Mid Cheshire / data
Andrew Cooper · Labour Party · sitting since 04 Jul 2024 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
659days
from 04 Jul 2024
Divisions
471
of 504 possible
Attendance
93%
33 absent / paired
Whip alignment
100%
vs party majority
Speeches
175
74 debates
Written Qs
180
173 answered
Committees
1
memberships
Expenses
£180k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 179 claims
Interests
0
Register
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 97 | |
| Economy | 92 | |
| Employment | 52 | |
| Crime & Policing | 43 | |
| Education | 41 | |
| Welfare and Benefits | 30 | |
| Constitution and Democracy | 29 | |
| Pensions | 23 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Economy Jobs | 30 | 9,417 |
| Social Care | 21 | 5,727 |
| Local Government | 21 | 5,389 |
| Education | 11 | 3,388 |
| Health | 15 | 3,258 |
| Transport | 9 | 3,248 |
| Defence | 7 | 2,744 |
| Utilities | 3 | 2,312 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
No notable votes recorded for this MP yet.
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government CommitteeI thank my hon. Friend for her statement and for her leadership of the Select Committee during this inquiry. I would like to start by commending Cheshire West and Chester council f… HousingSocial CareLocal Government | 304 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1154)The Government have not included a recommendation for a minimum percentage of new build homes that should comply with M4(3), although in the London plan they are requiring 10%. Do … | 49 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1154)Does that apply to utilities as well, so United Utilities versus Thames Water versus Severn Trent? | 16 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1154)This is just a quick question to you, Richard. The NHBC provides road and sewer bonds to developers to potentially cover the costs of completing construction, should the developer … | 114 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1154)Chloe, the Government have said that their proposal will ensure that the necessary level of accessible housing is provided, while giving local authorities the flexibility to maximi… | 53 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1154)My questions are to do with the accessibility of new homes now. The part M building regulations came in in 2010. The previous Government had a commitment that all new homes would m… | 91 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1154)I am Andrew Cooper, the Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire. | 11 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Southport InquiryI join the Home Secretary in commending the bravery of victims in coming forward to give evidence to this inquiry. We owe it to them to make this a turning point and to make certai… CrimeSocial CareHealth | 106 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1681)Minister, I would like to push you a bit further on the issue of 40 years. You described how there is a range of views on that. You will have heard Lord Gove’s evidence to the Comm… | 86 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1681)I am Andrew Cooper, the Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire. | 11 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1681)Okay. Do the timescales for that align with those for this Parliament? Is it likely that those recommendations will be delivered in time for you to get an Act passed before the end… | 36 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1681)Is that separate? Is that going to be delivered in this Parliament as well? | 14 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1681)I want to move on to the Law Commission’s recommendations. As you will be aware, Minister, the Law Commission produced a series of reports between 2020 and 2021 around enfranchisem… | 63 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1681)Well, perhaps you could tell us now. | 7 |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1681)My question was going to be: what do you think has changed? What new evidence has emerged? | 17 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Social Care | 39 | 21.7% |
| Department for Education | 25 | 13.9% |
| Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | 22 | 12.2% |
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 15 | 8.3% |
| Treasury | 11 | 6.1% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 11 | 6.1% |
| Department for Transport | 11 | 6.1% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 10 | 5.6% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the use of the N9M protocol; and if she will issue guidance on its vulnerabilities to foreign actors acces… | Pending |
| 17 Apr 2026 | Department for Science, Innovation and Technology | To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a national safety standard for Human Form Recognition AI technology used on (a) mobile plan… | Pending |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the effectiveness of artificial intelligence-led safety systems in reducing workplace fatalities in the (a)… | Pending |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Home Office | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the implementation of the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023; and what steps she is taking to support rural businesses in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency… | Pending |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Department for Work and Pensions | To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consult with industry leaders in the safety-tech sector to develop a unified data standard for the reporting of safety near-misses captured by Human Form Recognition AI-enabled… | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of dietitians required to adequately support obesity, diabetes and malnutrition services in community healthcare settings in England. | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which professional groups are currently included in NHS clinical pathways for patients prescribed weight loss medications; and what guidance his Department has issued on clinical ove… | Pending |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the adoption of (a) advanced safety technology and (b) Human Form Recognition systems on agricultural machinery to reduc… | Answered |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of agricultural machinery accidents on the rural economy; and if she will consider including AI-driven safety equipm… | Answered |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Department for Transport | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for lifting HS2 safeguarding directions affecting the Mid Cheshire constituency. | Answered |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission national training to support the workforce delivering Children and Young People’s Eating Disorder Services. | Answered |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Department of Health and Social Care | To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) completeness and (b) quality of data collected on waiting times to access adult community eating disorder services. | Answered |
| 02 Feb 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of converting short-term tenancies into periodic tenancies on the number of tenancies required to make anniversary calculations for Stamp Duty Land… | Answered |
| 08 Dec 2025 | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward sanctions relating to human rights violations and abuses in Eritrea. | Answered |
| 02 Dec 2025 | Department for Culture, Media and Sport | To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has (a) made an assessment of the current classification of deaf sport within UK sporting-funding frameworks, (b) what consideration her Department has given to the dis… | Answered |
E · Committees
| Committee | Role | House | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing, Communities and Local Government CommitteeSelect | Member | Commons | 27 Oct 2025 | present |
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | 32 | 24,247 | 13.5% |
| Office Costs | 136 | 17,432 | 9.7% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 6,449 | 3.6% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 742 | 0.4% |
| Staffing | 0 | 130,998 | 72.7% |
| Dependant Travel | 0 | 275 | 0.2% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent | Accommodation | 10 | 21,197 |
| Rent | Office Costs | 10 | 6,222 |
| Equipment - purchase | Office Costs | 9 | 3,027 |
| Pooled staffing services | Office Costs | 1 | 3,000 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 13 | 2,229 |
| Hotel - London | Accommodation | 2 | 1,235 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 78 | 1,154 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 12 | 1,042 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 5 | 697 |
| Utilities | Office Costs | 2 | 638 |
| Equipment - hire | Office Costs | 1 | 342 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 7 | 324 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2025 | Accommodation Rent | Rent | 3,000 | Paid |
| 01 Apr 2025 | Office Costs Rent | Rent | 700 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -700 | Paid |
| 31 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Rent | 2024-25 [***] rent pro-rata | -2,803 | Paid |
| 28 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | TIMETASTIC [200011725-9698] | 10 | Paid |
| 27 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Newspapers, journals, magazines | NORTHWICHGUA ONLINE [200011725-9084] | 23 | Paid |
| 22 Mar 2025 | Accommodation Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 32 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 229 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 21 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 19 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 6 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Mobile telephone - contract & usage | LYCAMOBILE [200011725-8774] | 5 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 3 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 2 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 2 | Paid |
| 20 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 1 | Paid |
| 14 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Maintenance, Redecorations & Repairs | Staff keys cut for constituency office gate padlock, filler and paint brush to repair office wall following removal of whiteboard | 20 | Paid |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Internet | 42 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | LAND REGISTRY ECOM CCC [200011725-6118] | 14 | Paid |
| 07 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | LAND REGISTRY ECOM CCC [200011725-6117] | 7 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
No financial interests declared by this MP.
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 12 wards, 19 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davenham Moulton Kingsmead | Dan Marr | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,289 | 04 May 2023 |
| Davenham Moulton Kingsmead | Gaynor Jean Sinar | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,220 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hartford Greenbank | Martin David Loftus | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,223 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hartford Greenbank | Patricia Parkes | Conservative and Unionist Party | 1,203 | 04 May 2023 |
| Middlewich | Carol Bulman | Labour Party | 1,088 | 04 May 2023 |
| Middlewich | Garnet Marshall | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,084 | 04 May 2023 |
| Middlewich | John Malcolm Bird | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 1,078 | 04 May 2023 |
| Northwich Leftwich | Rachel Waterman | Labour Party | 978 | 04 Jul 2024 |
| Northwich Winnington Castle | Arthur Leslie Neil | Labour Party | 947 | 04 May 2023 |
| Northwich Winnington Castle | Felicity Laura Janet Davies | Labour Party | 853 | 04 May 2023 |
| Northwich Witton | Sam Naylor | Labour Party | 592 | 04 May 2023 |
| Rudheath | Olwyn Denise Dean | Labour Party | 553 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winsford Dene | Mandy Clare | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 499 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winsford Gravel | Martin David Beveridge | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 441 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winsford Over Verdin | Gina Lewis | Labour Party | 996 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winsford Over Verdin | Stuart John Bingham | Labour Party | 1,037 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winsford Over Verdin | Tommy Blackmore | Labour Party | 1,061 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winsford Swanlow | Simon Laurence Boone | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 485 | 04 May 2023 |
| Winsford Wharton | Nathan Pardoe | Labour Party | 444 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 90,110 | Electorate 70,384 (2024) |
| Median age | 41 | years |
| Degree-educated | 29.9% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 96.1% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 68.3% | households |
| Private-rented | 15.4% | households |
| Social-rented | 16.1% | households |
| Employment rate | 60.8% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.