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Yvette Cooper
Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
- Also represented Pontefract and Castleford
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Yvette Cooper voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Women and Equalities
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Public Expenditure, Social Security Benefits, Knives: Crime, Public Expenditure, Police: Accountability
(based on written questions asked by Yvette Cooper and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Housing Bill Committee (12 out of 19)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Abu Qatada (7 Feb 2012)
“The Home Secretary has given a serious account of the risk from Abu Qatada. She will know that we agree that he should be deported, on the grounds of being a risk to national security. However, she has not said much about what she is doing now in response to the judgment. She is right to look at the legal options for appealing against the European Court judgment, but what more is she doing to...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (6 Feb 2012)
“May I join the Home Secretary not only in congratulating, but in paying our tributes and respects to, Her Majesty the Queen on the 60th anniversary of her accession? The Home Secretary has talked a lot today about the deployment of police and about increasing the number of police officers on the front line. Will she tell the House what has happened to the number of police officers in...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (6 Feb 2012)
“The Home Secretary has ducked the question. I do not know whether she knows the answer. She will know that we are clear that there should be a 12% reduction in the policing budget, which would protect the number of police officers, not her 20% cut, which will mean 16,000 police officers being lost. The Home Secretary needs to answer the question about the front line. I asked her about the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 52 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 59.00% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 27 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 954 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £11,840 (joint 479th with 1 other) | £12,219 (joint 528th with 1 other) | £15,995 (493rd) | £14,234 | £19,428 (338th) | £19,742 (277th) | £19,022 (joint 363rd with 2 others) | £15,738 (joint 236th with 8 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £17,890 (319th) | £16,588 (412th) | £17,706 (485th) | £18,679 | £18,609 (299th) | £18,797 (joint 205th with 7 others) | £18,226 (joint 218th with 4 others) | £13,476 (398th) |
| Staffing costs | £100,802 (132nd) | £90,224 (218th) | £87,872 (126th) | £85,401 | £71,051 (286th) | £67,495 (358th) | £65,539 (joint 247th with 1 other) | £48,653 (231st) |
| Communications Allowance | £10,672 (146th) | £9,130 (270th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,646 (146th)1 | £11,288 (170th)2 | £13,091 (111th)3 | £12,610 | £11,188 (297th) | £10,901 (290th) | £10,155 (317th) | £6,422 (401st) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,921 (22nd) | £2,076 (24th) | £2,237 (32nd) | £2,944 | £2,039 (72nd) | £1,595 (89th) | £1,679 (73rd) | £1,134 (120th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £2,629 (4th) | £2,095 (9th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £6,531 (85th) | £1,759 (56th) | £2,341 (72nd) | £3,135 | £2,703 (65th) | £1,731 (97th) | £2,428 (42nd) | £1,663 (126th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £4,479 (104th) | £7,042 (80th) | £8,157 | £8,186 (63rd) | £5,904 (83rd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,120 (467th) | £935 (joint 507th with 13 others) | £292 | £1,749 (490th) | £1,749 (481st) | £1,728 (465th) | £1,528 (joint 454th with 1 other) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £1,681 (61st) | £3,439 (32nd) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £163,929 (142nd) | £152,659 (227th) | £150,658 (82nd) | £145,452 | £136,571 (94th) | £129,488 (123rd) | £120,304 (164th) | £89,841 (296th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £628 (532nd). Rail £10,851 (39th). Misc £167 (136th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,125 (507th). Rail £10,033 (49th). Misc £130 (141st).