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.

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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 Work and Pensions
• Department for Environment
• Food and Rural Affairs
• Ministry of Housing
• Communities and Local Government
• Pre-school Education: Finance
• Further Education
• Rivers: Walking
• Housing: Flood Control
• 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 (1 out of 1)
• Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Committee (13 out of 13)

Recent appearances

• Criminal Injuries Compensation — [Dr Andrew Murrison in the Chair] 29 Apr 2025

  It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner) on securing this debate, and on his powerful and personal speech. It is an honour to follow the speech from my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington North (Charlotte Nichols), who was eloquent and forceful. The criminal injuries compensation...

• Football Governance Bill [Lords] 28 Apr 2025

  It is a big week for Derby County, as we fight valiantly to stay in the championship. There are no guarantees of who will rise and fall in the football league, but we trust that our clubs themselves will go on. To be able to speak in support of a piece of legislation that gives more control and certainty back to our communities is a great privilege. Our club’s recent financial struggles are...

• Football Governance Bill [Lords] 28 Apr 2025

  It is a big week for Derby County, as we fight valiantly to stay in the championship. There are no guarantees of who will rise and fall in the football league, but we trust that our clubs themselves will go on. To be able to speak in support of a piece of legislation that gives more control and certainty back to our communities is a great privilege. Our club’s recent financial struggles are...

More of Catherine Atkinson’s recent appearances