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Rachel Hopkins

Rachel Hopkins

Labour MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Rachel Hopkins is the Labour MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

Message

Seat status

Safe

Majority size

6,858

Recent swing

-13.2% Labour

Party

Labour

Top donors:

No registered donations

SUPPORTED

Voted for Draft Public Order Act 2023 (I...

Motion passed, 301-110

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OPPOSED

Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

Motion failed, 172-334

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OPPOSED

Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee

Motion failed, 181-335

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Where Rachel fits into things

Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Rachel Hopkins

Rachel Hopkins

Member of Parliament

Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Surgeries

Monthly in-person, occasional online

Examples of successful citizen influence

  • Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
  • Local campaign prompting a public statement

Pressure that tends to influence

  • High volume constituent contact
  • Media attention on local issues
  • Cross-party committee pressure

Committees

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
  • Modernisation Committee