Yvette Cooper

TheyWorkForYou: Cooper 'almost always voted against stronger laws and enforcement of immigration rules' — 2 for, 21 against, 3 absences (2015–2024). She 'tended to vote against a stricter asylum system' (10 for, 23 against). As shadow home secretary she mocked Rwanda as a £400 million farce. As Home Secretary she wrote to Kigali, repealed the legal architecture, and substituted a returns deal with France that moved a rounding error of the flow. Starmer replaced her with Shabana Mahmood on 5 September 2025 after a summer of hotel protests and another high boat year. She then took the Foreign Office and championed staying in the ECHR.

PM so weak he's lost control of the asylum system, border security & the whole Tory Party.

What they did

1. 2015–2024

   The voting record

   Against NABA, against IMA, against Rwanda, against making it easier to strip citizenship from the dangerous. This is not a handful of rebel votes. It is the career.

2. 22 Jul 2024

   Letter to Rwanda

   Told Parliament she had 'informed the Rwandan Government that we will be ending the migration and economic development partnership.'

3. 2025

   Border Security Act

   Piloted the bill that repealed the Rwanda Act. Voted for it (TheyWorkForYou: 3 votes for in 2025 on that bill).

4. 5 Sep 2025

   Moved

   Replaced at the Home Office after crossings stayed high and hotels stayed open. As Foreign Secretary in May 2026 she hailed an ECHR 'modernised interpretation' declaration as proof Britain should stay in.

How they voted

Blocked it / opened it means they voted against tighter rules, or for the Human Rights Act. Backed it means they voted for a tightening bill.

Sources: TheyWorkForYou Cooper home-affairs record; Hansard 22 Jul 2024; Full Fact