Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Labour
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
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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.
Pay & earnings · 2026
MP base salary
£29,586
/ £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date
· annual rate £93,904
Declared outside earnings
£0
0 registered interests published in 2026
Total (salary + chair + declared)
£29,586
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.
Constituencies represented
2024-07-04 → present
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
current
2010-05-06 → 2024-05-30
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
1997-05-01 → 2010-05-06
Pontefract and Castleford
Party history
1997-05-01 → present
Labour
current
Government posts
2025-09-05 → present
Foreign Secretary
2024-07-05 → 2025-09-05
Home Secretary
2009-06-06 → 2010-05-06
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
2008-01-24 → 2009-06-05
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
2007-06-28 → 2008-01-24
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing)
2006-05-05 → 2007-06-28
Minister of State (Department of Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
2005-05-10 → 2006-05-05
Minister of State (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Housing and Planning)
2003-06-13 → 2005-05-10
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) (Regeneration and Regional Developement)
2002-05-29 → 2003-06-13
Parliamentary Secretary (Lord Chancellor's Department)
1999-10-11 → 2002-05-28
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)
Opposition posts
2021-11-29 → 2024-05-30
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department
2011-01-20 → 2015-09-14
Shadow Home Secretary
2011-01-20 → 2013-10-07
Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) (Women and Equalities)
2010-10-08 → 2011-01-20
Shadow Foreign Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities
2010-05-12 → 2010-10-08
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Committee memberships
1997-07-14 → 1999-11-29
Education & Employment
2020-05-20 → 2021-12-15
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2017-11-06 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2016-10-19 → 2017-05-03
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2020-01-27 → 2021-12-01
Home Affairs Committee
Chair
+£15,928/yr
2017-07-12 → 2019-11-06
Home Affairs Committee
Chair
+£15,235/yr
2016-10-19 → 2017-05-03
Home Affairs Committee
Chair
+£15,025/yr
2020-05-11 → 2022-01-25
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2017-10-30 → 2019-11-06
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2016-11-28 → 2017-05-03
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
2019-02-13 → 2019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.
Contact
Parliamentary office
coopery@parliament.uk
020 7219 5080 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
020 7219 5080 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
coopery@parliament.uk
01977 553388 · Queen's Mill, Aire Street, Castleford, WF10 1JL
01977 553388 · Queen's Mill, Aire Street, Castleford, WF10 1JL
Website
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