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
Robert Cooper (Canadian politician) Robert Cooper (Canadian politician) Robert Cooper (born September 13, 1858) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Welland in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1919 to 1923. He was born in Marshville, Wainfleet Township, Canada West, the son of David Cooper. Cooper was a cattle breeder. In 1879, he married Bertha Jane Crow. He was a director of the Maple Leaf Milling Company (later part of Maple Leaf Foods). Cooper served as a member of board for the Welland City Hospital, as chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners and as president of