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Yvette Cooper

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Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician who has served as Foreign Secretary since September 2025, having previously served as Home Secretary from 2024 to 2025. A member of the Labour Party, Cooper has been member of parliament (MP) for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, previously Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, since 1997. First elected to Parliament at the 1997 general election, Cooper was a Parliamentary under-secretary of state in three departments under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1999 to 2005. She was promoted to Minister of State for Housing and Planning in 2005, and was retained in the role when Gordon Brown was appointed prime minister in 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Yvette Cooper is the 19,190th most popular politician (up from 19,206th in 2024), the 7,290th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 7,721st in 2019) and the 726th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yvette Cooper ranks 19,190 out of 19,576. Before her are Przemysław Gosiewski, Houda Nonoo, Jared Polis, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Manuela Roka Botey, and Gert-Jan Segers. After her are Josef Beránek, Patrick J. Kennedy, Elena Grushina, David Lidington, Yulia Barsukova, and Doug Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Yvette Cooper ranks 1,063. Before her are Jyri Kjäll, Lev Grossman, Patric Kjellberg, Fredrik Lööf, Gert-Jan Segers, and Maarten den Bakker. After her are Josef Beránek, Takanori Kono, Ronald Fuentes, C. Michelle Olmstead, Vjekoslav Škrinjar, and Florencia Lozano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Yvette Cooper ranks 7,292 out of 8,785. Before her are Robin Atkin Downes (1976), Sophia Di Martino (1983), Lucie Silvas (1977), Tamsin Greig (1966), Darren Ferguson (1972), and Hannah Simone (1980). After her are Adrian Scarborough (1968), Chris Wilder (1967), Mike McFarlane (1960), David Lidington (1956), Ngarmpun Vejjajiva (1963), and Hannah New (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Yvette Cooper ranks 726. Before her are Mo Mowlam (1949), John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness (1955), Chris Grayling (1962), Jacqui Smith (1962), Rachel Reeves (1979), and Alan Duncan (1957). After her are David Lidington (1956), Eluned Morgan (1967), Damian Green (1956), Omar Abdullah (1970), Caroline Lucas (1960), and Arlene Foster (1970).

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