18 Facts About Rachel Hopkins

Rachel Louise Hopkins was born on 30 March 1972 and is a British Labour politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, formerly Luton South, since 2019.

Rachel Hopkins served as Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office from 2021 to 2023.

Rachel Hopkins was born on 30 March 1972 in Luton and Dunstable University Hospital, Luton, and raised in Biscot.

Rachel Hopkins's grandfather, Harold, was a physicist twice nominated for a Nobel Prize.

Rachel Hopkins attended Denbigh High School and then Luton Sixth Form College, before going on to study at the University of Leicester.

Rachel Hopkins later studied part-time for a master's degree from the University of Bedfordshire.

Rachel Hopkins previously worked at the Electoral Commission and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

Rachel Hopkins has been a governor for Luton Sixth Form College since 2014.

Rachel Hopkins served on Luton Borough Council from May 2011 until her resignation in March 2021, and was Executive Member for Public Health on the council.

Rachel Hopkins was selected by a panel of four, rather than by the local membership.

Rachel Hopkins is considered to be on the left of the Labour Party, and joined the Socialist Campaign Group upon her election to Parliament.

Rachel Hopkins voted for Brexit in the 2016 EU referendum, making her one of the few known Labour MPs to have done so.

Rachel Hopkins was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary, Marsha de Cordova, in May 2020.

Rachel Hopkins resigned from the position to vote against the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill, rebelling against the Labour whip.

Rachel Hopkins became a PPS in May 2021, this time to Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey.

Rachel Hopkins was appointed as a Shadow Cabinet Office Minister in the December 2021 opposition front bench reshuffle.

Rachel Hopkins was appointed Shadow Minister for Veterans and Defence people in July 2022.

Rachel Hopkins is a co-sponsor of Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults Bill on assisted suicide.