Thérèse Coffey

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Coffey
DBE PC
The Right Honourable The Baroness Coffey DBE PC
	Official portrait, 2022
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
Prime Minister
Cabinet offices; 2019–2023
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	In office; 25 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Ranil Jayawardena
Succeeded by	Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
	In office; 6 September 2022 – 25 October 2022
Prime Minister	Liz Truss
Preceded by	Steve Barclay
Succeeded by	Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
	In office; 8 September 2019 – 6 September 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Amber Rudd
Succeeded by	Chloe Smith
Prime Minister
Junior ministerial offices; 2014–2019
Minister of State for Environment and Rural Opportunity
	In office; 17 July 2016 – 8 September 2019
Prime Minister	Theresa May; Boris Johnson;
Preceded by	Rory Stewart
Succeeded by	Rebecca Pow
Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
	In office; 11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron; Theresa May;
Preceded by	Tom Brake
Succeeded by	Michael Ellis
Assistant Government Whip
	In office; 15 July 2014 – 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Amber Rudd
Succeeded by	Simon Kirby
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 January 2025; Life peerage
Member of Parliament; for Suffolk Coastal
	In office; 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	John Gummer
Succeeded by	Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Personal details
Born	Thérèse Anne Coffey; 18 November 1971; Wigan, Lancashire, England
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford (did not graduate); University College London (BSc, PhD);
Signature
Website	theresecoffey.co.uk
	Scientific career
Fields	Inorganic chemistry; organometallic chemistry;
Thesis	Structural and Reactivity Studies of Bis(imido) Complexes of Molybdenum (1998)
Doctoral advisor	Graeme Hogarth

Thérèse Anne Coffey, Baroness Coffey, DBE, PC (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. She also served as Environment Secretary, Health Secretary, and Work and Pensions Secretary. A member of the Conservative Party, Coffey was the member of Parliament (MP) for Suffolk Coastal from 2010 to 2024. She was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2025.

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 as 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 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. After resigning in November 2023, Coffey lost her seat in Parliament at the 2024 general election but was appointed the House of Lords later that year.