Thérèse Coffey

**Dame Thérèse Anne Coffey** (born 18 November 1971) is a British politician who was the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 25 October 2022 until 13 November 2023. She was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 6 September to 25 October 2022. She was the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2019 to 2022. She is a member of the Conservative Party. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal from 2010 until losing her seat in the 2024.

## Other websites

- ThereseCoffeyMP.com  constituency website
- political blog

## Infobox (scientist)

- **embed**: yes
- **thesis title**: Structural and reactivity studies of Bis(imido) complexes of molybdenum
- **thesis url**: http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286225
- **thesis year**: 1998


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Dame Thérèse Coffey
- **image**: Thérèse Coffey Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2022
- **office**: Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- **primeminister**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start**: 25 October 2022
- **term end**: 13 November 2023
- **predecessor**: Ranil Jayawardena
- **successor**: Steve Barclay
- **office1**: Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **primeminister1**: Liz Truss
- **term start1**: 6 September 2022
- **term end1**: 25 October 2022
- **predecessor1**: Dominic Raab
- **successor1**: Dominic Raab
- **office2**: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- **primeminister2**: Liz Truss
- **term start2**: 6 September 2022
- **term end2**: 25 October 2022
- **predecessor2**: Steve Barclay
- **successor2**: Steve Barclay
- **office3**: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- **primeminister3**: Boris Johnson
- **term start3**: 8 September 2019
- **term end3**: 6 September 2022
- **predecessor3**: Amber Rudd
- **successor3**: Chloe Smith
- **office4**: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Minister of State for Environment and Rural Opportunity
- **term start4**: 17 July 2016
- **term end4**: 8 September 2019
- **predecessor4**: Rory Stewart
- **successor4**: Rebecca Pow
- **office5**: Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
- **term start5**: 11 May 2015
- **term end5**: 17 July 2016
- **primeminister5**: David Cameron
- **predecessor5**: Tom Brake
- **successor5**: Michael Ellis (British politician), Michael Ellis
- **office6**: Whip (politics), Assistant Government Whip
- **term start6**: 15 July 2014
- **term end6**: 8 May 2015
- **primeminister6**: David Cameron
- **predecessor6**: Amber Rudd
- **successor6**: Simon Kirby
- **office7**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency), Suffolk Coastal
- **majority7**: 20,533 (35.2%)
- **term start7**: 6 May 2010
- **predecessor7**: John Gummer
- **birth name**: Thérèse Anne Coffey
- **birth place**: St Helens, Merseyside, England
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **education**: Somerville College, Oxford (failed to complete)
University College London (Bachelor of Science, BSc, Doctor of Philosophy, PhD)