Victoria Atkins

The Right Honourable

Victoria Atkins

MP
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Assumed office
5 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded bySteve Barclay
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office
8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byWes Streeting
Succeeded byEd Argar
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office
13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded bySteve Barclay
Succeeded byWes Streeting
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byAndrew Griffith
Succeeded byNigel Huddleston
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
In office
16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byLucy Frazer
Succeeded byStuart Andrew
Minister for Afghan Resettlement
In office
16 September 2021 – 8 March 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byRichard Harrington
Succeeded byThe Lord Harrington of Watford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding
In office
9 November 2017 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister
Preceded bySarah Newton
Succeeded byRachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women
In office
8 January 2018 – 13 February 2020
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byAnne Milton
Succeeded byThe Baroness Berridge
Member of Parliament
for Louth and Horncastle
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byPeter Tapsell
Majority5,506 (11.8%)
Personal details
Born
Victoria Mary Atkins

(1976-03-22) 22 March 1976 (age 50)
London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Paul Kenward
Children1
ParentsRobert Atkins (father)
EducationArnold School
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA)
Websitewww.victoriaatkins.org.uk Edit this at Wikidata

Victoria Mary Atkins (born 22 March 1976) is a British politician. She is a member of the Conservative Party.

Atkins was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle in Lincolnshire in 2015. She was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 to November 2023. Next, from 2023 to 2024, she was the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from 2023 to 2024. Before that,

Atkins is a Type 1 diabetic, and is married to the Managing Director of British Sugar.

Notes

  1. ↑ As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Syrian Refugees. Office vacant between 17 July 2016 and 16 September 2021.
  2. ↑ As Minister of State for Refugees.

References

  1. ↑ Jamieson, Sophie (29 April 2015). "Female MPs: Parliament's future front bench stars". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "About Victoria". Victoria Atkins MP. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Goodman, Paul (1 May 2015). "Cameron's Children: The next generation of Conservative MPs". ConservativeHome. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2020. Family: Married to Paul, the Managing Director of a food company and has one son, Monty
  4. ↑ "Louth & Horncastle". Election 2015. BBC News. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Victoria Atkins follows in her political parents' footsteps". Lancashire Post. 16 Nov 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2023.