Photo: House of Lords / photography by Roger Harris / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
I find Thérèse Coffey fascinating precisely because her path defies the usual political mould. A chemist and former financial analyst, she brought a quantitative, scientific mind into Westminster and then became the first female Deputy Prime Minister in British history under Liz Truss. The tenure was brief, but the milestone is not trivial. From Billinge to the laboratory to the near-summit of government is an unusually varied arc, and the Scorpio intensity seems to run through all of it. I respect people who refuse to fit a single label, and Coffey clearly does not.
Overview
Thérèse Anne Coffey, Baroness Coffey, (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. A member of the Conservative Party, she was the first female deputy prime minister in British history.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Thérèse Coffey
- Name (Japanese)
- テリーズ・コッフィー
- Reading
- てりーず・こっふぃー
- Born
- November 18, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Boar
- Origin
- Billinge, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- chemist / politician / financial analyst
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- St Edward's College
Awards & achievements
- 2024 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.