For the third year running, St Albans MP Daisy Cooper has featured in the Women in Westminster: The 100 list, celebrating the achievements of 100 women who have made a significant contribution to politics and public life during the year.
Daisy’s entry on this list recognises her strong voice on economic matters such as the cost of living and her long-standing campaigning to address the social care crisis.
In addition, Daisy was recognised for the role she has played supporting her fellow MPs following the party’s most successful General Election result ever in 2024.
Daisy said:
“It’s a huge honour to be included in the 2026 Women in Westminster list alongside other powerful women making a difference in public life, such as veteran MP and ‘Mother of the House’ Diane Abbott, former President of the NFU Minette Batters, disability campaigner and Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson and Carole Gould, co-founder of Killed Women.
“Representation matters, so it’s really important that the next generation of young girls – and boys – can see women of all backgrounds in every walk of life, but especially in public life, where women hold the powerful to account, or hold the highest offices of state themselves.
“I’m really honoured to be included in this year’s list and to have my work championing our local area recognised, alongside my efforts to put a human face on every decision taken in Westminster.
“I hope that reading about everything women are achieving in politics and public life will show women everywhere that their voice matters, and ensure young women know that – if they choose – a women’s place is most certainly in the House of Commons.”
Also on the list are fellow MPs like Wendy Chamberlain and Florence Eshalomi, members of the House of Lords like Tanni Grey-Thompson, government Ministers including the Chancellor and Home Secretary, leading political journalists like Laura Kuenssberg, senior civil servants, campaigners, and more.
The list aims to showcase the immense inputs so many women are making to public life every single day, and continue championing women’s representation.
The entry for Daisy reads:
On International Women’s Day last year, Daisy Cooper MP delivered a keynote speech urging more women to stand for public office. Her message was straightforward. “It is awesome being a woman in politics.”
Cooper is well-placed to make that judgment. Throughout 2025, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats has continued to build her profile with the public and strengthen her position as one of her party’s most senior and credible Westminster performers. She has combined her important party role with a Treasury spokesperson brief that has made her a central figure in a year dominated by debates around the economy, public services, and living standards.
Her authority in that role is underpinned by an unusually broad policy background. Before taking on the treasury portfolio, Cooper held briefs spanning education, justice, culture, and health and social care. That has given her a detailed understanding of how economic decisions play out at the sharp end of public service delivery. She has been a consistent and vocal advocate for reform in adult social care, including proposals for free personal care and better pay and status for care workers.
“Daisy Cooper has been direct and authentic in communications, principles, and conviction, not just standing for Liberal Democrat values, but as an influential humanitarian,” one nominator wrote. “In these uncertain times, her Liberal Democratic voice is much needed and highly valued.”
Alongside her external profile, nominators highlight the important internal role that Cooper has played in supporting new MPs, sharing practical lessons on scrutiny, campaigning, and parliamentary effectiveness. As a former local counselor, her approach to leadership remains rooted in localism and community engagement, shaping how she connects national policy to everyday experience.
“A born communicator,” another nominator said of Cooper, “Daisy is energetic, sassy, and approachable – a person who has not forgotten where she has come from.”
Daisy and her Liberal Democrat colleague Wendy Chamberlain MP who also featured on the list, attending the launch event in Parliament.