This data was produced by TheyWorkForYou from a variety of sources.
Email me updates on Yvette Cooper’s activity (no more than once per day)
Yvette Cooper
Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
- Also represented Pontefract and Castleford
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Send a message to your MP (via WriteToThem.com)
- Sign up to HearFromYourMP to get messages from your MP
- Help us add video by matching a speech by Yvette Cooper
- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Yvette Cooper voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 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 allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
Read about how the voting record is decided.
More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- 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)
- European Parliament (Representation) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“I am proud that the Commons has reached the Third Reading of this Bill, and I hope that hon. Members on both sides of the House also feel proud to support it and to be on the right side of history. I thank the Prime Minister and the Government for introducing the Bill. I am proud, too, that Labour votes passed the Bill on Second Reading and will do so again this week. We are strongly...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“I hope that the hon. Gentleman will begin with an appropriate Abba song.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Schedule 6 — Marriage overseas (21 May 2013)
“The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. We should recognise those people’s marriages. We should be proud to do so, and we hope that other countries across the world will join us, including countries where there is still terrible homophobic discrimination, which we should be fighting against. I hope we can lead the way by championing this Bill. We should remind people why we are...”
More of Yvette Cooper's recent appearances
Numerology
Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)
- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — below 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 60.44% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 28 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.
- 108 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Yvette Cooper’s activity.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1029 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Barbara Follett
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,550 donation to the Labour Party to pay a member of staff working for me in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
(b) Date of receipt: 18 April 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 18 April 2012
(b) (Registered 5 July 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Barbara Follett
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,550 donation to the Labour Party to pay a member of staff working for me in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
(b) Date of receipt: 5 July 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 5 July 2012
(b) (Registered 5 July 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Barbara Follett
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,550 donation to the Labour Party to pay a member of staff working for me in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
(b) Date of receipt: 5 October 2012
(b) Date of acceptance: 5 October 2012
(b) (Registered 16 October 2012)
(b) Name of donor: Barbara Follett
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £4,550 donation to the Labour Party to pay a member of staff working for me in my capacity as Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
(b) Date of receipt: 8 January 2013
(b) Date of acceptance: 8 January 2013
(b) (Registered 9 January 2013)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Government of Australia
Address of donor: Australian High Commission, Strand, London WC2B 4LA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation and internal travel with a total value of £12,500
Destination of visit: Sydney and Canberra, Australia
Date of visit: 24-30 May 2012
Purpose of visit: At the invitation of the Australian Government, to discuss border security, counter terrorism and international co-operation.
(Registered 21 June 2012)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
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).