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Beccy Cooper
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Rebecca Claire Cooper[1] is a British politician and public health consultant who has been the Member of Parliament for Worthing West since July 2024. She was leader of Worthing Borough Council from 2022 to 2024.
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Career
[edit]Cooper studied medicine at Sheffield Medical School, graduating in 2002. After working as a resident doctor at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and for the locum agency Medacs, she worked for the Christian children's charity World Vision International between 2006 and 2008. Cooper then chose to specialise in public health and completed a specialty training programme at the Oxford School for Public Health and became a consultant in 2014. She worked as a public health consultant for Oxfordshire County Council initially before moving to the healthcare technology firm Solutions4Health where she worked between 2015 and 2019. Cooper then worked for Swedish fintech company Milvik part-time till 2023 as a healthcare pathway and programme manager.[2][3]
A member of the Labour Party, Cooper became the first councillor for the party in Worthing Borough Council for over 40 years by winning the 2017 by-election for the Marine ward.[4] She became leader of the council in 2022 and chair of the Greater Brighton Economic Board between 2023 and 2024.[5][6] In 2024, she was elected as MP for Worthing West with a majority of 3,949 over incumbent Conservative MP and then-Father of the House Peter Bottomley. Cooper had previously contested the seat in 2017 and 2019.[7][8][9][10]
Cooper supports assisted suicide and voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in 2025, which proposes to legalise it in the UK.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Members Sworn". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 752. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Commons. 10 July 2024.
- ^ "Rebecca Cooper". LinkedIn.
- ^ "Rebecca Claire Cooper". General Medical Council.
- ^ Vowles, Neil (4 August 2017). "Labour's historic win in Worthing by-election". The Argus.
- ^ Nicholson, Savannah (5 July 2024). "Labour council leader takes long-held Tory seat". The Argus. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Creating a sustainable future for The Living Coast – the UK's only urban biosphere". Brighton & Hove City Council. 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Worthing West | General Election 2024". Sky News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Worthing West". UK Parliament.
- ^ "Worthing West". UK Parliament.
- ^ "Worthing West". UK Parliament.
- ^ Clarke, Seán (20 June 2025). "How did your MP vote on the assisted dying bill?". The Guardian.
- ^ Shastri-Hurst, Neil; Cooper, Beccy (15 May 2025). "We support the assisted dying bill because of our medical backgrounds, not despite them". PoliticsHome.
External links
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- Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
- Voting record at Public Whip
- Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
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