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Victoria Atkins was born on 22 March, 1976 in London, England, is a British politician (born 1976). Discover Victoria Atkins's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?

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Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 22 March 1976
Birthday 22 March
Birthplace London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Her husband is Paul Kenward

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1924

It is a safe Conservative seat; all areas of it have been continuously held by the party since 1924.

The retiring MP was Sir Peter Tapsell, who at that time was Father of the House of Commons, having served the area for nearly 50 years in addition to his previous Parliamentary service.

Former Prime Minister John Major (who first entered the House of Commons at the same time as her father) supported her first parliamentary election campaign, and has known her "since she was in nappies".

1976

Victoria Mary Atkins (born 22 March 1976) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since November 2023.

She previously served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 to November 2023.

Victoria Mary Atkins was born on 22 March 1976 in London.

She is the daughter of Sir Robert Atkins, a former Conservative MP and MEP, and Lady (Dulcie) Atkins, a Conservative councillor and mayor.

She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of three.

Atkins was privately educated at the Arnold School, a co-educational independent school in Blackpool in Lancashire, and read law at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

1998

Atkins was called to the bar (Middle Temple) in 1998.

She worked as a barrister in the field of fraud in London.

2010

In 2010, Atkins was shortlisted for the safe seat of Salisbury, eventually losing out to John Glen, who was elected MP for the seat.

2012

In November 2012, she stood unsuccessfully in the first ever Police and Crime Commissioner elections for the Gloucestershire Constabulary area.

Although she garnered the most first preference votes, she lost to former police superintendent Martin Surl (an independent candidate) when second preferences were counted.

2014

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) of around 200 local party members in Spilsby.

2015

A member of the Conservative Party, she was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle in Lincolnshire in 2015.

Prior to her political career, she worked as a barrister specialising in the field of fraud.

Atkins is the daughter of long-time Conservative MP Robert Atkins.

For the 2015 election, she was on the shortlist for the Tonbridge and Malling seat, along with Edward Argar, Chris Philp, and Tom Tugendhat.

Tugendhat won the selection; Atkins and her other opponents were selected for seats elsewhere in time for the same election.

Atkins was elected as the MP for Louth and Horncastle at the 2015 general election, winning 51.2% of the vote and with a majority of 14,977 votes.

After being elected, Atkins was appointed as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee in July 2015.

2016

Atkins supported the UK remaining within the EU prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum, but consistently voted in favour of a referendum being held.

2017

She was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding at the Home Office in November 2017 by Prime Minister Theresa May.

After the referendum, she voted in favour of triggering Article 50 in February 2017.

In the 2017 general election, she retained the seat with 63.9% of the votes and an increased majority, of 19,641.

In June 2017, Atkins was appointed as a junior minister.

Following Priti Patel's resignation as International Development Secretary, she replaced Sarah Newton as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism in the Home Office.

In the House of Commons she has sat on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill (Joint Committee) and the Home Affairs Committee.

2018

In April 2018, Atkins said she did not know the number of police officers in the country during an 'awkward' interview with Nick Ferrari on the LBC radio station.

Ferrari informed her that the number was 123,142.

This followed the leak of a Home Office report that concluded cuts to police numbers had "likely contributed" to a rise in serious violent crime.

The following month, she voluntarily recused herself from speaking on drug policy in relation to cannabis after it was reported that her husband Paul Kenward's company, British Sugar, grows under permit a non‐psychoactive variety of cannabis which is used in children's epilepsy medicine.

2019

Following the formation of the first Johnson ministry in July 2019, she remained in her post.

On 16 September 2021, during the cabinet reshuffle, Atkins was appointed Minister of State for Prisons and Probation and Minister for Afghan Resettlement, overseeing Operation Pitting before resigning from that position in 2022 during the government crisis.

In June 2019, Atkins vetoed the appointment of Niamh Eastwood, the director of Release, to the independent advisory NGO Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).

She did so as Eastwood had previously been critical of the Home Office's drug policy on social media, including criticising a letter by Atkins in which she opposed the introduction of drug consumption rooms.

Eastwood had previously been approved by a Home Office advisory assessment panel.

A subject access request by Eastwood revealed that ministers vetted social media profiles of appointments to public bodies including references to "Windrush", "the government", "Brexit", and "anything diversity-related".

In October 2019, Professor Alex Stevens, a criminal justice expert, resigned from the ACMD over alleged "political vetting" of panel members by the government.