Thérèse Anne Coffey is a British politician who has been Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 6 September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she previously served as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2019 to 2022.

After Amber Rudd resigned from Johnson’s Cabinet, Coffey was appointed to the post of Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in September 2019. After Johnson resigned in 2022, Coffey supported Liz Truss’s bid to become Conservative leader. Following Truss’s appointment as Prime Minister, she appointed Coffey as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Deputy Prime Minister.

Thérèse Coffey siblings: Meet her sister Clare Coffey

Thérèse Coffey and her sister Clare Coffey were born in Billinge, Lancashire, and they grew up in Liverpool. Thérèse Coffey believes in keeping work and pensions in the family. Since 2015 she has employed her sister Clare in her parliamentary office, funded by the taxpayer.

Coffey stood as a Conservative Party candidate for Wrexham at the 2005 general election. She came third with 6,079 votes (20% of the vote). In the European Parliament elections in June 2004, Coffey stood for election to the European Parliament for South East England. The Conservative Party won 35.2% of the vote, giving it four seats, but Coffey was seventh on the list in this proportional representation system, meaning that she was not elected.