Rachel Hopkins

Rachel Louise Hopkins (born 30 March 1972) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South since the 2019 general election.[2] She has been on the Luton Borough Council since 2011 and served as the cabinet's executive member for public health.[3][4]

Rachel Hopkins

MP
Hopkins in 2019
Member of Parliament
for Luton South
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byGavin Shuker
Majority8,756 (20.8%)
Personal details
Born
Rachel Louise Hopkins

(1972-03-30) 30 March 1972[1]
Luton, England
Political partyLabour
FatherKelvin Hopkins
RelativesHarold Hopkins
(grandfather)

Early life and education

Hopkins was born in Luton and Dunstable University Hospital and raised in the area of Biscot. She attended Denbigh High School and then Luton Sixth Form College before going on to study at the University of Leicester. Her first full-time job was at TSB Bank. She later studied part-time for a master's degree from the University of Bedfordshire. She currently lives in High Town with her partner, Iain.[5]

Hopkins' father, Kelvin, was also a Labour Member of Parliament for the Luton North constituency between 1997 and 2019. Her grandfather, Harold, was a physicist.

Career

Hopkins previously worked at the Electoral Commission and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.[6] She has been a governor for Luton Sixth Form College since 2014.[5]

Hopkins has been on the Luton Borough Council since 2011 and served as the cabinet's executive member for public health.[3] On Friday 1 November, she was selected as the Labour candidate for the Luton South constituency. She was selected by a panel of four rather than by the local membership.[7][3]

Hopkins is considered to be on the left of the Labour party,[3] as her father was.[8] She is also known to have voted for Brexit, like her father, making her one of the few known Labour MPs (alongside Graham Stringer and John Cryer) to have voted for it.[9]

She won the 2019 United Kingdom general election for Luton South with 51.8% of the vote.[2] She is a member of Labour's Socialist Campaign Group.

On 15 October 2020, Hopkins resigned as PPS to Marsha de Cordova to vote against the proposed Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, disagreeing with the Labour whip to abstain.[10]

References
  1. "Members' Names Data Platform query". UK Parliament. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. "Luton South Parliamentary constituency". BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  3. Chappell, Elliott (2 November 2019). "Local councillor Rachel Hopkins selected in Luton South". Labour List. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. "CMIS > Councillors". democracy.luton.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. "Rachel Hopkins for Luton South". Labour Luton. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. "Class of 2019: Meet the new MPs". Politics Home. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. "Rachel Hopkins selected by Labour to fight for Luton South in general election". www.lutontoday.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  8. "Kelvin Hopkins: Electoral history and profile". The Guardian. 2 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  9. https://labourlist.org/2019/11/local-councillor-rachel-hopkins-selected-in-luton-south/
  10. Rodgers, Sienna (LabourList) (15 October 2020) https://labourlist.org/2020/10/35-labour-mps-break-whip-to-oppose-spycops-bill-as-seven-frontbenchers-quit/
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Gavin Shuker		 Member of Parliament for Luton South
2019–present		 Incumbent


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