Yvette Cooper

The Right Honourable

Yvette Cooper

MP
Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Assumed office
5 September 2025
Prime MinisterKeir Starmer
Preceded byDavid Lammy
Secretary of State for the Home Department
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
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
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
2003–2005Regeneration and Regional Development
2002–2003Lord Chancellor's Department
1999–2002Public Health
Shadow cabinet portfolios
2021–2024Shadow Home 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
Inverness, Scotland
Political partyLabour
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1998)​
Children3
ParentsTony Cooper (father)
Education
Websitewww.yvettecooper.com

Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician who is currently the Foreign Secretary since 5 September 2025. 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

  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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