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Yvette Cooper

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The Right Honourable

Yvette Cooper

MP
BERJAYA
Official portrait, 2025
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Assumed office
20 July 2026
Prime MinisterAndy Burnham
Preceded byJames Murray
Foreign Secretary
In office
5 September 2025 – 20 July 2026
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byDavid Lammy
Succeeded byEd Miliband
Home Secretary
In office
5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byJames Cleverly
Succeeded byShabana Mahmood
Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
In office
19 October 2016 – 1 December 2021
Preceded byKeith Vaz
Succeeded byDiana Johnson
Other ministerial offices
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
ChancellorAlistair Darling
Preceded byAndy Burnham
Succeeded byLiam Byrne
Junior ministerial offices
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 – 29 May 2002
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byTessa Jowell
Succeeded byDavid Lammy
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2021–2024Home Secretary
2011–2015Home Secretary
2010–2013Women and Equalities
2010–2011Shadow Foreign 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 57)
Inverness, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1998)​
Children3
ParentsTony Cooper (father)
Education
Websitewww.yvettecooper.com Edit this at Wikidata
Yvette Cooper's voice
Cooper delivering an Amnesty International lecture on the refugee crisis in 2016

Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician who is currently the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 20 July 2026. She previously served as Foreign Secretary from 5 September 2025 until 20 July 2026. Before, she was the Home Secretary from 5 July 2024 until 2025.[1]

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.

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