Yvette Cooper

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.

Yvette Cooper
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Home Secretary
Assumed office
29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byNick Thomas-Symonds
In office
20 January 2011  12 September 2015
Leader
Preceded byEd Balls
Succeeded byAndy Burnham
Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
In office
19 October 2016  1 December 2021
Preceded byTim Loughton (acting)
Succeeded byTim Loughton (acting)
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
Shadow portfolios
2010–2013
Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities
In office
11 May 2010  7 October 2013
Leader
Preceded byTheresa May
Succeeded byGloria De Piero
Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office
8 October 2010  20 January 2011
LeaderEd Miliband
Preceded byDavid Miliband
Succeeded byDouglas Alexander
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
11 May 2010  8 October 2010
LeaderHarriet Harman (acting)
Ed Miliband
Preceded byTheresa May
Succeeded byDouglas Alexander
Ministerial offices
1999–2008
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
In office
10 May 2005  24 January 2008
Prime Minister
Preceded byKeith Hill
Succeeded byCaroline Flint
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Regeneration and Regional Development
In office
13 June 2003  10 May 2005
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byChris Leslie
Succeeded byThe Baroness Andrews
Parliamentary Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department
In office
29 May 2002  12 June 2003
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byMichael Wills
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
In office
11 October 1999  28 May 2002
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byTessa Jowell
Succeeded byDavid Lammy
Member of Parliament
for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Pontefract and Castleford (1997–2010)
Assumed office
1 May 1997
Preceded byGeoffrey Lofthouse
Majority1,276 (2.6%)
Personal details
Born (1969-03-20) 20 March 1969
Inverness, Scotland
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 1998)
Children3
ParentTony Cooper (father)
Education
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

One of 101 female Labour MPs elected 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 lost 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. Cooper came third with 17.0% of the vote in the first round, losing to Jeremy Corbyn. Cooper subsequently resigned as Shadow Home Secretary in September 2015. Cooper was the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee from 2016 to 2021. 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.

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