Rachel Hopkins | |||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Luton South and South Bedfordshire Luton South (2019–2024) | |||||||||
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Gavin Shuker | ||||||||
| Majority | 6,858 (17.9%) | ||||||||
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| Member of Luton Council | |||||||||
| In office 5 May 2011 – March 2021 | |||||||||
| Ward | Barnfield (2011–2019) High Town (2019–2021) | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Umme Ali | ||||||||
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| Born | Rachel Louise Hopkins 30 March 1972 Luton, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||
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| Relatives | Harold Hopkins (grandfather) | ||||||||
| Website | rachelhopkins | ||||||||
Rachel Louise Hopkins (born 30 March 1972)[1] is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, formerly Luton South, since 2019.[2]
Hopkins was a Member of Luton Borough Council from 2011 to 2021, on which she served as Executive Member for Public Health.[3][4] She served as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2023.
- ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ "Luton South Parliamentary constituency". BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Chappell, Elliott (2 November 2019). "Local councillor Rachel Hopkins selected in Luton South". Labour List. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "CMIS > Councillors". democracy.luton.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2019.