Yvette Cooper

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 25: Labour leadership contender Ed Balls (C) arrives with his wife Yvette Cooper (L) and colleague Jim Knight (R) for the annual Labour Party Conference on September 25, 2010 in Manchester, England. Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, David Miliband, Diane Abbott and Andy Burnham are all fighting for the leadership of Labour after Gordon Brown stepped down after the general election defeat.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Former Education Secretary Ed Balls (R) listens to his wife, the former Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper, deliver a speech to delegates on the second day of the Labour party conference at Manchester Central on September 27, 2010 in Manchester, England. David Miliband rallied the party faithful and declared that 'Ed's a great leader' in his brother Ed Miliband.

Britain's opposition Labour Party's David Miliband (2nd L), Harriet Harman (C), Ed Balls (3rd R), Yvette Cooper (2nd R) and Sadiq Khan listen as their party's new Leader, Ed Miliband (L), addresses delegates on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference, in Manchester, north-west England, on September 28, 2010. New leader Ed Miliband set out his vision Tuesday for returning Britain's opposition Labour Party to power on Tuesday by making a break with the past of ex-prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Former Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper delivers a speech to delegates on the second day of the Labour party conference at Manchester Central on September 27, 2010 in Manchester, England. David Miliband rallied the party faithful and declared that 'Ed's a great leader' in his brother Ed Miliband.

LONDON - OCTOBER 12: Labour Party leader Ed Miliband (6R) holds his first shadow cabinet meeting at the House of Commons on October 12, 2010 in London, England. (Clockwise from left) Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Angela Eagle, Shadow Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills, John Denham Shadow, Secretary for Education and Election coordinator, Andy Burnham, Shadow Home Secretary, Ed Balls, Shadow Chancellor, Alan Johnson, Chief Whip, Rosie Winterton, Shadow Work and Pensions, Douglas Alexander, Shadow Communities and Local Government, Caroline Flint, Shadow Transport, Maria Eagle, Baroness Royall, Leader of the EPLP (Not full member of cabinet, attending when discussing European issues) Glenis Willmott, Chair of PLP, Tony Lloyd, Shadow Environment Food and Rural Affairs Mary Creagh, Shaun Woodward, Shadow Scotland Anne McKechin, Shadow Leader of House of Commons, Hilary Benn, Shadow Health John Healey, Shadow International Development, Harriet Harman, Labour Party Leader, Ed Miliband, Shadow Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, Shadow Secretary for Justice Sadiq Khan, Shadow Minister for Olympics, Tessa Jowell, Shadow Defence, Jim Murphy and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Liam Byrne. Ed Miliband beat his brother David to become the new leader of the Labour party on 25 September 2010. His shadow cabinet is made up of Harriet Harman, Deputy Leader and Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, Ed Balls, Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department and Alan Johnson, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer to name a few.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: Former Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper delivers a speech to delegates on the second day of the Labour party conference at Manchester Central on September 27, 2010 in Manchester, England. David Miliband rallied the party faithful and declared that 'Ed's a great leader' in his brother Ed Miliband.

Britian's opposition Labour Party's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Yvette Cooper, sits in the main hall at Manchester Central on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference, in Manchester, north-west England, on September 27, 2010.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Former Education Secretary Ed Balls and his wife, the former Work and Pensions Secretary, Yvette Cooper leave their hotel on the fifth day of the Labour party conference on September 30, 2010 in Manchester, England. Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour party, will deliver the closing speech to delegates later today where she is expected to describe the conference as being a 'rollercoaster of emotions'.

Britain's opposition Labour Party's Shadow Education Secretary, Ed Balls (L), and his wife, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Yvette Cooper, leave the secure area on the fifth day of the annual Labour Party conference, in Manchester, north-west England, on September 30, 2010.

Leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Ed Miliband (C), poses for a photograph as he chairs his party's first shadow cabinet meeting, attended by Shadow Olympics Secretary, Tessa Jowell (5th L), Shadow Justice Secretary, Sadiq Khan (6th L), Shadow Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper (8th L), Shadow Business Secretary, John Denham (5th R), Shadow Education Secretary, Andy Burnham (4th R), and Shadow Home Secretary, Ed Balls (R), in the House of Commons in London, on October 12, 2010.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Former Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper (C) watches her husband, the former Education Secretary Ed Balls deliver his speech on the fourth day of the Labour party conference on September 29, 2010 in Manchester, England. David Miliband, the brother of Labour leader Ed Miliband, has until 5pm today to decide whether to put himself forward for a role in the shadow Cabinet.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 30: Former Education Secretary Ed Balls and his wife, the former Work and Pensions Secretary, Yvette Cooper leave their hotel on the fifth day of the Labour party conference on September 30, 2010 in Manchester, England. Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour party, will deliver the closing speech to delegates later today where she is expected to describe the conference as being a 'rollercoaster of emotions'.

RAMALLAH - NOVEMBER 28: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a meeting with the British Shadow Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on November 29, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank.