Daisy Cooper

Cooper was born in 1981 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.[4] Before becoming an MP, Cooper worked in Commonwealth affairs, for VSO,[2] for the Hacked Off campaign for victims of press abuse, and for the cross-party group More United.[5] She took part in the "Save the St Albans Pubs" campaign. She also runs a local independent campaign group for rail users.[6]

Throughout her pre-Parliament 14 years working in international affairs, press reform and equalities, she has been credited with 'turning organisations around' and inspiring staff and volunteers to action. She served as Joint Executive Director at Hacked Off[7] where she project managed through a series of important political events, including the phone hacking trial. In her role as Commonwealth Advisory Bureau Director, [8] she campaigned for LGBT+ rights abroad, for action on war crimes in Sri Lanka and organised sabbaticals for two of the 'Zimbabwe 6' union activists falsely imprisoned and tortured.

Cooper was the Liberal Democrat candidate for Suffolk Coastal constituency in the 2010 general election, where she came second behind future cabinet minister Thérèse Coffey. She stood for president of the Liberal Democrats in 2014, coming second to Sal Brinton. During the campaign for the presidency, she declared her support for the group "Humanist and Secularist Liberal Democrats".[9] In the 2015 general election, Cooper stood in Mid Sussex where she came fourth, losing to Nicholas Soames. She was the Liberal Democrat candidate for St Albans in the 2017 general election, when she came second. In 2019 she ran Jo Swinson's leadership campaign.[5]

Cooper was elected as the first Liberal Democrat MP for St Albans in the 2019 general election, winning the seat from the Conservative MP, Anne Main, who had held the seat since 2005.[10][11][12][13] The Guardian named her as one of the ten new MPs from all political parties to 'watch out for'.[5] In January 2020, it was announced Cooper had been appointed as the party's justice, culture, media and sport spokesperson.[14] In June, she took part in a George Floyd protests in Verulamium Park where she gave a speech about police brutality.[15] In September 2020, Cooper was announced as the party's new deputy leader and education spokesperson.[16]

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