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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
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 32 No vote 268–78
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No vote 255–128
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 No vote 264–125
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No vote 254–135
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Energy: original words stand part No 97–336
12 Nov 2025 Opposition Day: Taxes No 101–316
5 Nov 2025 Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 Aye 268–80
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 Aye 311–152
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B Aye 312–151
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B Aye 310–150
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B Aye 308–153
5 Nov 2025 Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1B Aye 310–155
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Welfare spending No 92–403
4 Nov 2025 Opposition day: Supporting high streets No 106–321
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill: Third Reading Aye 321–103
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20 No 182–311
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19 No 173–323
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 82–314
29 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 170–328
29 Oct 2025 European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion No 96–154
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: China spying case No vote 174–327
28 Oct 2025 Opposition Day: Stamp Duty Land Tax No vote 103–329
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 No 153–332
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 No 166–322
27 Oct 2025 Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No 165–323

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:

Money declared to them

3 donations accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £17,506 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
1 May 2026 Dr Beccy Cooper sitting MP Aid Alliance Company Non Cash Staff costs £5,010
12 Oct 2025 Dr Beccy Cooper sitting MP Global Health Partnerships Company Visit £2,337
6 Oct 2025 Dr Beccy Cooper sitting MP The British Society for Antimicrobial… Other Non Cash Staff costs £10k

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


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

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