Rachel Hopkins MP: votes, interests and costs
Rachel Hopkins (Labour) is the MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, in the seat since 12 December 2019. The Members API lists the post of Assistant Whip from 22 July 2026.
Offices and committees
Rachel Hopkins holds this post, according to the Parliament Members API.
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Whip | Whips Office (Commons) | 22 July 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sporting Events Bill | 15 October 2026 | Current |
| Modernisation Committee | 8 December 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Defence) | Ministry of Defence | 22 July 2022 | 15 November 2023 |
| Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) | Cabinet Office | 4 December 2021 | 22 July 2022 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill | 15 January 2025 | 25 March 2025 |
| Armed Forces Commissioner Bill | 4 December 2024 | 12 December 2024 |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 20 November 2024 | 22 July 2026 |
| Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill | 15 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 |
| Prison Media Bill | 15 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 |
| Football Governance Bill | 8 May 2024 | 23 May 2024 |
| School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill | 24 April 2024 | 1 May 2024 |
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 7 February 2024 | 30 May 2024 |
| Justice Committee | 5 December 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Bill | 8 March 2023 | 15 March 2023 |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 1 November 2022 | 30 May 2024 |
| Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill | 2 December 2021 | 14 December 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 bd45a32a5727.
Register of interests
Rachel Hopkins has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 11 January 2020 and the latest on 9 March 2021. By category: Miscellaneous (1), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Unpaid Vice President of the LGA, which works with councils to support, promote and improve local government.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2020-12-30
- Date on which the interest ended: 2025-12-31
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Residential in Luton
- Location of the land or property: Luton
- A description of the property: house, used also for my partner's business
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Rachel Hopkins's 2024-25 staffing spend as £224,181 (budget £250,820). In 2023-24 it was £191,858. Office costs came to £19,365 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £224,180.98 | £191,857.55 | £176,442.01 |
| Office costs: spent | £19,365.12 | £15,075.68 | £20,045.18 |
| Accommodation: spent | £4,845.00 | £3,417.00 | £4,361.89 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £4,760.50 | £3,880.47 | £5,138.28 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £912.15 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Luton South and South Bedfordshire CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Chief of Staff (permanent full time), Office Manager/Senior Parl Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Researcher (fixed term part time), Constituency Support Manager (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant ×2 (permanent full time), Administrative Manager (permanent full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 593 votes by Rachel Hopkins in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 62 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 2 September 2026 to 21 October 2026. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was a No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 25 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Rachel Hopkins has tabled 12 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Department for Business and Trade; Home Office; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; and others.
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.
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 …
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)
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.
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.
Special Educational Needs: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Special Educational Need schools are eligible for split school site funding.
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)
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.
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will simplify the application form for Pension Credit.
Park Homes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for publishing a response to the report entitled The impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission, published in June 2022.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 28e2e2d0d234. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Rachel Hopkins.
2024 general election
Rachel Hopkins won Luton South and South Bedfordshire at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 13,593 votes (35.4%), a majority of 6,858 over Mark Versallion (Conservative). Result as published: Lab hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Luton South and South Bedfordshire figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.