Daisy Cooper was born on 29 October 1981 and is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for St Albans since 2019.
14 Facts About Daisy Cooper
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Daisy Cooper has served as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats since 2020, and as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care since 2021.
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Daisy Cooper was born in 1981 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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Daisy Cooper gained a Bachelor of Laws honours degree from Leeds University and a Master of Laws degree in public international law from Nottingham University, as well as a foundation certificate in psychotherapy and counselling.
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Daisy Cooper took part in the "Save the St Albans Pubs" campaign.
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Daisy Cooper was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Suffolk Coastal constituency in the 2010 general election, where she came second behind future cabinet minister Therese Coffey.
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Daisy Cooper stood for president of the Liberal Democrats in 2014, coming second to Sal Brinton.
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Daisy Cooper stood in the 2015 Lewes District Council election held on the same day; she was elected to represent the Lewes Bridge ward.
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Daisy Cooper was the Liberal Democrat candidate for St Albans in the 2017 general election, in which she came second.
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Daisy Cooper was elected as the first Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans in the 2019 general election, winning it from the incumbent Conservative MP, Anne Main, who had held the seat since 2005.
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Daisy Cooper is the first liberal MP to be elected to represent this constituency since a Liberal was returned in 1904.
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In January 2020, it was announced Daisy Cooper had been appointed as the party's justice, culture, media and sport spokesperson.
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In September 2020, Daisy Cooper was announced as the party's new deputy leader and education spokesperson.
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In May 2021, Daisy Cooper was a signatory to an open letter from Stylist magazine, alongside celebrities and other public figures, which called on the government to address what it described as an "epidemic of male violence" by funding an "ongoing, high-profile, expert-informed awareness campaign on men's violence against women and girls".