About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Catherine Atkinson) represents you, and all of the people who live in Derby North, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Profile

Labour MP for Derby North

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 2024 — General election

Social Media

• @catherineatkinson.bsky.social
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Department for Education
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Home Office
• Assistance Animals
• NHS: Ict
• Rivers: Walking
• Dental Services
• Medical Records: Disability

Currently held offices

• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (since 5 Nov 2024)
• Member, Transport Committee (since 28 Oct 2024)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (15 Jan 2025 to 11 Feb 2025)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Amanda Solloway
• Chris Williamson
• Amanda Solloway
• Chris Williamson
• Bob Laxton
• Greg Knight
• Phillip Whitehead
• Niall MacDermot
• Clifford Wilcock

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (13 out of 13)
• Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (1 out of 1)

Recent appearances

• Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Schedule 2 - Assisted Dying Review Panels 20 Jun 2025

  Will my hon. Friend give way?

• HS2 Reset 18 Jun 2025

  The Conservatives announced that they were scrapping the northern leg of HS2 in a former railway station, summing up their attitude to the railway and sending shockwaves through the industry, including in Derby, a rail city that will be building the HS2 trains. Will the Transport Secretary ensure certainty and timeliness going forward, so that the industry can have confidence that we will not...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Victim Support Schemes 17 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Health and Social Care and (b) Justice on the potential impact of (i) court backlogs, (ii) waiting lists for NHS services and (iii) levels of access to therapeutic support on levels of demand for local non-statutory victim support services.

More of Catherine Atkinson’s recent appearances

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