Victoria Atkins

Victoria Atkins

MP
Victoria Atkins; MP
	Official portrait, 2023
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Steve Barclay
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Andrew Griffith
Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
	In office; 16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Lucy Frazer
Succeeded by	Stuart Andrew
Minister for Afghan Resettlement
	In office; 16 September 2021 – 8 March 2022
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Richard Harrington
Succeeded by	The Lord Harrington of Watford
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding
	In office; 9 November 2017 – 16 September 2021
Prime Minister	Theresa May; Boris Johnson;
Preceded by	Sarah Newton
Succeeded by	Rachel Maclean
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women
	In office; 8 January 2018 – 13 February 2020
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Anne Milton
Succeeded by	The Baroness Berridge
Member of Parliament; for Louth and Horncastle
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Sir Peter Tapsell
Majority	28,868 (55.2%)
Personal details
Born	22 March 1976 (age 48); London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Paul Kenward
Children	1
Parents	Robert Atkins (father)
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College,; Cambridge; Middle Temple
Website	victoriaatkins.org.uk

Victoria Mary Atkins (born 22 March 1976) is a British politician. She has been the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since November 2023. She was Financial Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 to November 2023. 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.^[4]

She is a Type 1 diabetic, and is married to the Managing Director of British Sugar.^[5]

Notes[change | change source]

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

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

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