 Hooper was defeated in the 1984 election in the Merseyside West constituency.She was invested as a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2002 New Year's Honours and on 10 June 1985, she was created a life peer with the title Baroness Hooper, of Liverpool and St James's in the City of Westminster.She was created a Dame of the Order of St Gregory the Great.