Daisy Cooper

Daisy Cooper
Official portrait, 2019
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Assumed office
13 September 2020
LeaderEd Davey
Preceded byEd Davey
Member of Parliament
for St Albans
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byAnne Main
Majority19,834 (38.4%)
Liberal Democrat portfolios
2020Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
2020Justice
2020–2021Education
2021–2024Health, Wellbeing and Social Care
2024–presentTreasury
Personal details
Born (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 (age 43)[1]
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Alma materUniversity of Leeds[2]
University of Nottingham[3]
Websitedaisycooper.org.uk

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.

  1. ^ "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^ Barbara Kasumu (31 July 2013). "One to watch: Why political campaigner Daisy Cooper is going places". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ "The role and future of the Commonwealth". United Kingdom Parliament. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Lib Dems unveil new top team after election success". BBC News. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.