UK Parliament · member 420
Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
- Member for this seat since
- 1 May 1997
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Yvette Cooper, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Employment and earnings
- Writing a book - Conville and Walsh
- Payment received on 28 April 2026 - £758.06 (registered 14 May 2026)
- Payment received on 28 October 2025 - £643.01 (registered 5 November 2025)
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
- Barbara Follett - £2,350.00 (registered 21 October 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 174 recorded divisions where Yvette Cooper and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Yvette Cooper voted the same way as most voting Labour members 174 times (100.0%).
This compares Yvette Cooper with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
£384,608 across 23 reported donations from 6 distinct donor names, received from 1 January 2019 onward.
| Donor (as published) | Status | Donations | Total value | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPM Connect Limited (a company controlled by Peter Hearn) | Company | 14 | £235,317 | 2020-03-26 to 2023-11-27 |
| Mr Peter Hearn | Individual | 4 | £72,541 | 2019-06-22 to 2019-12-19 |
| Labour Together Limited | Company | 1 | £33,750 | 2024-01-11 |
| OPD Group Limited (a company controlled by Peter Hearn) | Company | 1 | £17,000 | 2024-03-07 |
| Anthony Doyle | Individual | 2 | £16,000 | 2022-05-27 to 2023-09-26 |
| Dr Anthony James Doyle | Individual | 1 | £10,000 | 2019-05-28 |
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £12,329 across 63 claim lines; 2024-25: £284,284 across 98 claim lines; 2023-24: £266,934 across 151 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 63 | £12,329 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 1 | £248,481 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 91 | £23,982 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 3 | £5,729 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 2 | £5,627 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £464 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 4 | £230,069 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 141 | £25,076 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 2 | £6,269 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 3 | £4,327 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £1,194 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — B&Q MARKETPLACE | £100 | Paid |
| 4 July 2020 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Landline — AMZNMKTPLACE | £100 | Paid |
| 9 March 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT.COM BUSINESS BP | £100 | Paid |
| 10 February 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT.COM BUSINESS BP | £100 | Paid |
| 11 January 2021 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT.COM BUSINESS BP | £100 | Paid |
| 15 December 2020 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — BT.COM BUSINESS BP | £100 | Paid |
| 7 August 2020 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - installation & equipment purchase | Landline — BT BILL PAYMENT 2 | £100 | Paid |
| 23 March 2021 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — SUMUP CASTLEFORD HER | £100 | Paid |
| 22 January 2018 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | Banner — January Banner invoice for stationery | £100 | Paid |
| 9 June 2016 | Office Costs · Computer HW Purchase | travel and office costs — AMAZON UK RETAIL AMAZON.C | £99 | Paid |
| 13 December 2010 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | 201012 office stationery — office stationery inv [***] | £99 | Paid |
| 16 December 2020 | Office Costs · Utilities | Electricity — SUMUP CASTLEFORD HERIT | £99 | Paid |
| 12 July 2012 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | 201207 office stationery — office stationery | £98 | Paid |
| 9 March 2023 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Computer, laptop, PC, tablet & accessories — AMAZON.CO.UK [***] | £98 | Paid |
| 31 March 2014 | Travel · Aggregated Travel Costs | Aggregated figure for travel during 2013-14 — Aggregated figure for travel during 2013-14 | £9,713 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Meetings recorded in departmental transparency returns
152 meetings recorded under this name as a minister in the quarterly returns of Home Office. The name in the department’s file matched exactly one member of the Commons, which is the only reason it is shown here.
| Date | Met | Purpose, as recorded | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2025 | Met Commissioner | To discuss Police matters, performance and finance | Home Office |
| 30 July 2025 | West Midlands Chief Constable | Discussion on Knife Crime | Home Office |
| 29 July 2025 | Warwickshire Chief Constable | Discussion on Sensitive Asylum Case | Home Office |
| 22 July 2025 | National Policing Board Stakeholders | Routine Roundtable Discussion on policing matters | Home Office |
| 17 July 2025 | Orgreave Campaigners | Roundtable discussion with Orgreave Campaigners and Representatives on inquiry | Home Office |
| 15 July 2025 | Community Security Trust | Meeting to discuss security of the UK Jewish Community, and the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant | Home Office |
| 10 July 2025 | EU Commissioner Mcgrath | European Migration Issues | Home Office |
| 8 July 2025 | International Organisation for Migration Director General | Discussion on International Migration | Home Office |
| 1 July 2025 | Interpol General Secretary | First Introduction with new INTERPOL General Secretary | Home Office |
| 19 June 2025 | Senior Representatives and Families of Met Police | Attending the Annual Memorial Service for members of the Metropolitan Police Service | Home Office |
| 13 June 2025 | West Yorkshire Police Representatives | Attending the West Yorkshire Police Awards | Home Office |
| 11 June 2025 | Victoria Newton, Editor, The Sun / James Slack, Deputy Editor | To discuss Safer Streets Initiative and Small Boat Crossings | Home Office |
Source: each department’s “ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings” return on GOV.UK (Open Government Licence v3), read by Civometry and listed under ministerial transparency. A recorded meeting establishes that the department published the line; it does not establish what was said or what followed. Every meeting is on the member’s graph page.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.