Official portrait of Yvette Cooper

Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP

Labour (Lab)

Member of Parliament forPontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Member sinceJuly 2024

Years in office2 years

StatusActive MP

Parliamentary ID420

Profile synced28 Jul 2026

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Email[email protected]

Phone020 7219 5080

Websitewww.yvettecooper.com

Twitter / X@YvetteCooperMP

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ConstituencyPontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Membership periodJuly 2024 - Present

GenderFemale

Constituencies represented3

Committee memberships11

Party affiliations1

Government posts11

Opposition posts5

Parliament synopsis

The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper is the Labour MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, and has been an MP continually since 1 May 1997. She currently holds the Government post of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.