Thérèse Coffey
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Thérèse Anne Coffey (born 18 November 1971) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from September to October 2022 under Liz Truss.[1] She has also served as Environment Secretary, Health Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary. A member of the Conservative Party, Coffey has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal since 2010.
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Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Liz Truss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Dominic Raab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Dominic Raab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumed office 6 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | John Gummer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Majority | 20,533 (35.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Thérèse Anne Coffey (1971-11-18) 18 November 1971 (age 52) Wigan, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Somerville College, Oxford University College London (BSc, PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | theresecoffey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thesis | Structural and Reactivity Studies of Bis(imido) Complexes of Molybdenum (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coffey served under Prime Minister Theresa May as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2019, before serving under Prime Minister Boris Johnson as a Minister of State at the same department from July to September 2019. In September 2019, after Amber Rudd resigned from Johnson's cabinet, Coffey was appointed to the post of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
After Johnson resigned in 2022, Coffey supported Liz Truss's bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss's appointment as Prime Minister in September 2022, Coffey was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. After Truss resigned in October 2022, Coffey was appointed by Rishi Sunak as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. She resigned in November 2023.