Yvette Cooper
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The Right Honourable Yvette Cooper MP |
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| Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee | |
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Assumed office 19 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Loughton (acting) |
| Shadow Home Secretary | |
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In office 20 January 2011 – 12 September 2015 |
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| Leader |
Ed Miliband Harriet Harman (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Ed Balls |
| Succeeded by | Andy Burnham |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
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In office 8 October 2010 – 20 January 2011 |
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| Leader | Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | David Miliband |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 7 October 2013 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Theresa May |
| Succeeded by | Gloria De Piero |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
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In office 11 May 2010 – 8 October 2010 |
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| Leader |
Harriet Harman (Acting) Ed Miliband |
| Preceded by | Theresa May |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Alexander |
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
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In office 5 June 2009 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | James Purnell |
| Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 24 January 2008 – 5 June 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Chancellor | Alistair Darling |
| Preceded by | Andy Burnham |
| Succeeded by | Liam Byrne |
| Minister of State for Housing and Planning | |
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In office 6 May 2005 – 24 January 2008 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Keith Hill |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Flint |
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Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Pontefract and Castleford (1997–2010) |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Geoff Lofthouse |
| Majority | 15,428 (33.6%) |
| Personal details | |
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20 March 1969 Inverness, Scotland, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Ed Balls (m. 1998) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Balliol College, Oxford Harvard University London School of Economics |
Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having been the MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997.
She served in the Cabinet between 2008 and 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. After Labour lost the 2010 general election, Cooper was appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary, then became Shadow Home Secretary in 2011.
On 13 May 2015, Cooper announced she would run to be Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election following the resignation of Ed Miliband. Cooper came third with 17.0% of the vote in the first round. Cooper subsequently resigned from her position as Shadow Home Secretary in September 2015. In October 2016, Cooper was elected chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee.
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