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Rachel Hopkins

Labour Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting record

8
Voted for
0
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Rachel Hopkins’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Whip meter Estimate 89%

How often Rachel Hopkins voted the same way as most of the Labour party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted Aye at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Rachel Hopkins currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Assistant Whip — Whips Office (Commons) — since 2026-07-22 Government
Previously held
Shadow Minister (Defence) — Ministry of Defence (2022-07-22 to 2023-11-15) Shadow
Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office) — Cabinet Office (2021-12-04 to 2022-07-22) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Rachel Hopkins →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (house, used also for my partner's business)
Number of properties: 1
Location: Luton
(Registered 11 January 2020)

8. Miscellaneous

Unpaid Vice President of the LGA, which works with councils to support, promote and improve local government.
Date interest arose: 30 December 2020
Date interest ended: 31 December 2025
(Registered 9 March 2021; updated 2 February 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Rachel Hopkins yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Rachel Hopkins has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£268,181.58 paid out to or for Rachel Hopkins across 231 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Rachel Hopkins’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £224,619.58 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £27,527.50 (143 claims)
Accommodation — £11,274.00 (82 claims)
MP Travel — £4,183.00 (1 claim)
Staff Travel — £577.50 (2 claims)
Most recent claims
Hotel - London — £162.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [200013613-13049]
Hotel - London — £174.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [200013613-13046]
Hotel - London — £131.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [200013613-150]
Hotel - London — £162.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [200013613-8202]
Hotel - London — £156.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [200013613-13048]
Hotel - London — £172.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [200013613-13047]
Hotel - London — £171.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [200013613-8203]
Hotel - London — £132.00, 2026-03-12 — [***] [***] [200013613-3756]

Every claim on file for Rachel Hopkins →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Rachel Hopkins — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Rachel Hopkins’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Rachel Hopkins is a listed officer of 1 All-Party Parliamentary Group on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Rachel Hopkins personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Rachel Hopkins is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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