Thérèse Coffey

Thérèse Coffey (2018)

Thérèse Anne Coffey (born November 18, 1971 in Billinge , Lancashire ) is a British Conservative Party politician who was first elected to the Suffolk Coastal constituency in the 2010 general election. She kept her seat in the two consecutive elections in 2015 and 2017 . Coffey has been Minister for Labor and Pensions since her appointment in September 2019 . She followed Amber Rudd .

biography

Early life and career

Coffey was born on November 18, 1971 in Billinge and grew up in Liverpool . She attended Somerville College , Oxford and then University College London , where she received her PhD in chemistry in 1998 .

Coffey was the Conservative Party candidate for Wrexham constituency in Wales in the 2005 general election . With 6079 votes (20% of the vote) she came third.

In the June 2004 elections to the European Parliament , Coffey ran for election to the European Parliament for the region of south-east England . The Conservative Party won 35.2% of the vote and received four seats, but Coffey was seventh on this proportional representation system , which means she was not elected.

In the next European elections in 2009 , Coffey lived in Andover , Hampshire ; she missed a seat in the European Parliament election for the Southeast region. The Conservative Party won 34.79% of the vote and received four seats, but it was fifth on the party list.

Parliamentary career

After being selected as a Conservative candidate for the Suffolk Coastal constituency on February 6, 2010 , Coffey moved from Hampshire to Westleton . David Miller, vice chairman of the local Liberal Democrats , asked questions about the status of her residency there, claiming that "the address Ms. Coffey currently resides at is a vacation rental" with reference to her Westleton residence.

In the general election on May 6, 2010 , she won the Suffolk Coastal seat, becoming the constituency's first female MP. Coffey received 25,475 votes (46.4% of the vote), an increase of 1.8% over John Gummer's 2005 campaign .

On July 6, 2011, she defended Rebekah Brooks for the News of the World’s involvement in the news media hacking scandal. She said that a witch hunt was developing against Brooks and that Brooks was just the editor of the paper at the time, which was insufficient evidence against her. Coffey became a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Special Committee of the Commission to Investigate the Hacking Scandal in 2012. In that committee, she declined to support all motions criticizing Rupert and James Murdoch , but later joined the majority of her party who voted for exemplary damage that is a standard consequence to prevent press offenses.

Coffey was a member of the Committee on Culture, Media and Sport from July 2010 to October 2012 when she was named Michael Fallon's Parliamentary Private Secretary . In July 2014, she was appointed Assistant Government Whip . On May 11, 2015, she was appointed Vice Chairwoman of the House of Commons . In the lower house she sits on the environmental audit committee and previously worked on the committee for culture, media and sport.

On September 8, 2019, the day after Amber Rudd resigned , Thérèse Coffey was nominated by Boris Johnson as Minister of Labor and Pensions .

Personal life

As an avid football fan, she supports Liverpool FC and demands a knighthood for Kenny Dalglish . She is an avid fan of the rock band Muse .

Web links

Commons : Thérèse Coffey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Conservative Party candidates for Euro elections | This is Kent. September 13, 2012, archived from the original on March 20, 2012 ; accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 2004 Election Candidates. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
3. ^ European elections 2009: South East region . May 26, 2009, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed September 8, 2019]).
4. ↑ Conservative Party candidates for Euro elections | This is Kent. September 13, 2012, archived from the original on March 20, 2012 ; accessed on September 8, 2019 . 
5. ^ Therese Coffey selected for Suffolk Coastal. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
6. ^ Graham Dines: Tory hits out in row over her home address. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
7. ↑ BBC News | Election 2010 | Constituency | Suffolk Coastal. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
8. ^ The Public Whip - Crime and Courts Bill - New Clause 21A - Press Regulation - Exemplary Damages - Mar 18, 2013 at 10:21 pm. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Dr Thérèse Coffey MP. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Thérèse Coffey. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Thérèse Coffey MP - GOV.UK. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Dr Thérèse Coffey MP. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
13. ^ Jacob Jarvis: "Boris Johnson appoints Therese Coffey as Amber Rudd's replacement as Work and Pensions Secretary" standard.co.uk of September 8, 2019
14. ^ Commons call for Kenny Dalglish knighthood. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
15. ^ House of Commons Hansard Debates for 30 Jan 2014 (pt 0001). Retrieved September 8, 2019 .