Yvette Cooper
MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
Active: 1997–present
Biography
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 Foreign Secretary.
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Parliamentary terms
MP — since 1 May 1997
Election history
2024 General Election — 17,089 votes (47.5%)
2019 General Election — 18,297 votes (37.9%)
2017 General Election — 29,268 votes (59.5%)
2015 General Election — 25,213 votes (54.9%)
2010 General Election — 22,293 votes (48.2%)
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