Official portrait of Dr Beccy Cooper

Dr Beccy Cooper

Labour MP for Worthing West, since 4 July 2024

Dr Beccy Cooper is the Labour MP for Worthing West, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Scorecard

73.9% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
425 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
150 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
10 Interests declared 2 at £5,000 or more
71 Debates spoken in 161 written questions tabled

Ranked 295 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division Aye 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No vote 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 369–102
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners No vote 115–0
6 Jul 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 Aye 394–85
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No 177–308
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No 173–282
1 Jul 2026 Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No 80–281
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division Aye 318–107
1 Jul 2026 Draft Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 322–107
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 Aye 330–93
24 Jun 2026 Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 Aye 329–94
24 Jun 2026 Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 Aye 332–94
24 Jun 2026 Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 deferred division Aye 323–160
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers No 112–283
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment Aye 294–110
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness No 108–307
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 No 171–322

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

£5,010

Name of donor: Aid Alliance
Address of donor: 50 Coller Road, Norwich, NR6 7FB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Services of a paid intern one day a week from 1 May to 30 November 2026 to support my work on global health, value £5,010
Date received: 1 May 2026 to 30 November 2026
Date accepted: 1 May 2026
Donor status: company, registration 16507092
(Registered 29 May 2026)

On the register since 3 Jun 2026

Name of donor: Aid Alliance
Address of donor: 50 Coller Road, Norwich, NR6 7FB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: The services of a paid intern for one day per week to support my work on global health, value £1,860
Date received: 19 January 2026 to 30 April 2026
Date accepted: 19 January 2026
Donor status: company, registration 16507092
(Registered 3 February 2026)

On the register since 1 Jun 2026

£10,158

Name of donor: The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Address of donor: 53 Regent Place, Birmingham B1 3NJ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Salary paid to two interns for one day a week. 8 hours per day at the Living Wage of £12.21 per hour, value £10,158.72
Date received: 6 October 2025 to 5 October 2026
Date accepted: 6 October 2025
Donor status: other (Charity)
(Registered 17 December 2025)

On the register since 9 Jan 2026

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Global Health Partnerships
Address of donor: 89-90 Paul Street, London EC2A 4NE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£1,319.32), accommodation (£603.00), food, visa, taxis (£410.00), value £2,337.32
Destination of visit: Kenya (Nairobi)
Dates of visit: 12 October 2025 to 17 October 2025
Purpose of visit: To participate in Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) Regional Conference, multi-stakeholder dialogues, site visits and related high-level meetings.
(Registered 25 November 2025)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Results UK
Address of donor: DC-207, Clarence Centre for Enterprise and Innovation, 6 St George's Circus, London SE1 6FE
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Estimate of probable value: Flights, hotel, travel to and from airport and meetings and subsistence, value £849.77
Destination of visit: Switzerland (Geneva)
Dates of visit: 8 October 2025 to 9 October 2025
Purpose of visit: Delegation of APPG Chairs to Geneva: Advancing UK Leadership in Global Health, Vaccines and Tuberculosis
(Registered 25 November 2025)

On the register since 2 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid Trustee of charity Action on Gambling (registered charity 1217653).
Date interest arose: 24 April 2026
(Registered 29 June 2026)

On the register since 30 Jun 2026

Treasurer and Member of Executive Committee of Tribune Group of Labour MPs. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 4 November 2025
(Registered 3 February 2026)

On the register since 24 Feb 2026

Trustee of the Royal Society of Public Health. This is an unpaid role.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

Membership of the British Medical Association.
(Registered 3 August 2024)

On the register since 16 Aug 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

71 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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