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Daisy Cooper

Daisy Cooper is a British Liberal Democrat politician serving as the Member of Parliament for St Albans since 2019 and as the party's Deputy Leader since 2020.^[1]^[2] She holds the position of Liberal Democrats' spokesperson for the Treasury, focusing on economic policies aligned with the party's emphasis on fiscal responsibility and public investment.^[3] Elected in the 2019 general election, Cooper flipped the St Albans seat from the Conservatives, marking a significant gain for her party amid shifting voter priorities toward liberal values and local representation.^[4] In the 2024 general election, she was re-elected with a substantial majority, receiving 29,222 votes or 56.6% of the share in the constituency.^[5] Throughout her tenure, Cooper has prioritized constituent services, handling over 47,000 cases and delivering nearly 2,800 parliamentary interventions on issues including health services, environmental protection of local chalk streams from sewage pollution, and building safety cladding concerns.^[6] Her leadership role has involved advocating for Liberal Democrat policies on rejoining the European single market, increasing funding for public services, and addressing economic inequalities through targeted taxation reforms.^[2]

Early life and education

Upbringing and family influences

Daisy Cooper was born on 29 October 1981 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England.^[7] She grew up in Suffolk, which she has described as providing an average upbringing.^[8] Public details on her family remain limited, with her mother noted as an art teacher who focused on supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, potentially instilling early awareness of educational equity issues.^[9] No verified information is available on her father, siblings, or other specific early familial dynamics that shaped her pre-educational years.

Pre-parliamentary career

International affairs and advocacy work

Prior to entering politics, Cooper spent approximately ten years engaged in Commonwealth affairs, focusing on human rights advocacy in international contexts.^[2]^[10] At age 23, in 2004, she designed a specialized role centered on human rights within the Commonwealth and successfully secured funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support it.^[9] This initiative involved raising funds and organizing efforts to amplify the perspectives of developing countries in United Nations reform discussions.^[8] Her work extended to the Commonwealth Secretariat, where she campaigned against human rights abuses across member states.^[9] This included advocacy for LGBT+ rights in countries where such protections were limited or absent, emphasizing international pressure through diplomatic channels.^[2]^[10] Cooper also contributed to scholarly discourse on Commonwealth issues as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs.^[11] Transitioning toward non-governmental roles, Cooper joined Voluntary Service Overseas, an organization deploying volunteers to support development projects in over 20 countries, furthering her commitment to global human rights and capacity-building initiatives.^[12] These efforts underscored her early emphasis on empirical assessments of governance failures and causal links between institutional weaknesses and rights violations in Commonwealth nations.^[9]

Campaign organizations and roles

Prior to her election to Parliament, Cooper served as Joint Executive Director of Hacked Off, a UK pressure group established in response to the News International phone hacking scandal, from July 2015 onward.^[13] In this role, she managed operations and projects aimed at securing statutory implementation of the Leveson Inquiry's recommendations for independent press self-regulation, including protections for victims of press misconduct and safeguards against undue influence by media proprietors on regulators.^[14] The organization, supported by figures affected by hacking such as Hugh Grant and victims' families, lobbied cross-party for measures to enforce the inquiry's second part into unlawful media practices, though full implementation faced repeated government resistance.^[15] Cooper also worked for More United, a cross-party advocacy group founded in 2015 to fund and support candidates committed to evidence-based policies, human rights, and opposition to Brexit.^[16] Her contributions focused on electoral campaigns backing progressive parliamentary candidates through targeted donations and voter mobilization, with the group raising over £500,000 by 2017 to influence by-elections and general election outcomes.^[16] More United emphasized issues like environmental protection and social justice, operating independently of major parties while endorsing aligned independents and opposition figures.^[17]

Entry into politics

Initial political involvement

Cooper's initial alignment with the Liberal Democrats occurred through party activism, including her candidacy for the position of party president in 2014.^[18] In October 2016, party leader Tim Farron and president Sal Brinton appointed her as the Liberal Democrats' Candidate Diversity Champion, a role focused on enhancing diversity among prospective parliamentary candidates.^[19] Drawing from her prior work in international advocacy, Cooper positioned herself as a proponent of the party's internationalist orientation, emphasizing global engagement and human rights.^[10] Although not an elected representative at the time, she publicly criticized the Liberal Democrats' 2010 coalition agreement to raise university tuition fees, describing it as a betrayal of the party's pre-election commitment to oppose increases.^[20] In preparation for parliamentary candidacy, Cooper conducted local campaigning in the St Albans district, where her efforts inspired increased party membership and activism among residents.^[21]

2019 general election campaign

In the 2019 United Kingdom general election held on 12 December, Daisy Cooper stood as the Liberal Democrats' candidate for the St Albans constituency, a seat previously held by the Conservatives since 2005 but characterized by strong pro-Remain sentiment, with 72% of voters supporting Remain in the 2016 EU referendum.^[22] Cooper's campaign centered on the party's national pledge to revoke Article 50 and halt Brexit, positioning the Liberal Democrats as the primary anti-Brexit option in a constituency where national divisions over EU membership were acute, contrasting this with Conservative commitments to complete Brexit.^[23] She also highlighted Liberal Democrat promises to increase funding for the National Health Service by £8 billion annually, invest £7 billion in education including scrapping tuition fees, and address the climate emergency through measures like a frequent flyer levy and public ownership of energy networks.^[24] Locally, Cooper emphasized protecting St Albans' green spaces and opposing developments that could strain infrastructure, including resistance to Luton Airport expansion plans that threatened noise pollution and environmental impacts on Hertfordshire communities.^[25] Her advocacy background in international human rights and anti-poverty work was leveraged to appeal to voters seeking a candidate with proven commitment to evidence-based policy over partisan loyalty, particularly in a seat where tactical voting against Brexit was prevalent.^[26] The campaign involved intensive grassroots efforts, including door-to-door canvassing and public events underscoring contrasts between Liberal Democrat investments in public services and the perceived economic risks of Brexit.^[27] Cooper secured a decisive victory, gaining the seat for the Liberal Democrats with 28,867 votes (50.4% share), defeating the incumbent Conservative Anne Main who received 24,310 votes (42.4%), resulting in a majority of 4,557—flipping a competitive marginal in a national Conservative landslide.^[22] This outcome reflected Lib Dem gains in southern English Remain strongholds amid broader anti-Brexit tactical alignments, though the party's national vote share remained limited at 11.5%.^[28]

Parliamentary career

Legislative activities and key amendments

In 2020, Cooper tabled the initial amendment to the Fire Safety Bill aimed at shielding leaseholders from liability for cladding remediation costs arising from historical fire safety defects.^[29]^[30] This provision sought to prevent individual homeowners from bearing uncapped expenses for building-wide issues not of their making, though it faced government resistance and was not fully incorporated at the time.^[31] She continued advocacy during the subsequent Building Safety Bill debates in 2022, emphasizing legal protections for leaseholders against non-cladding fire risks like waking watches, and in January 2022 presented a private member's bill proposing a moratorium on freeholders enforcing such bills on leaseholders.^[30]^[32] During the committee stage of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in 2025, Cooper co-tabled new clause NC68 with Munira Wilson, requiring the Secretary of State to issue guidance within 12 months on admitting summer-born children (born 1 April to 31 August) holding education, health, and care (EHC) plans outside their normal age group.^[33] The amendment mandated a presumption of equitable consideration for parental requests compared to non-EHC cases, outlined objection processes for parents against age-group placements, and required consultation with parent representatives and special educational needs experts to balance child welfare with family input on developmental readiness.^[34] This addressed potential rigidities in school admissions that could override parental assessments of a child's maturity. Cooper has opposed the expansion of London Luton Airport through parliamentary questions and debates, arguing in February 2025 that approvals should await a national climate emissions framework, citing incompatibility with aviation growth limits recommended by the government's climate advisors.^[35] Following the government's April 2025 approval of the plan to increase capacity to 19 million passengers annually, she described it as a "travesty" overriding local planning inspectors' recommendations on noise, air quality, and emissions impacts.^[36] Her voting record reflects scrutiny of fiscal measures affecting public services; for instance, she opposed Conservative welfare cap extensions in 2021 that constrained NHS and social care funding, and consistently supported amendments for enhanced budget transparency and investment in frontline services over tax cuts for higher earners.^[37] In 2024-2025 divisions on fiscal rules, Cooper voted against Labour's initial framework for lacking safeguards against borrowing for non-productive spending, advocating instead for rules prioritizing debt reduction alongside public service restoration.^[38]

Select committee and parliamentary roles

As Liberal Democrats' Treasury spokesperson since September 2024, Cooper has engaged in parliamentary scrutiny of government fiscal policies, including delivering the party's official response to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement on 26 March 2025. In her response, she criticized the statement for failing to address economic growth stagnation, rising national insurance contributions burdening employers, and inadequate support for small businesses, arguing that the measures represented "a hammer blow to our economy" amid forecasts of subdued growth.^[39] She advocated alternatives such as taxing asset wealth over employment costs to fund public services without disincentivizing job creation.^[40] In this scrutiny capacity, Cooper has questioned the government's approach to welfare reforms and disability benefits, warning in March 2025 that proposed cuts risked harming vulnerable groups without effective pathways to employment, and urging investment in health and social care to reduce long-term fiscal pressures. Beyond fiscal oversight, Cooper serves as a parliamentary champion for Allergy UK, advocating for improved recognition and support for allergy sufferers, who face daily risks from the most common chronic condition in Europe.^[12] Through this role, she has highlighted the need for better access to diagnosis, treatment, and workplace accommodations, drawing on parliamentary platforms to press for policy enhancements in public health responses to allergies.^[41]

Party leadership and roles

Election as deputy leader

In September 2020, following Ed Davey's election as Liberal Democrats leader after the party's disappointing 2019 general election results, which left it with only 11 MPs, Daisy Cooper was elected deputy leader by her fellow Liberal Democrat MPs.^[42]^[43] The selection process involved a vote among the parliamentary party, reflecting the internal mechanism for filling the role, which supports the leader in party management and campaigning. No other candidates were publicly noted in contemporary reports, indicating a consensus choice amid the need to stabilize leadership after Jo Swinson's defeat.^[42] Cooper's platform for the role centered on strengthening the party's electoral infrastructure, with her pledging to develop a "winning campaign machine" to reverse recent fortunes and expand the party's reach.^[16] This emphasis aligned with her prior experience in advocacy and her status as a newly elected MP for St Albans in 2019, positioning her as a bridge between the party's activist base and parliamentary efforts.^[42] Her elevation contributed to a refreshed leadership duo focused on rebuilding credibility and organization, which laid groundwork for the party's subsequent recovery, including its record 72 seats in the July 2024 general election.^[44] This internal consolidation helped unify the reduced parliamentary group around proactive opposition strategies against the incumbent government.^[43]

Treasury spokesperson responsibilities

As the Liberal Democrats' Treasury spokesperson, Daisy Cooper has focused on scrutinizing government fiscal decisions and advancing party proposals for revenue generation and public investment, particularly in opposition to both Labour and Conservative approaches. In response to Labour's June 2025 Spending Review, she described it as a "missed opportunity" to address Conservative-era damage and deliver meaningful change, criticizing insufficient steps on social care funding and economic repair.^[45] ^[46] She has similarly highlighted ongoing failures in energy policy under both major parties, arguing that Conservative mismanagement inflated bills and Labour has not prioritized relief adequately.^[47] In September 2025, Cooper proposed a time-limited windfall tax on big banks' unexpected profits from elevated interest rates on reserves held at the Bank of England, estimated to raise approximately £7 billion annually while rates remain high.^[48] ^[49] The revenue would fund an Energy Security Bank to guarantee £2 billion in low-interest loans for households and businesses to install renewable energy systems, potentially reducing typical household bills by £500 per year through improved efficiency, while also supporting public services.^[50] ^[51] This initiative, unveiled at the Liberal Democrats' autumn conference in Bournemouth, positions the party as favoring targeted taxation on financial institutions over broader hikes on sectors like hospitality or agriculture.^[52] Cooper has critiqued the regulatory framework governing privatized entities like Royal Mail, calling for reforms to enforce service obligations amid declining standards. In July 2025, she joined colleagues in condemning Ofcom for permitting Royal Mail to drop second-class deliveries on certain days, arguing this undermines universal service commitments established post-privatization and requires stronger oversight to protect consumers and maintain infrastructure.^[53] ^[54] These positions underscore her emphasis on fiscal measures that prioritize green investment and public accountability over austerity or unfunded commitments seen in rival parties' platforms.^[55]

Political positions

Economic and fiscal views

Daisy Cooper has advocated for a time-limited windfall tax on excess profits of major banks, attributing these gains to higher interest rates rather than productive activity, with the revenue earmarked to establish an Energy Security Bank offering low-interest loans for households and businesses to install renewable energy technologies and reduce energy bills.^[48]^[50] This proposal, outlined in September 2025, aims to redirect bank windfalls toward public services and energy efficiency without broadly increasing taxes on smaller entities.^[49] Cooper has criticized post-coalition fiscal policies, including Conservative austerity measures and the 2010 tuition fee increase to £9,000 annually, which she described as a "battle that we lost" during the Liberal Democrats' coalition government, emphasizing that the party faced electoral consequences for such compromises.^[20] She prioritizes raising the income tax personal allowance as the "fairest way" to provide tax relief when public finances permit, opposing hikes in national insurance or fuel duties that burden working families and small businesses.^[56]^[57] In line with fiscal responsibility, Cooper supports borrowing for long-term public investments in infrastructure, green industries, and small business growth, while warning against unchecked government borrowing that signals economic mismanagement, as evidenced by her response to September 2025's record-high borrowing levels.^[58]^[38] She has called for ensuring the wealthiest contribute a "fair share" to fund public services, alongside reducing regulatory barriers to boost investment and tax revenues.^[59]^[60] Cooper has campaigned for the expansion of LGBT+ rights in Commonwealth countries, drawing on her pre-parliamentary experience in international affairs where she advocated for protections against discrimination and persecution based on sexual orientation.^[10]^[61] In her role as Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson from 2021 to 2024, Cooper emphasized bolstering NHS capacity through targeted recruitment, including support for migrant workers to address staffing shortages in care sectors, while criticizing government policies for underfunding and inefficiency.^[62]^[2] On immigration and asylum, Cooper has opposed stricter controls, voting against related government measures in 20 instances between 2020 and 2024, aligning with Liberal Democrat priorities for humane processing and integration over deterrence-focused reforms.^[37] As a self-described internationalist, Cooper has endorsed closer UK-EU cooperation, including support for summits to enhance trade and security ties post-Brexit, and signed early day motions calling for renewed diplomatic engagement.^[63]^[10] She has advocated robust UK support for Ukraine against Russian aggression, urging the use of frozen Russian assets—estimated at over £200 billion globally—to aid Ukraine's defense, in coordination with European allies rather than unilateral decisions by figures like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.^[64] Cooper has raised national security concerns over China's proposed "super-embassy" in London, describing it as a threat warranting opposition due to espionage risks and influence operations.^[65] Regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict, she has articulated the Liberal Democrats' opposition to Israel's military actions as rooted in internationalist and humanitarian commitments, emphasizing adherence to international law and calls for ceasefires.^[66]

Controversies and criticisms

Pre-MP policy disagreements

Prior to her election as MP for St Albans in 2019, Daisy Cooper worked as Campaigns Director for More United, a cross-party pressure group launched in 2015 to endorse and fund political candidates based on commitments to evidence-based policies addressing inequality, public services, and human rights.^[67]^[16] The organization's founding came amid widespread criticism of the 2010–2015 Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition's austerity program, which included spending cuts to welfare and public sectors; More United positioned itself as a counterforce by prioritizing accountability for votes on such measures over traditional party lines.^[68] Cooper's involvement highlighted her alignment with these anti-austerity sentiments, diverging from the Liberal Democrats' coalition-era compromises on fiscal restraint.^[69] Her pre-MP activism underscored an independent approach, as evidenced by public breaks from party decisions like the 2010 tuition fee increase enacted under the coalition, which she viewed as a betrayal of the Liberal Democrats' pre-election pledge to oppose any fee rises.^[70] This stance, taken as a non-MP, contributed to ongoing debates within and beyond the party about balancing principled consistency against loyalty to collective government decisions, though it also reflected broader activist pushback against the coalition's higher education reforms that tripled fees to £9,000 annually.

Public statements and interactions

In October 2025, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper publicly criticized Reform UK leader Nigel Farage for meeting with representatives of a U.S.-based pro-life organization, which had facilitated discussions with Trump administration officials on policy matters.^[71] Cooper described the engagement as evidence of Farage's alignment with "extremist" anti-abortion views, urging greater transparency and framing it as a threat to women's rights in the UK.^[72] Pro-life advocates and right-leaning commentators dismissed her response as an overreaction to a standard political consultation, accusing her of theatrical outrage to stoke partisan division rather than engaging substantive policy debate.^[71] On 15 October 2025, during Prime Minister's Questions, Cooper called for MI5 to investigate Elon Musk's alleged funding of legal fees for activist Tommy Robinson, whom she labeled a "far right racist hate preacher" currently facing counter-terrorism charges.^[73] She argued that Musk's actions via X (formerly Twitter) were "stoking far-right extremism" and posed a national security risk, pressing the Prime Minister to assess the "threat" posed by such support.^[74] The statement drew sharp backlash from free speech proponents and right-leaning outlets, who contended it exemplified authoritarian overreach by politicizing private financial aid for legal defense and undermining principles of open discourse; Robinson himself responded with profane dismissal, amplifying perceptions of Cooper's intervention as disproportionate.^[75] Cooper's advocacies on allergies—where she has highlighted the condition as Europe's most common chronic disease, affecting daily lives with risks of severe reactions—and education access, including pushes for better special educational needs support in Hertfordshire, have generally faced less contention.^[76]^[12]^[77] However, critics from conservative perspectives have contrasted these targeted efforts with what they view as expansive overreach in her humanitarian positions, such as equating pro-life outreach or legal funding with extremism, arguing that such rhetoric prioritizes ideological alarmism over nuanced threats and erodes public trust in institutional responses to genuine security issues.^[71]^[78]

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Born in 1981, Cooper was educated at the University of Leeds and the University of Nottingham. Before being elected to Parliament, she worked as Campaigns ...
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The Shattering of the Democratic Coalition - The Liberal Patriot
Nov 7, 2024 · The party is uncompetitive among white working-class voters and among voters in exurban, small town, and rural America. This puts them at a ...
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What are some reasons for the dislike towards the Liberal ... - Quora
Feb 14, 2024 · Without a doubt coalition government tarnished the Lib Dems fatally. Nick Clegg was seen as someone who sold out every principle and policy for ...
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[Solved] What is the controversy with Daisy Cooper in Liberal ...
Daisy Cooper, who was not an MP at the time, publicly disagreed with the party's decision to support the tuition fee increase. She argued that it was a betrayal ...
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Farage urged to explain anti-abortion links to meeting with Trump ...
Nigel Farage has been urged to explain why a US anti-abortion advocacy group helped arrange a meeting in London with Trump administration ...
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Call for MI5 probe into Elon Musk 'funding' Tommy Robinson legal fees
Oct 15, 2025 · Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, LibDem deputy leader Daisy Cooper called for MI5 to investigate Robinson's claim and argued ...
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Liberal Democrats call for MI5 to 'assess threat' posed by Elon Musk
Oct 15, 2025 · The Liberal Democrats in Westminster have called for an MI5 investigation into Elon Musk's alleged funding of Tommy Robinson's legal defence.
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Daisy Cooper called out Elon Musk for supporting Tommy Robinson ...
Oct 16, 2025 · Daisy Cooper called out Elon Musk for supporting Tommy Robinson and Robinson's expletive-laden response rather made the Lib Dem deputy ...
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Daisy Cooper MP on X: "Allergy is the most common chronic ...
Mar 4, 2024 · Allergy is the most common chronic disease in Europe, and those who suffer with allergies struggle daily with the fear of possible illness, ...Missing: UK patronage
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St Albans MP Daisy Cooper: Accessing special needs support
Dec 14, 2023 · St Albans MP Daisy Cooper talks about Ofsted's investigation into Hertfordshire's SEND system, which found 'widespread and/or systemic ...<|separator|>
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An absolute personal FAR LEFT ATTACK by DAISY COOPER on ...
Oct 16, 2025 · An absolute personal FAR LEFT ATTACK by DAISY COOPER on our very own FAR RIGHT TOMMY Slating our ELON for funding this court case haha ...