About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Rachel Hopkins) represents you, and all of the people who live in Luton South and South Bedfordshire, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Entered the House of Commons on 13 December 2019 — General election

Also represented Luton South

Social Media

• @rachelhopkins.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Ministry of Defence
• Cabinet Office
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Education
• Veterans: Advisory Services
• Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
• Independent Review of UK Government Welfare Services for Veterans
• Question
• Cabinet Office: Discrimination

Currently held offices

• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission (since 20 Nov 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 25 Mar 2025)
• Member, Armed Forces Commissioner Bill ( 4 Dec 2024 to 12 Dec 2024)
• Member, Prison Media Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
• Member, Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
• Member, Football Governance Bill Committee ( 8 May 2024 to 23 May 2024)
• Member, School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
• Member, Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee ( 7 Feb 2024 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Justice Committee ( 5 Dec 2023 to 30 May 2024)
• Member, Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill ( 8 Mar 2023 to 15 Mar 2023)
• Member, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission ( 1 Nov 2022 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Defence) (22 Jul 2022 to 15 Nov 2023)
• Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) ( 4 Dec 2021 to 22 Jul 2022)
• Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee ( 2 Dec 2021 to 14 Dec 2021)
• Member, Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 7 Dec 2021)
• Member, Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill Committee (22 Sep 2021 to 27 Oct 2021)
• Member, Building Safety Bill Committee ( 9 Sep 2021 to 26 Oct 2021)
• Member, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 8 Feb 2022)
• Member, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 17 May 2022)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Armed Forces Commissioner Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (29 out of 29)
• Football Governance Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Licensing Hours Extensions Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Prison Media Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Skills and Post-16 Education Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Building Safety Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
• Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Education and Training (Welfare of Children) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Prayers - [Mr Speaker in the Chair] 16 May 2025

  I beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 163) and negatived.

• Gaza: UK Assessment 14 May 2025

  I thank the Minister for his often candid comments in this Chamber, but we will continue to come here and ask questions, since our constituents continue to be horrified—as we are—by the devastation that is playing out in Gaza. The UN has stated that action must be taken now to prevent genocide, so does the Minister understand that when our constituents hear a legal response, they remain...

• Gaza: UK Assessment 14 May 2025

  I thank the Minister for his often candid comments in this Chamber, but we will continue to come here and ask questions, since our constituents continue to be horrified—as we are—by the devastation that is playing out in Gaza. The UN has stated that action must be taken now to prevent genocide, so does the Minister understand that when our constituents hear a legal response, they remain...

More of Rachel Hopkins’s recent appearances

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