooper says she won't rule out standing for Labour leader". The Guardian. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

Other websites

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