Dr Beccy Cooper MP: votes, interests and costs
Dr Beccy Cooper represents Worthing West in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Dr Beccy Cooper sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Health and Social Care Committee | 21 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco and Vapes Bill | 18 December 2024 | 30 January 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 04e34a7895d3.
Register of interests
Dr Beccy Cooper has 11 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 3 August 2024 and the latest on 10 September 2026. By category: Miscellaneous (5), Visits outside the UK (3), Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP (3). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
International visit to Uganda between 27 July 2026 and 31 July 2026
- Purpose of the visit: Visiting healthcare facilities and heath systems as Chair of the Global Health and Security APPG
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-07-27
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-07-31
Unpaid Trustee of charity Action on Gambling (registered charity 1217653).
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2026-04-24
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Aid Alliance - £5,010.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Services of a paid intern one day a week from 1 May to 30 November 2026 to support my work on global health
- Value of the benefit: £5,010.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-05-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-05-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-11-30
- Name of the donor: Aid Alliance
Treasurer and Member of Executive Committee of Tribune Group of Labour MPs. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2025-11-04
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Aid Alliance - £1,860.00
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: The services of a paid intern for one day per week to support my work on global health
- Value of the benefit: £1,860.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-19
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-19
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-04-30
- Name of the donor: Aid Alliance
The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - £10,158.72
- How the donation was received: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Salary paid to two interns for one day a week. 8 hours per day at the Living Wage of £12.21 per hour
- Value of the benefit: £10,158.72
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2025-10-06
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2025-10-06
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-10-05
- Name of the donor: The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
International visit to Switzerland between 08 October 2025 and 09 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: Delegation of APPG Chairs to Geneva: Advancing UK Leadership in Global Health, Vaccines and Tuberculosis
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-08
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-09
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Global Health and Security APPG; AMR APPG
International visit to Kenya between 12 October 2025 and 17 October 2025
- Purpose of the visit: To participate in Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) Regional Conference, multi-stakeholder dialogues, site visits and related high-level meetings.
- Date Member left the UK: 2025-10-12
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2025-10-17
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Global Health and Security
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health.
- The type of interest: Other
Membership of the British Medical Association.
- The type of interest: Other
Trustee of the Royal Society of Public Health. This is an unpaid role.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
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 £179,223 for Dr Beccy Cooper in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £26,345 in the same year. 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 | £179,223.43 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,344.71 |
| Accommodation: spent | £22,819.31 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £6,759.64 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £24,633 (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 outside 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: Worthing West CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Caseworker ×3 (permanent part time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Senior Policy Researcher (permanent part time), Office Manager (permanent part time), Constituency Support Officer (permanent part time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Researcher (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Dr Beccy Cooper voted in the House of Commons: 467 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 50 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Dr Beccy Cooper voted 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
Since 4 July 2024, 168 written questions have been tabled by Dr Beccy Cooper, the parliamentary record shows. The latest 10 were addressed to Department of Health and Social Care, Treasury, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and 1 other departments.
Dental Services: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the process for challenging historic NHS dental Penalty Charge Notices and refunding penalties is robust and efficient.
NHS Business Services Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the status of the NHS Business Services Authority as an arm’s-length body of the Ministry means in respect of (a) ministerial accountability, (b) operational independence and (c) financial ove …
Dental Services: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place to scrutinise the NHS Business Services Authority’s processes for issuing, enforcing, reviewing and refunding NHS dental Penalty Charge Notices.
Dental Services: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the practice of historic NHS dental Penalty Charge Notices.
Credit: Regulation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Ministry is taking to ensure FCA-authorised lenders are accountable for representations made by their introducer networks.
Occupied Territories: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Israel regarding the detention and release of medical personnel in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
NHS: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of treating conditions (a) caused and (b) exacerbated by (i) tobacco, (ii) alcohol and (iii) drug use.
Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider taking steps to increase protections for private renters during the process of moving between tenancies, including in relation to tenancy references and the r …
Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on private renters of letting agents and landlords declining to provide tenancy references until a tenant has served notice on …
Alcoholic Drinks: Delivery Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of alcohol delivery services on (a) consumption and (b) public health.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 37c00feaf1fd. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Dr Beccy Cooper.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Worthing West returned Dr Beccy Cooper with a majority of 3,949: 20,519 votes, 40.2% of those cast, against 16,570 for Peter Bottomley. Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Worthing West 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.