Official portrait of Victoria Atkins

Victoria Atkins

Conservative MP for Louth and Horncastle, since 7 May 2015

Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins is the Conservative MP for Louth and Horncastle, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Scorecard

58.6% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
346 Votes cast out of 590 divisions
244 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
5 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
8 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
544 Debates spoken in 67 written questions tabled

Ranked 525 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.4%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

590 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
11 Sep 2026 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading against party line Aye 270–286
11 Sep 2026 Closure motion against party line Aye 293–218
10 Sep 2026 Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 77–292
9 Sep 2026 Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No vote 371–100
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye 162–297
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Aye 106–302
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 Aye 108–357
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 No vote 79–300
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 Aye 170–316
7 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 No vote 77–317
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–79
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading No 411–102
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 No 85–427
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 Aye 105–410
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 Aye 166–346
15 Jul 2026 Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots deferred division No 330–109
15 Jul 2026 Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 deferred division No 330–109
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No vote 104–412
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 No vote 102–409
14 Jul 2026 Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 No vote 93–323
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading No vote 264–90
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Aye 97–358
8 Jul 2026 Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 283–182
8 Jul 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 317–103
8 Jul 2026 Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 369–102

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: Ascot Racecourse
Address of donor: Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7JX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to Ascot Races 2026, attended as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with a guest (value per person £295.00), value £590
Date received: 16 June 2026
Date accepted: 16 June 2026
Donor status: company, registration 04320977
(Registered 1 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Natural History Museum
Address of donor: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: For two tickets to attend the Annual Trustees' Dinner (cost per person £191), value £382
Date received: 16 June 2026
Date accepted: 16 June 2026
Donor status: other (Exempt Charity)
(Registered 2 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: Natural History Museum
Address of donor: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: For two tickets and hospitality to attend the Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep exhibition launch event (cost per person £148), value £296
Date received: 20 May 2026
Date accepted: 20 May 2026
Donor status: other (Exempt Charity)
(Registered 2 July 2026)

On the register since 14 Jul 2026

Name of donor: National Farmers' Union
Address of donor: Agriculture House, Stoneleigh Park, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2TZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets to attend the NFU Conference for one day and the Conference's dinner, (cost of a ticket was £400 + VAT each which covered entrance and dinner), value £960
Date received: 24 February 2026
Date accepted: 24 February 2026
Donor status: other (Trade Association)
(Registered 19 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Jockey Club Racecourses Limited
Address of donor: 21-27 Lambs Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NL
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets, which included hospitality, for the Cheltenham Festival 2026 for myself and a member of staff (value per ticket £280), value £560
Date received: 13 March 2026
Date accepted: 13 March 2026
Donor status: company, registration 02909409
(Registered 19 March 2026)

On the register since 24 Mar 2026

Name of donor: Agricultural Engineers Association
Address of donor: Samuelson House, 62 Forder Way, Hampton, Peterborough PE7 8JB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Ticket including hospitality for the Agricultural Engineers Association 150th Anniversary Celebration at which I gave a speech, value £540
Date received: 6 November 2025
Date accepted: 6 November 2025
Donor status: other (Not-for-profit organisation)
(Registered 3 November 2025)

On the register since 16 Dec 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Barrister, currently not practising.
(Registered 6 June 2015)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

Member of the Connected Coast Board, a joint board for the Mablethorpe and Skegness Towns Fund. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 27 January 2020
(Registered 28 January 2020)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

544 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 2 Oct 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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