Yvette Cooper repay the money. After Labour were defeated at the 2010 general election, Cooper and her husband Ed Balls were both mentioned in the press as a potential leadership candidates when Gordon Brown resigned as Leader of the Labour Party. Before Balls announced his candidacy, he offered to stand aside if Cooper wanted to stand, but Cooper declined for the sake of their children, stating that it would not be the right time for her. She later topped the 2010 ballot for places in the Shadow Cabinet, and there was speculation that the newly elected Labour Leader Ed Miliband would appoint
Andrew Cooper, Baron Cooper of Windrush back John Major and the Conservative Party. Lord Cooper was educated at Reigate Grammar School, Reigate, Surrey, and at London School of Economics. He is married and has three daughters. Andrew Cooper, Baron Cooper of Windrush Andrew Timothy Cooper, Baron Cooper of Windrush (born 9 June 1963) is a British Conservative politician. Lord Cooper of Windrush is co-founder of the research and strategy consultancy Populus Ltd. He took a leave of absence from Populus to serve from March 2011 to October 2013 as Director of Strategy in the Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, where he was architect of then