Daisy Cooper | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats | |
| Assumed office 13 September 2020 | |
| Leader | Ed Davey |
| Preceded by | Ed Davey |
| Member of Parliament for St Albans | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Anne Main |
| Majority | 19,834 (38.4%) |
| Liberal Democrat portfolios | |
| 2020 | Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| 2020 | Justice |
| 2020–2021 | Education |
| 2021–2024 | Health, Wellbeing and Social Care |
| 2024–present | Treasury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1981[1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Political party | Liberal Democrats |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds[2] University of Nottingham[3] |
| Website | daisycooper |
Daisy Cooper (born 29 October 1981)[4] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Albans since 2019. She has served as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020, as well as the Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson since 2024.[5]
Cooper was previously the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care from October 2021 to September 2024, spokesperson for Education from September 2020 to October 2021, and the spokesperson for Justice and for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from January 2020 to September 2020.
- ^ "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Barbara Kasumu (31 July 2013). "One to watch: Why political campaigner Daisy Cooper is going places". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "The role and future of the Commonwealth". United Kingdom Parliament. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ "Lib Dems unveil new top team after election success". BBC News. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.