MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Rachel Hopkins is a Labour (Co-op) MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, first elected in December 2019. She currently serves on the Modernisation Committee (since December 2025) and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since November 2024). She has previously sat on the Justice Committee and a range of bills-related committees.
She votes with her party, recording 100% party loyalty, and her attendance at votes is 53%, higher than the party average of 33%. On policy issues, her record shows a tendency to support Universal Credit changes, while generally opposing tighter immigration and asylum controls, and opposing the Rwanda deportation scheme and harsher prison sentencing. Her voting record on VAT changes and NHS funding is mixed.
She has two declared financial interests: land and property (within or outside the UK) and miscellaneous.
Generated 21 February 2026
20 positions
Modernisation Committee
Since Dec 2025
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Since Nov 2024
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
Dec 2024 - Dec 2024
Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Prison Media Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Football Governance Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill
Apr 2024 - May 2024
Based on parliamentary votes
has generally voted against immigration controls
has voted a mixture of ways on universal credit
has generally voted against vat changes
has generally voted against asylum system
has voted a mixture of ways on trade union powers
has voted a mixture of ways on transgender rights
has generally voted against bus services regulation
has generally voted against rwanda deportation scheme
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading