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Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician who has served as Home Secretary since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party , Cooper has been member of parliament (MP) for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley , previously Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford , since 1997 .
Yvette Cooper. since 5 July 2024. Home Office: Style: Home Secretary (informal) ... Yvette Cooper [28] MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley: 5 July 2024 ...
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford was a constituency [n 1] in West Yorkshire of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.It was represented by Yvette Cooper of the Labour Party for the whole of its creation.
It was chaired by former solicitor general Vera Baird QC supported by Kate Green MP (Shadow Minister for Equalities) and Stella Creasy MP (Shadow Home Office Minister) and was established to examine the cumulative effects of Coalition Government policy on women's safety, reporting its findings to the Labour Party’s policy making process. The ...
It is currently represented by Yvette Cooper of the Labour Party, [n 2] who currently serves as Home Secretary under the government of Keir Starmer. Cooper was MP for the predecessor seats of Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford from 2010 to 2024, and Pontefract and Castleford from 1997 to 2010.
Balls married Labour MP Yvette Cooper, who later became Home Secretary, in Eastbourne on 10 January 1998. [99] Cooper is Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Knottingley , the neighbouring constituency to Morley & Outwood from 2010 to 2024.
Yvette Cooper in 2016. Yvette Cooper's appointment as Shadow Home Secretary was one of the most significant changes announced by Starmer, as it returned her to the role she had previously occupied in 2015 as a member of the Miliband shadow cabinet. The move was seen as a shift towards the right and a further departure from the Corbyn era. [22]
Karen Bradley MP (chair) Conservative: Staffordshire Moorlands: Shaun Davies MP Labour: ... Yvette Cooper: 216 39.9 235 45.4 281 58.9 Caroline Flint: 149 27.5 161 31. ...