Victoria Atkins

Victoria Atkins
MP
Member of Parliament
for Louth and Horncastle
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded by Peter Tapsell
Majority 14,977 (29.8%)
Personal details
Born (1976-03-22) 22 March 1976
London, England
Political party Conservative
Children 1[1][2]
Alma mater Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge
Website victoriaatkins.org.uk

Victoria Mary Atkins (born 22 March 1976)[3] is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle since the May 2015 general election.[4]

Early life and career

Atkins is the daughter of Sir Robert Atkins, the former Conservative MP and MEP.

Atkins was educated at the Arnold School, a co-educational independent school in Blackpool in Lancashire, followed by Corpus Christi College at the University of Cambridge, where she studied Law. She was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1998.[5][6]

In 2012, she stood unsuccessfully in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections for Gloucestershire Constabulary.[7] Before her election as an MP, Atkins worked as a barrister in the field of fraud.[5][8]

Parliamentary career

Atkins was selected over three others in July 2014 as the Conservative candidate for Louth and Horncastle, at a meeting (referred to as an "Open Primary" by the party)[9] of around 200 local party members in Spilsby.[10][11] Former Prime Minister John Major, who supported her first parliamentary election campaign, has known her "since she was born".[12]

After becoming the MP for Louth and Horncastle at the 2015 general election, Atkins was appointed as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee in July 2015.[13]

Atkins was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[14]After the referendum, Atkins confirmed that she'd vote in favour of triggering Article 50 if the issue comes before Parliament. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "About Victoria". Victoria Atkins MP. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Goodman, Paul (1 May 2015). "Cameron's Children: The next generation of Conservative MPs". Conservative Home. Retrieved 15 September 2016. Family: Married to Paul, the Managing Director of a food company, and has one son, Monty.
  3. ↑ Jamieson, Sophie (29 April 2015). "Female MPs: Parliament's future front bench stars". The Daily Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 General Election results: Louth & Horncastle". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 Profile, telegraph.co.uk; accessed 10 May 2015.
  6. ↑ http://thebardirectory.co.uk/legalhub/app/init/signon?redirect=%252Flegalhub%252Fapp%252Fdocument%253Frs%253D%2526vr%253D%2526src%253Dri%2526docguid%253DI0368bd108bcb11dcaa9aaaaa0e13eb96%2526suppsrguid%253Di0ad69f8e000001553c04468a7519c4f0%2526spos%253D3%2526epos%253D3%2526td%253D841%2526ctype%253DThe%252520Bar%252520Directory%2526bctocguid%253DI07d24b008bc611dc8bbd8c0e07b9dd39%2526bchistory%253D5%253B6%253B%2526ststate%253DS%253BS%253BS%2526linktype%253Dref%2526querylink%253Dtrue%2526toc-search%253Dtrue&vr=&vr=1.0&wluk-usertype=&wluk-usertype=&rs=&rs=BOL1.0
  7. ↑ "Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire election results". BBC News. London: BBC. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Simmons, Richard, Meet the lawyers standing for Parliament, Lawyer 2B, 10 April 2015
  9. ↑ http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2014/07/victoria-atkins-wins-hard-fought-louth-and-horncastle-open-primary.html
  10. ↑ "Victoria Atkins named Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Louth and Horncastle after hard fought primary". Grimsby Telegraph. Grimsby: Local World. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Victoria Atkin selected as Conservative Party Primary candidate to succeed Sir Peter Tapsell". Louth Leader. Louth, Lincolnshire: Johnston Press. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Sir John Major visits to back Victoria Atkins in fight against UKIP's Colin Mair". Louth Leader. Louth, Lincolnshire: Johnston Press. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Home Affairs Committee: Committee membership announced". Parliament.UK. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  15. ↑ https://www.victoriaatkins.org.uk/news/victoria-atkins-mp-confirms-she-will-vote-favour-triggering-article-50-if-issue-comes
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Peter Tapsell		 Member of Parliament
for Louth and Horncastle
2015–present 		Incumbent
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