Victoria Atkins

**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.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Victoria Atkins
- **image**: Official portrait of Victoria Atkins MP crop 2, 2024.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2024
- **honorific-suffix**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP
- **office**: Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- **leader**: Kemi Badenoch
- **term start**: 5 November 2024
- **predecessor**: Steve Barclay
- **office1**: Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- **leader1**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start1**: 8 July 2024
- **term end1**: 5 November 2024
- **predecessor1**: Wes Streeting
- **successor1**: Edward Argar, Ed Argar
- **office2**: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
- **primeminister2**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start2**: 13 November 2023
- **term end2**: 5 July 2024
- **predecessor2**: Steve Barclay
- **successor2**: Wes Streeting
- **office3**: Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- **primeminister3**: Rishi Sunak
- **term start3**: 27 October 2022
- **term end3**: 13 November 2023
- **predecessor3**: Andrew Griffith
- **successor3**: Nigel Huddleston
- **office4**: Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
- **primeminister4**: Boris Johnson
- **term start4**: 16 September 2021
- **term end4**: 6 July 2022
- **predecessor4**: Lucy Frazer
- **successor4**: Stuart Andrew
- **office5**: Minister for Afghan Resettlement
- **primeminister5**: Boris Johnson
- **term start5**: 16 September 2021
- **term end5**: 8 March 2022
- **predecessor5**: Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford, Richard Harrington
- **successor5**: Richard Harrington, Baron Harrington of Watford, The Lord Harrington of Watford
- **office6**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding
- **term start6**: 9 November 2017
- **term end6**: 16 September 2021
- **predecessor6**: Sarah Newton
- **successor6**: Rachel Maclean (politician), Rachel Maclean
- **office7**: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women
- **term start7**: 8 January 2018
- **term end7**: 13 February 2020
- **predecessor7**: Anne Milton
- **successor7**: Elizabeth Berridge, Baroness Berridge, The Baroness Berridge
- **primeminister7**: Theresa May
Boris Johnson
- **office8**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
for Louth and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency), Louth and Horncastle
- **term start8**: 7 May 2015
- **predecessor8**: Peter Tapsell (British politician), Peter Tapsell
- **majority8**: 5,506 (11.8%)
- **birth name**: Victoria Mary Atkins
- **birth place**: London, England
- **parents**: Robert Atkins (politician), Robert Atkins (father)
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **spouse**: Paul Kenward
- **children**: 1
- **education**: Arnold School
- **alma mater**: University of Cambridge (BA)