Victoria Atkins

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

The Right Honourable Victoria Atkins MP
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2024
Leader	Kemi Badenoch
Preceded by	Steve Barclay
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office 8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
Leader	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Wes Streeting
Succeeded by	Ed Argar
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In office 13 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Steve Barclay
Succeeded by	Wes Streeting
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 27 October 2022 – 13 November 2023
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak
Preceded by	Andrew Griffith
Succeeded by	Nigel Huddleston
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[a]
Succeeded by	The Lord Harrington of Watford[b]
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 Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Anne Milton
Succeeded by	The Baroness Berridge
Member of Parliament for Louth and Horncastle
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Peter Tapsell
Majority	5,506 (11.8%)
Personal details
Born	Victoria Mary Atkins (1976-03-22) 22 March 1976 (age 49)[1] London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Paul Kenward
Children	1[2][3]
Parents	Robert Atkins (father)
Education	Arnold School
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA)
Website	www.victoriaatkins.org.uk

Atkins was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle in Lincolnshire in 2015.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.