Cooper is currently Shadow Home Secretary and also Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities and was elected as the representative for the Pontefract and Castleford constituency at the 1997 General Election, succeeding the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Geoff Lofthouse, who had retired.
Cooper is currently Shadow Home Secretary. Cooper is currently also Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities. Cooper was elected as the representative for the Pontefract and Castleford constituency at the 1997 General Election. Cooper was succeeding the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Geoff Lofthouse. The representative for the Pontefract and Castleford constituency at the 1997 General Election was succeeding the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. Geoff Lofthouse was the 1997 General Election. The representative for the Pontefract and Castleford constituency at the 1997 General Election had retired. Geoff Lofthouse was the 1997 General Election.