About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Vicky Foxcroft) represents you, and all of the people who live in Lewisham North, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Profile

Labour MP for Lewisham North

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

Also represented Lewisham, Deptford

• Wikipedia page

Social Media

• @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social
• @vickyfoxcroft
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Vicky Foxcroft campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health and Social Care
• Home Office
• Department for Education
• Department for Digital
• Culture
• Media and Sport
• Access to Work Programme
• Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
• Personal Independence Payment
• Social Security Benefits: Disability
• Work Capability Assessment

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Football Governance Bill [HL] Committee (14 May 2025 to 17 Jun 2025)
• Member, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] Committee ( 5 Mar 2025 to 20 Mar 2025)
• Member, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)
• Member, Committee of Selection (30 Jul 2024 to 24 Jun 2025)
• Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury (10 Jul 2024 to 19 Jun 2025)
• Member, British Sign Language Bill Committee ( 9 Feb 2022 to 23 Feb 2022)
• Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (10 Apr 2020 to 30 May 2024)
• Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (Civil Society) (24 Jun 2019 to 10 Apr 2020)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (30 Oct 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (22 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (22 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) (18 Sep 2015 to 24 Jun 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Roland Moyle
• Christopher Chataway
• Niall MacDermot
• Austin Hudson

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (11 out of 13)
• Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Football Governance Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• British Sign Language Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Space Industry Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Offensive Weapons Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Financial Guidance and Claims Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Local Government Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Vehicle Technology and Aviation Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Digital Economy Bill Committee (10 out of 11)

Recent appearances

• Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill 1 Jul 2025

  I begin by welcoming the positive steps the Department has set out in the “Pathways to Work” Green Paper on supporting people into work; the right to try work without the fear of having to go through reassessment for benefits if it does not work out; reforming and modernising the Access to Work system; disability pay gap reporting; disability employment gap reporting; ensuring everyone...

• Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill 1 Jul 2025

  I absolutely agree. The review needs to ensure that it has the right engagement and consultation with everybody, but it must be co-produced with the experts by experience. I want to take this opportunity to clarify exactly what we mean by co-production. The principle of co-production is rooted in the US civil rights movement and the ladder of citizen participation developed by Sherry Arnstein...

• Welfare Reform 30 Jun 2025

  I thank the Secretary of State for her statement. Will the Timms review have the powers to review the planned budget savings for future claimants of PIP and universal credit health components? Also, if claimants request a reassessment because of worsening health conditions, will they be assessed on the current criteria or the new eligibility criteria?

More of Vicky Foxcroft’s recent appearances