Yvette Cooper

Between front-bench careers, Cooper chaired the Home Affairs Committee from 2016 to 2021. Its 2018 inquiry exposed the Windrush scandal, in which long-settled Commonwealth citizens had been wrongly detained and deported, and contributed to Amber Rudd's resignation as Home Secretary over evidence on removal targets. The committee also pressed social media companies over hate content. She later returned to the cabinet, so the committee years are easy to overlook.