At a glanceRachel Hopkins is a Labour MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They have cast 550 votes in Commons divisions (96% attendance), tabled 748 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Rachel Hopkins did not vote in 24. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Modernisation Committee Committee since 8 Dec 2025
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Committee since 20 Nov 2024
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 12 Dec 2019
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Paul Davies
Labour
100.0% · 532 of 532 shared votes
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Tristan Osborne
Labour
100.0% · 528 of 528 shared votes
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Steve Yemm
Labour
100.0% · 527 of 527 shared votes
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Adam Thompson
Labour
100.0% · 522 of 522 shared votes
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Sir Mark Tami
Labour
100.0% · 519 of 519 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Roger Gale
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 332 shared votes
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Mr Mark Francois
Conservative
0.6% · 2 of 319 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 164 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.8% · 3 of 383 shared votes
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.8% · 2 of 242 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Land and property (within or outside the UK)1
- Residential in Luton (registered 11 Jan 2020)
Miscellaneous1
- Unpaid Vice President of the LGA, which works with councils to support, promote and improve local government. (registered 9 Mar 2021)
Written questions
Solar Power: Public Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his oral answer of 14 October 2025, Official Report, col 189, what plans he has to extend grants for solar panels on public buildings in non-Mayoral areas.
Answer · 6 Jan 2026
Great British Energy (GBE), intends to provide support to local authorities in delivering local and community energy projects across the UK, including in areas without Mayoral Combined Authorities. This will include consideration of targeted grants and fi...
Fireworks: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current pricing of licenses for the all-year storage and sale of fireworks of up to 2,000kg in content, in the context of the cost of the license havi
Answer · 15 Dec 2025
DBT has made no recent assessment as to the current pricing of licenses for storage and sale of fireworks. Section 7 (2) of the Fireworks Act 2003 contains the provision to set the fees for licensing of fireworks suppliers. Fees for fireworks storage is s...
Events Industry: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether financial resources will be made available to charities and voluntary groups organising public events in order for them to comply with the provisions of the Terrorism (Protection Of Premises)
Answer · 9 Dec 2025
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 will strengthen protective security and preparedness by requiring those responsible for certain premises and events, including those run by charities and voluntary groups, to consider how they would respond ...
High Rise Flats: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Remediation Acceleration Plan.
Answer · 7 Apr 2025
Progress has been made in many areas, such as identifying remaining buildings with unsafe cladding, making developer remediation progress information more accessible for public scrutiny, and increasing regulator funding to build and maintain their capacit...
Marriage: Humanism
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on legally binding humanist marriages in England and Wales.
Answer · 5 Feb 2025
I pay tribute to my Hon. Friend for her long-standing work in support of humanist issues, and I am aware that humanists have long been campaigning for legally binding humanist weddings. The Law Commission published a report on weddings in July 2022 contai...
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Special Educational Need schools are eligible for split school site funding.
Answer · 17 Dec 2024
This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.Special schools fo...
Social Security Benefits: Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of paying benefits on 24 December 2024 on (a) access to banking and (b) time available for Christmas shopping for (i) pensioners and (ii)
Answer · 12 Dec 2024
DWP pays benefits and pensions on the date a payment is due. DWP assesses the impact on benefit claimants and pensioners of interruptions to normal access to banking services. This year, 24 December 2024 is a normal banking day and so customers will be ab...
Spain: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department has offered to the Spanish government, in the context of recent floods in that country.
Answer · 11 Nov 2024
The Foreign Secretary and I were shocked and saddened to see the devastating scenes in Spain, and by the deaths and damage caused by heavy flooding. The Foreign Secretary has been in touch with the Foreign Minister of Spain to express the UK's condolences...
Early day motions
| 5 Jun 2023 | Luton Town Football Club, winners of the EFL Championship Play-Off 2022-23 | 9 sig. |
| 7 Dec 2020 | Government workers' pay | 41 sig. |
| 9 Mar 2020 | Matchgirls industrial action 1888 | 18 sig. |
| 23 Jan 2020 | Investing in social prescribing to improve public health | 31 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
7 Jul 2026 Human Rights in Kashmir
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford East (Imran Hussain) for securing this important debate. Luton South and South Bedfordshire is a vibrant and diverse area. We hav…
2 Jul 2026 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform: Managing Agents
I am glad to be able to contribute to this debate to give voice to a number of my constituents who have been suffering as a result of the feudal leasehold system for far too long. I thank the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Gov…
1 Jul 2026 Engagements
Q2. A good, safe and secure home is the foundation of everything, and access to a council home at social rent continues to be the biggest issue that my constituents get in touch with me about. However, under this Labour Government in 2…
24 Jun 2026 Engagements
Q10. Following last Friday’s train collision south of Bedford, the emergency response from Bedfordshire police, the British Transport police, Bedfordshire fire and rescue service, the East of England ambulance service, Magpas air ambula…
22 Jun 2026 East Midlands Railway Collision
Train drivers keep our country running and help contribute billions to our economy; they get people to work, to their holidays and to see their friends and family; and they deliver the food for our supermarkets and the materials to build o…
16 Jun 2026 Social Media Disinformation
Every single day a tidal wave of disinformation is being targeted at social media users in our country and around the world—and if we are in any doubt who is behind that wave of lies and fake images, we need only look at how much of it is …
16 Jun 2026 Social Media Disinformation
7. What diplomatic steps her Department is taking to help tackle the global spread of disinformation on social media.
10 Jun 2026 Belfast: Violent Disorder
The crime committed was horrific, and the violence in response has been appalling. Many of my constituents are deeply concerned at seeing what look like racially motivated attacks on families, and people in my community are feeling more sc…
9 Jun 2026 Middle East
I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement and the fourth package of sanctions against the groups supporting the extremist Israeli settlers. I also welcome the strengthened guidance that no UK businesses should have any financial or econo…
4 Jun 2026 Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy
I thank the Minister for his statement on enduring relationships for children in social care, and for his emphasis on the need for both elected politicians and officers in local authorities to be resilient in pushing this through. Will he …
4 Jun 2026 Business of the House
Obstructive pavement parking is a serious and dangerous issue in many areas in my constituency, particularly in the central areas of Luton. I am pleased that our new Labour leader on Luton council, Councillor Tahmina Saleem, has made tackl…
3 Jun 2026 Public Service Reform
Many of my constituents have close family ties to Northern Ireland, and understandably take an interest in health outcomes in Northern Ireland and in the United Kingdom as a whole. Does the Minister agree that when it comes to public healt…
3 Jun 2026 Public Service Reform
9. What steps he is taking to support public service reform in Northern Ireland.
19 May 2026 Energy Security
I am sorry but I am short on time, so I will continue. We have seen at first hand the devastating impact of exposure to volatile international gas markets, which caused major price rises after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The G…
19 May 2026 Energy Security
I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate on the Gracious Speech. I am proud that since our Labour Government took office in July 2024, we have introduced a number of policies to improve our country’s energy independence, and there…
14 May 2026 National Security
I thank the Minister for his statement on national security threats and the swift response to this heightened threat. The horrific recent increase we have seen in antisemitic attacks and acts of anti-Muslim hatred is causing understandable…
28 Apr 2026 Park Home Owners
I will carry on, I am afraid. When residents sell their homes, they have to pay up to 10% of the sale price to the site owner. That can amount to tens of thousands of pounds, with little clarity about what the payment covers. One constitue…
28 Apr 2026 Park Home Owners
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) on securing this important debate. Many of the issues he raised in his excellent speech affect a number of my c…
23 Apr 2026 Business of the House
Rural fly-tipping is a persistent problem across the villages in the South Bedfordshire part of my constituency, including Billington, Eaton Bray and Kensworth. I welcome the Government’s waste crime action plan and the additional £45 mill…
22 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes
I should declare that I have preserved benefits in the CSPS, and that I am a member of the PCS trade union. I thank the Minister for his decisive action in terminating the contract for the Royal Mail pension scheme, and for the ongoing …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow Minister (Defence) · Ministry of Defence 22 Jul 2022 – 15 Nov 2023
- Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) · Cabinet Office 4 Dec 2021 – 22 Jul 2022
Committee memberships
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 15 Jan 2025 – 25 Mar 2025
- Armed Forces Commissioner Bill 4 Dec 2024 – 12 Dec 2024
- Licensing Hours Extensions Bill 7 Feb 2024 – 30 May 2024
- Justice Committee 5 Dec 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 1 Nov 2022 – 30 May 2024
- Football Governance Bill 8 May 2024 – 23 May 2024
- Prison Media Bill 15 May 2024 – 22 May 2024
- Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill 15 May 2024 – 22 May 2024
- School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill 24 Apr 2024 – 1 May 2024
- Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill 8 Mar 2023 – 15 Mar 2023
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 17 May 2022
- Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 8 Feb 2022
- Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill 2 Dec 2021 – 14 Dec 2021
- Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill 24 Nov 2021 – 7 Dec 2021
- Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill 22 Sep 2021 – 27 Oct 2021
- Building Safety Bill 9 Sep 2021 – 26 Oct 2021
Previous seats
- Luton South · Elected 1 time 12 Dec 2019 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
0207 219 8424
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
Constituency office
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Rachel Hopkins, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Rachel Hopkins?
Rachel Hopkins is a Member of Parliament representing Luton South and South Bedfordshire in the House of Commons. See Rachel Hopkins's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Rachel Hopkins represent?
Rachel Hopkins sits as Labour. See Rachel Hopkins's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Rachel Hopkins represent?
Rachel Hopkins is the Member of Parliament for Luton South and South Bedfordshire. See Rachel Hopkins's official Parliament profile.
How long has Rachel Hopkins been an MP?
Rachel Hopkins has served in the House of Commons for 6 years, 7 months. See Rachel Hopkins's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Rachel Hopkins?
Rachel Hopkins has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Rachel Hopkins's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.