Please note this website was created for the 2015 General Election. Due to the lack of preparation time, we have not updated this website for the 2017 Election. Why?
NAMEYvette Cooper
PARTYLabour
POSITIONShadow Home Secretary
PUBLICWHIP LINKhttp://publicwhip.com/mp.php?mpid=40427
CABINETTrue
CONSTITUENCYNormanton, Pontefract and Castleford
WEBSITEhttp://www.yvettecooper.com/
TWITTER@yvettecoopermp
SPOKEN MATERIALView spoken material
PARLIAMENT LINKView Parliament profile
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 previously 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. She is currently the Shadow Home Secretary. She is married to fellow Labour politician Ed Balls.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Cooper
Information about what to expect at the general election 2015, including timetable of events, results and guides.
Watch political debates, party political broadcasts, PMQ's and interviews with party candidates and MPs.
How does your city compare with others across the UK, including population, employment and earnings.
Find out more about your local constituency, including local information, polls and MPs.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Whether you've got a life-long affiliation towards a party, if you're sitting on the fence, or are new to politics, then let us help you to decide who to vote for when you head for the polling stations on the 7th May 2015.
We're not affiliated to any party, and we guarantee that the questions in our quiz are 100% unbiased towards any political party. You don't need to supply an email address and we don't ask you for any personal details. That's our promise to you.
