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Yvette Cooper

Labour MP for Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, since 1 May 1997

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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.

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Scorecard

29.6% Attendance In the least-present tenth of MPs who vote
170 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
405 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
4 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1006 Debates spoken in 189 written questions tabled

Ranked 622 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No 74–323
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 No 104–391
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 164–311
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 144–244
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 No vote 135–258
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 No vote 143–249
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 No vote 85–317
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion No vote 233–94
16 Jun 2026 Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 No vote 262–86
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No vote 162–246
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 No vote 151–258
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 No vote 77–255
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival No vote 24–37
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading No vote 278–149
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 No vote 155–279
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 No vote 167–266
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 No vote 77–271
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 No vote 356–86
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No vote 157–287
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No vote 94–297
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 No vote 90–290
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No 145–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 65–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No 81–266
3 Jun 2026 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 302–155

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

1. Employment and earnings

Payment: £758.06 For additional sales of a book already published.
Received on: 28 April 2026. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 14 May 2026)

On the register since 19 May 2026

Payment: £643.01 For additional sales of a book already published
Received on: 28 October 2025. Hours: no hours entered.
(Registered 5 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

Role, work or services: Writing a book
Payer: Conville and Walsh (literary agent), Haymarket House, London SW1Y 4SP

On the register since 28 May 2024

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Barbara Follett
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation for staff members during Labour Party conference, value £2,350
Date received: 27 September 2025 to 1 October 2025
Date accepted: 27 September 2025
Donor status: individual
(Registered 21 October 2025)

On the register since 7 Nov 2025

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Debates

1006 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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