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Rosie Cooper
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'''Rosemary Elizabeth 'Rosie' Cooper''' (born
5 September 1950) is a
United Kingdom British politician. She is the
Labour Party (UK) Labour Member of Parliament for
Lancashire West (UK Parliament constituency) West Lancashire.
Rosie Cooper was born in
Liverpool, the daughter of
deaf parents, she was educated locally, initially at the
Oswald of Worcester St Oswald's Roman Catholic primary education Primary School and the Bellerive
Convent Grammar School in The
Dingle, Liverpool Dingle. She then attended the
University of Liverpool. She was elected, aged 22, to the
Liverpool City Council as a
Liberal Party (UK) Liberal councillor in
1973, and in
1992 became the
Mayors in the United Kingdom#Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts Lord Mayor of Liverpool, she stood down from the city council in
2000. She originally worked for a company called W. Cooper Ltd
1973-
1980 before joining
Littlewoods initially as a buyer, when in
1994 she became the
public relations manager and then, in
1995, the group corporate communications manager. She became a project coordinator in
1999 before she left Littlewoods in
2001, when she was appointed director at the
Merseyside Centre for the Deaf.
Rosie Cooper fought her first
Palace of Westminster Westminster campaign at the
United Kingdom general election, 1983 1983 General Election when she was selected to contest the safe Labour seat of
Liverpool Garston (UK Parliament constituency) Liverpool Garston where she finished in third place more than 14,000 votes behind the winner Eddie Loyden. She contested the
List of UK by-elections#49th Parliament (1983-1987) 1986 Knowsley North by-election caused by the resignation to become a
television presenter of the Labour MP
Robert Kilroy-Silk. She did not win the by-election, that honour went to
George Howarth who won the seat by a clear margin of 6,724, and she did not do much better when she contested the seat again a few months later at the
United Kingdom general election, 1987 1987 General Election finishing 21,098 votes behind Howarth. At the
United Kingdom general election, 1992 1992 General Election, now a
Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrat, she was back in her native Liverpool, coming second at Liverpool Broadgreen 7,027 votes behind Labour's
Jane Kennedy (politician) Jane Kennedy, but ahead of the former deselected Labour MP Terry Fields.
She joined the Labour Party and contested the
European Parliament elections in
2004 in the North West Region. She became the party's candidate in the Lancashire West constituency at the
United Kingdom general election, 2005 2005 General Election following the retirement of the sitting MP
Colin Pickthall. Rosie Cooper was elected to the
British House of Commons House of Commons at her fifth attempt with a majority of 6,084, and remains the MP there. She made her
maiden speech on
May 24,
2005. [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm050524/debtext/50524-15.htm#50524-15_spnew1]
Since her election she has been a member of the
Northern Ireland Office Northern Ireland Select Committee, and is campaigning locally against the merger of the
Southport and
Ormskirk hospitals.
External links
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The Labour Party - Rosie Cooper MP official biography
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Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Rosie Cooper MP
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TheyWorkForYou.com - Rosie Cooper MP
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