Victoria Atkins
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Victoria Atkins MP |
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Member of Parliament for Louth and Horncastle |
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Assumed office 7 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Tapsell |
| Majority | 14,977 (29.8%) |
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22 March 1976 London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
| Website | victoriaatkins |
Victoria Mary Atkins (born 22 March 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth and Horncastle since the May 2015 general election.
Atkins is the daughter of Sir Robert Atkins, a 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.
In 2012, she stood unsuccessfully in the Police and Crime Commissioner elections for Gloucestershire Constabulary. She was also shortlisted for the 'safe seat' of Salisbury in 2010. Before her election as an MP, Atkins worked as a barrister in the field of fraud in London.
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. Former Prime Minister John Major, who supported her first parliamentary election campaign, has known her "since she was born".
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