Andrew Cooper MP: votes, interests and costs
Andrew Cooper represents Mid Cheshire in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Andrew Cooper as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill | 21 January 2026 | Current |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 27 October 2025 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill | 15 September 2025 | 28 October 2025 |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 4 June 2025 | 4 June 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 771e4490143c.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Andrew Cooper when read on 27 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £130,998 for Andrew Cooper in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. Office costs came to £17,432 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £130,998.05 |
| Office costs: spent | £17,432.02 |
| Accommodation: spent | £24,247.42 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £7,465.91 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £31,549 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024, with an uplift to cover the cost of two dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Mid Cheshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Constituency Assistant (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Andrew Cooper is recorded voting in 575 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 59 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
The Written Questions API lists 219 written questions from Andrew Cooper since 4 July 2024. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Education; Department of Health and Social Care; Cabinet Office; Department for Work and Pensions; and others.
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the attainment gap between children on Free School Meals and their peers.
Health Services: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made on tackling gender health inequality in relation to a) the quality of maternity wards, b) wait times for gynaecology services and c) acknowledgement of severe menopause s …
Care Leavers: Mortality Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce mortality rates amongst young adults who have recently left the care system.
Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the development of AI being voluntarily slowed until the impact on job losses, cyber-security and RSI is fully assessed and the potential benefits of AI ar …
Employment: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to support more neurodivergent people into suitable employment.
Employment: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps have been taken to ensure staff at the National Careers Service and Jobcentre Plus can adequately support neurodivergent people.
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the wait time for (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment for patients with cancer.
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the current waitlist for Cancer patients awaiting treatment.
Housing: Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to ensure that solar panel installation can be scaled to cover new build properties.
Abnormal Loads
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the adequacy of current legislation relating to the accountability of corporate entities that benefit from transport operations involving (a) vehicles, (b) trailers or (c) load confi …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 66aee200389f. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Andrew Cooper.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Mid Cheshire returned Andrew Cooper with a majority of 8,927: 18,457 votes, 44.5% of those cast, against 9,530 for Charles Fifield. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Mid Cheshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.