Yvette Cooper

Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department

Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

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Recent appearances

  • Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Clause 1 - Introduction 18 Mar 2024

    Reverting to the previous amendment on the facts that Parliament should be given, can the Minister confirm the reports in the paper that the Home Office is now seeking to pay people to go to Rwanda in order to fill the flights? Can he also confirm that if people take up that Home Office proposal, they will be subject to exactly the same very substantial payments to the Rwandan Government?...
  • Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Clause 1 - Introduction 18 Mar 2024

    Will the Minister give way?
  • Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration 4 Mar 2024

    We think of the family and friends of the seven-year-old who lost her life in the channel this weekend. It matters more than ever that we stop the criminal gangs and dangerous crossings that are undermining border security and putting so many lives at risk. The Tory Home Secretary has shamefully tried to bury or hide 13 inspectorate reports and one National Audit Office report with damning...

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Labour MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Also represented Pontefract and Castleford

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Topics of interest

Yvette Cooper campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Home Office
  • Home Department
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Treasury
  • Work and Pensions
  • Visas: Ukraine
  • Coronavirus: Disease Control
  • Refugees: Ukraine
  • Asylum: Children
  • Glass: Recycling

Currently held offices

  • Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department (since 29 Nov 2021)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (20 May 2020 to 15 Dec 2021)
  • Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (11 May 2020 to 25 Jan 2022)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 1 Dec 2021)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 1 Dec 2021)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (27 Jan 2020 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system (13 Feb 2019 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) ( 6 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (28 Nov 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Chair, Home Affairs Committee (19 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
  • Shadow Home Secretary (20 Jan 2011 to 14 Sep 2015)
  • Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities) (20 Jan 2011 to 7 Oct 2013)
  • Shadow Foreign Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities ( 8 Oct 2010 to 20 Jan 2011)
  • Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
  • The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ( 6 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
  • The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (24 Jan 2008 to 5 Jun 2009)
  • Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing) (28 Jun 2007 to 24 Jan 2008)
  • Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning) ( 5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
  • Minister of State (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Housing and Planning) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Regeneration and Regional Developement) (13 Jun 2003 to 10 May 2005)
  • Parliamentary Secretary (Lord Chancellor's Department) (29 May 2002 to 13 Jun 2003)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (11 Oct 1999 to 28 May 2002)
  • Member, Employment Sub-committee (23 Jul 1997 to 29 Nov 1999)
  • Member, Education & Employment Committee (14 Jul 1997 to 29 Nov 1999)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from Atlantic Books Ltd, Ormond House, 27 Boswell Street, London WC1 3JZ, via Conville and Walsh (literary agent), Haymarket House, London SW1Y 4SP:
20 April 2023, received £1,096.04 for additional sales of a book already published. Hours: no additional hours. Payment used to fund office staffing. (Registered 12 May 2023)
30 October 2023, received £873.22 for additional sales of a book already published. Hours: no additional hours. Payment used to fund office staffing. (Registered 08 November 2023)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Gary Lubner
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £210,000 to the central Labour Party to pay for three additional members of staff for my office over the next eighteen months
Donor status: individual
(Registered 27 June 2023)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: MPM Connect Limited (a company controlled by Peter Hearn)
Address of donor: Grenville House, 4 Grenville Avenue, Broxbourne EN10 7DH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,847 to fund office staffing
Date received: 7 February 2023
Date accepted: 7 February 2023
Donor status: company, registration 7213374
(Registered 06 March 2023; updated 21 December 2023)
Name of donor: MPM Connect Limited (a company controlled by Peter Hearn)
Address of donor: Grenville House, 4 Grenville Avenue, Broxbourne EN10 7DH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £17,000 to fund office staffing
Date received: 11 May 2023
Date accepted: 11 May 2023
Donor status: company, registration 7213374
(Registered 18 May 2023; updated 21 December 2023)
Name of donor: MPM Connect Limited (a company controlled by Peter Hearn)
Address of donor: Grenville House, 4 Grenville Avenue, Broxbourne EN10 7DH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £17,000 to fund office staffing
Date received: 18 July 2023
Date accepted: 18 July 2023
Donor status: company, registration 7213374
(Registered 19 September 2023; updated 21 December 2023)
Name of donor: Anthony Doyle
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 to support my offices
Date received: 26 September 2023
Date accepted: 26 September 2023
Donor status: individual
(Registered 29 September 2023)
Name of donor: OPD Group Limited (a company controlled by Peter Hearn)
Address of donor: Grenville House, 4 Grenville Avenue, Broxbourne EN10 7DH
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £17,000 to fund office staffing
Date received: 27 November 2023
Date accepted: 27 November 2023
Donor status: company, registration 03201382
(Registered 21 December 2023)
Name of donor: Labour Together Limited
Address of donor: Langley House Park Road, East Finchley, London N2 8EY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Provision of a member of staff to support my role as Shadow Home Secretary for one year (valued at £6,533 a month), total value £78,400
Date received: 4 December 2023 - 3 December 2024
Date accepted: 4 December 2023
Donor status: company, registration 09630980
(Registered 22 December 2023)
Name of donor: Labour Together Limited
Address of donor: Langley House Park Road, East Finchley, London N2 8EY
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The provision of research services between 11 January 2024 and 12 July 2024, value £33,750
Date received: 11 January 2024 - 12 July 2024
Date accepted: 11 January 2024
Donor status: company, registration 09630980
(Registered 30 January 2024)
4. Visits outside the UK
Name of donor: Franco-British Colloque Ltd
Address of donor: Station House, Station Approach, East Horsley KT24 6QX
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation, transport and food, value £1,011
Destination of visit: Paris, France
Dates of visit: 25-27 January 2024
Purpose of visit: Attending and speaking at the Franco-British Colloque 2024 in my capacity as Shadow Home Secretary.
(Registered 20 February 2024)

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