Next UK Defence Secretary in 2026?Yvette Cooper
ResolvedOutcome: No$10Kas of
Odds now
This market has resolved No. Final market pricing put YES at 0%, as of .
YES0¢
NO100¢
as of
What moved the odds?
14 AI-matched news signals on this market, newest first. Entry price is the called side when the news hit; the signed return marks it against the final price as of .
Yvette Cooper has been appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @dhscgovuk.
Yvette Cooper moves to health & social care. Pat McFadden stays at DWP.
Live: Yvette Cooper appointed Health Secretary
Live: Yvette Cooper becomes Health Secretary
Live: Yvette Cooper appointed health secretary
Live: Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary
LATEST: • • Yvette Cooper MP becomes Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. • • Pat McFadden remains as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
NEW: Yvette Cooper is the new Health Secretary • • Pat McFadden stays on at work and pensions
Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary. • • Pat McFadden stays in the welfare brief
Live: Yvette Cooper appointed health secretary - report
Yvette Cooper has been appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @dhscgovuk.
Yvette Cooper has been appointed as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @dhscgovuk.
BREAKING • • Yvette Cooper has become the new Health Secretary • • Pat McFadden has moved to DWP • • So where does that leave Wes Streeting? MOD?
Yvette Cooper is moving to MEDIA, CULTURE AND SPORT SECRETARY from Foreign Sec. • • Breaking news: Burnham Cabinet. • • @tomhfh @christopherhope
Where does the news lean?
3YES14NO0neutraltrailing 24h
Average match confidence across the listed signals: 94%.
Past moves on this market
Material odds moves (≥8 points within an hour of a matched news signal), newest first — each links to a dated brief on what moved the price.
How did this market resolve?
This market will resolve to the individual who is officially appointed as the next Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
To count for resolution, the individual must be officially appointed by the United Kingdom Monarch. Any interim or caretaker Defence Secretary will not count toward the resolution of this market.
If no such Defence Secretary is appointed, or Dan Jarvis is re-appointed as Defence Secretary, by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to “No next Defence Secretary in 2026”.
The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the Government of the United Kingdom; however, a consensus of credible reporting may also be used.
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