The West Lancashire MP said it had been an “incredible privilege and honour” to serve her constituents for 17 years as she accepted the role of chair of Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. Mrs Cooper was the victim of a plot by neo-Nazi pedophile Jack Renshaw to kill the MP with a knife. “I have loved every minute, even in the hardest times,” Ms Cooper said in a statement released today. He added: “I appreciate that this will come as a surprise to many people who recently secured their re-election as West Lancashire Labor candidate for the next general election. This was prior to the recruitment process for the Mersey Care position. “The decision to apply for the role was made after a significant period of soul-searching and reflection. The events I have faced in recent years are well documented and have undoubtedly taken their toll.” In 2018, Jack Renshaw, then 23, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, admitted planning to kill Ms Cooper for “white jihad” and threatening to kill police officer Victoria Henderson. Rosie Cooper said the events of recent years have ‘taken their toll’ Renshaw was jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years at the Old Bailey in 2019. The judge told him during sentencing: “Your twisted view of history and current politics has led you to believe it is okay to demonize groups simply because they are different from you.” The judge praised the “dignity and bravery” shown by Ms Cooper and Detective Constable Henderson, adding: “They show the true public spirit and public interest which motivated their work. You haven’t beaten them.” Jack Renshaw at National Action Rally (Average PA) Renshaw planned to carry out a “politically and racially motivated murder” in support of National Action, the court heard. He denied being a member of the group. Renshaw told the team that he would have taken people hostage and then asked DC Henderson to come to the scene before killing her. Ms Cooper, originally a Liberal Democrat, was previously chairman of Liverpool Women’s Hospital and a trustee of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. The statement did not detail the timing of Ms Cooper’s retirement as an MP, having recently secured re-election to stand in her constituency as Labour’s candidate for the next general election. He was re-elected in 2019 by a majority of 8,336, winning 52 percent of the vote.
