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COOPER, Rt Hon Yvette |
Normanton Pontefract & Castleford |
Labour |
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Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010, for Pontefract and Castleford 1997-2010. Political career: Shadow Home Secretary since January 2011; Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities since October 2010; Shadow Foreign Secretary October 2010 - January 2011; Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2010; Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 2009-10; Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2008-09; Minister for Housing 2007-08; Minister for Housing and Planning 2005-07; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2003-05; Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellors Department 2002-03; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health 1999-2002. Special political interests: Unemployment, energy (coal industry), child poverty. Profession/Trade: Economic Adviser to John Smith; Policy Adviser to Bill Clinton, Presidential Campaign; Policy Adviser to Labour Treasury Team on Public Spending; Economic Columnist and Leader Writer, |
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2010 |
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2005 |
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| LAB HOLD |
Votes |
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+/- % |
Votes |
% |
| Labour |
22,293 |
48.2 |
-15.5 |
20,973 |
63.7 |
| Conservative |
11,314 |
24.5 |
7.1 |
5,727 |
17.4 |
| Lib Dem |
7,585 |
16.4 |
4.4 |
3,942 |
12.0 |
| BNP |
3,864 |
8.4 |
2.8 |
1,835 |
5.6 |
| Independent |
1,183 |
2.6 |
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| Majority |
10,979 |
23.7 |
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15,246 |
46.3 |
| Turnout |
46,239 |
56.2 |
2.9 |
32,947 |
53.3 |
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