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Luton South & South Bedfordshire

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Created in the 2023 boundary review, from parts of Luton South and South West Bedfordshire.

Dispatch
Apr 2026

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review. Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Luton, Caddington and Eaton Bray and Edlesborough. Population 122,959, notably young (median age 34 vs 41 nationally).

One of Labour's most loyal MPs, Rachel Hopkins has been using her platform to champion local causes in Luton South and South Bedfordshire -- most visibly securing step-free access at Luton Thameslink station after years of lobbying Network Rail and the Department for Transport, and launching a petition pressuring the council to enforce pavement parking laws on behalf of disabled and elderly constituents. Her single recorded rebel vote -- serving as a teller for a motion to hold proceedings in private, which was overwhelmingly defeated -- is a minor procedural footnote rather than a sign of dissent. She is, in all meaningful respects, a 99.8% party-line voter.

Her parliamentary engagement is strong: a 95% voting participation rate sits well above the Commons average, and she has made 205 contributions across 142 debates, with economy and jobs, social care, local government, and health dominating her speeches. Her voting profile shows consistent alignment with progressive taxation and workers' rights, and she has backed the government in every Lords ping-pong battle on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and Pension Schemes Bill. Where she diverges slightly from Labour colleagues is on assisted dying -- she is somewhat more resistant to both access provisions and safeguard frameworks than the party average -- and she has not once voted in line with pro-disability-benefits positions.

466
Commons votes
This parliament
£26k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
77.3k
Electorate
2024 GE

Votes more often than 99% of MPs.

Current Member of Parliament

Rachel Hopkins

Rachel Hopkins

Labour Party

Rachel Hopkins is the Labour MP for Luton South and South Bedfordshire, and has been an MP continually since 12 December 2019.

Notable Votes

A motion was put forward to hold the parliamentary session in private (behind closed doors), excluding the public and press. This was overwhelmingly rejected, keeping the proceedings open and transparent.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

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Voting at a Glance

A new constituency created in the 2023 boundary review. Won by Lab in its first election in 2024. Covers Luton, Caddington and Eaton Bray and Edlesborough. Population 122,959, notably young (median age 34 vs 41 nationally).

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Hopkins’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.482 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Hopkins has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Taxation
95
Economy
88
Employment
47
Crime & Policing
47
Education
41
Welfare and Benefits
30
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Motion to sit in private07 Mar 2025
Aye
§ 08The local picture.16 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
BarnfieldAmjid Ali1,551Liberal
BarnfieldDavid George Franks1,690Liberal
BarnfieldJeff Petts1,627Liberal
Beech HillJaved Iqbal Hussain2,127Labour P
Beech HillRehana Malik1,928Labour P
Beech HillRumi Chowdhury2,158Labour P
BiscotTahmina Saleem929Labour P
BiscotZanib Raja937Labour P
CaddingtonKevin Mark Collins1,043Conserva
CaddingtonVicky Malone1,394Independ
CentralFatima Begum626Labour P
CentralMohammed Yaqub Hanif447Labour P
Population (2021 Census)
122,959
Electorate 77,312 · 2024 register
Median income
£26,200
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
34.8%
England average 20.0%
Schools
46
28 primary · 5 secondary
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