Louth & Horncastle / data
Victoria Atkins · Conservative and Unionist Party · sitting since 07 May 2015 · every division, speech and committee appearance.
Since election
4005days
from 07 May 2015
Divisions
305
of 504 possible
Attendance
61%
199 absent / paired
Whip alignment
99%
vs party majority
Speeches
30
12 debates
Written Qs
54
54 answered
Committees
0
memberships
Expenses
£241k paid
FY 2024–2025 · 55 claims
Interests
6
2 categories
A · Overview
Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted — engagement only, not direction.
| Issue | Volume | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Taxation | 86 | |
| Economy | 77 | |
| Employment | 39 | |
| Education | 26 | |
| Crime & Policing | 23 | |
| Pensions | 20 | |
| Housing | 20 | |
| Schools | 16 |
Speech topics
Words spoken, by topic. Source: Hansard.
| Topic | Debates | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 8 | 3,360 |
| Environment | 8 | 2,449 |
| Cost Of Living | 2 | 2,121 |
| Local Government | 1 | 2,008 |
| Economy Jobs | 4 | 1,844 |
| Utilities | 5 | 1,667 |
| Fiscal Policy | 4 | 910 |
| Health | 1 | 129 |
B · Notable divisions
Free votes, rebellions and high-salience whipped votes — the moments that distinguish this MP from the party machine. The full division-by-division record will follow once the per-MP archive is wired.
| Date | Division | Whip | MP voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 2025 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted on the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — the final Commons vote on whether to pass the assisted dyin… | Free vote | Aye |
| 26 Mar 2025 | Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third ReadingMPs voted to pass the Tobacco and Vapes Bill at its final stage in the Commons. The Bill aims to create a 'smokefree generation' by graduall… | Free vote | Aye |
| 29 Nov 2024 | Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second ReadingMPs voted on whether to give the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill its Second Reading, which would allow terminally ill adults in Eng… | Free vote | Aye |
C · Speeches
| Date | Contribution | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsAnd the Secretary of State has had this matter sitting on her desk for 18 months. Instead of dealing with it, we have had 18 months of damaging the rural economy, damaging rural bu… AgricultureEnvironmentUtilities | 113 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. The Secretary of State announced yet another supposedly significant policy this week—the land use framework—outside Parliament, and has not offered… AgricultureEnvironmentUtilities | 107 |
| 19 Mar 2026 | Topical QuestionsConsumers and farmers believe that a Union Jack flag or a Made in Britain label should mean that the food was made or grown in the United Kingdom. We Conservatives, led by my right… AgricultureEnvironmentUtilities | 112 |
| 09 Mar 2026 | Type 1 Diabetes: Infant TestingI warmly welcome the Minister to her place. I should declare that I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of three, so I cannot begin to imagine the pain that Mr and Mrs St… HealthSocial Care | 129 |
| 05 Feb 2026 | Topical QuestionsThe EU reset deal is predicted to slash around a third of the Government’s farming budget from farm profits in its first year, cause higher food prices and lower food production, a… EnvironmentAgricultureUtilities | 62 |
| 05 Feb 2026 | Topical QuestionsFor goodness’ sake, if the Government are still negotiating, the Secretary of State needs to deal with the matters I have raised. It is not just the farming sector that they are da… EnvironmentAgricultureUtilities | 87 |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Water White PaperI thank the Secretary of State for an advance copy of her statement. Indeed, I welcome the Secretary of State to the Chamber. It is not often that she puts in an appearance, from t… EnvironmentUtilitiesEconomy Jobs | 690 |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Rural CommunitiesVery much so. If the hon. Gentleman comes to the county of Lincolnshire, he will see the superb operation that Lincolnshire police did throughout that time to tackle hare coursing,… AgricultureCost Of LivingLocal Government | 462 |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Rural CommunitiesAs I say, we urge the Government to pause and work with the shooting community. We all understand the intent behind the proposals, but the Government have to get them right, becaus… AgricultureCost Of LivingLocal Government | 275 |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Rural CommunitiesI will make some progress, because I know how popular this debate is. Labour’s choices will scar our landscapes and nature forever. The Government are reversing our bold commitment… AgricultureCost Of LivingLocal Government | 151 |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Rural CommunitiesI could not agree more with my right hon. Friend and county neighbour. What Labour does not seem to understand is that rural areas are not against building more homes and infrastru… AgricultureCost Of LivingLocal Government | 300 |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Rural CommunitiesI beg to move, That this House regrets that the Government’s policies have resulted in taxes forecast to rise to the highest proportion of GDP on record, record closures of agricul… AgricultureCost Of LivingLocal Government | 445 |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Rural CommunitiesThat is exactly right, and the difference is that Conservative Members are used to running businesses and working in the private sector, whereas Labour Members have no idea and no … AgricultureCost Of LivingLocal Government | 150 |
| 07 Jan 2026 | Rural CommunitiesMy right hon. Friend and county neighbour of course understands all the challenges facing our rural communities, and I think we are all wondering why, in the midst of a cost of liv… AgricultureCost Of LivingLocal Government | 225 |
| 05 Jan 2026 | Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property ReliefThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this first urgent question of 2026—and what a way to open the new year, with yet another Government U-turn. But where is the Chancellor of the E… AgricultureFiscal PolicyEconomy Jobs | 291 |
D · Written questions
Top departments
| Department | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 16 | 29.6% |
| Treasury | 15 | 27.8% |
| Department of Health and Social Care | 12 | 22.2% |
| Department for Work and Pensions | 7 | 13.0% |
| Cabinet Office | 2 | 3.7% |
| Department for Transport | 1 | 1.9% |
| Department for Business and Trade | 1 | 1.9% |
Most recent
| Date | Department | Question | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 88 recommendations proposed in the independent report entitled Independent Water Commission: review of the water sector, published in July 2025, are incl… | Answered |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on which dates the Water Delivery Taskforce has met. | Answered |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, if she plans to publish the Transition Plan on a sitting da… | Answered |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of the Heather and Grass etc. Burning (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 on the number of wildfires, includi… | Answered |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate she has made of the number of cattle farms th… | Answered |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled A New Vision for Water, published on 20 January 2026, what estimate she has made of the average annual cost of co… | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to publish an impact assessment on the proposal to change the Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property threshold to £2.5million. | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of a) farms b) agricultural businesses and c) non-agricultural businesses that will pay additional inheritance after April 2026 following proposed c… | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the changes to the threshold for Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property to £2.5million has been scored by the Office for Budget Responsibility. | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of estates that will pay additional inheritance after the threshold changes to £2.5million from April 2026 who claim a) only Agricultural Property R… | Answered |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an impact assessment was carried out on changing the Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property to £2.5million. | Answered |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pubs have closed since 5 July 2024 in Louth and Horncastle constituency. | Answered |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Cabinet Office | To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pubs have closed since 5 July 2024 in Lincolnshire. | Answered |
| 10 Oct 2025 | Department for Business and Trade | To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many pubs have closed since 5 July 2024; and what steps his Department is taking to support (a) pubs and (b) other hospitality businesses. | Answered |
| 08 Sept 2025 | Treasury | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Emma Reynolds MP met with (a) farming, (b) estate planning, (c) tax advisory and (d) other external organisations to discuss inheritance tax changes when Chief Secretary to the Treasury. | Answered |
E · Committees
No committee memberships recorded for this MP.
F · Expenses
Every business-cost claim reimbursed by IPSA in the current financial year, grouped by category. “Aggregated” rows are IPSA’s own year-end totals for cost types like payroll and rent that aren’t itemised claim-by-claim.
Category breakdown
| Category | Claims | Paid (£) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 2 | 209,178 | 86.9% |
| Accommodation | 3 | 20,462 | 8.5% |
| Office Costs | 37 | 8,083 | 3.4% |
| MP Travel | 0 | 449 | 0.2% |
| Staff Travel | 0 | 2,671 | 1.1% |
Top itemised cost types
| Cost type | Category | Claims | Paid (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooled staffing services | Staffing | 2 | 5,263 |
| Stationery & printing | Office Costs | 21 | 2,836 |
| Council tax | Accommodation | 1 | 2,543 |
| Utilities | Accommodation | 2 | 1,359 |
| Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Office Costs | 12 | 486 |
| Newspapers, journals, magazines | Office Costs | 1 | 289 |
| TV licence | Office Costs | 1 | 113 |
| Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Office Costs | 1 | 98 |
| Software & applications | Office Costs | 1 | 61 |
Most recent
| Date | Category | Description | Paid (£) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Mar 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 19 | Paid |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Software & applications | ELECTED TECHNOLOGIES [200011804-38] | 61 | Paid |
| 12 Feb 2025 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 48 | Paid |
| 10 Jan 2025 | Accommodation Utilities | Other fuel | 948 | Paid |
| 19 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 42 | Paid |
| 10 Dec 2024 | Office Costs Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | Venue hire, meetings & surgeries | 98 | Paid |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 16 | Paid |
| 27 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 11 | Paid |
| 25 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 20 | Paid |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 299 | Paid |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 299 | Paid |
| 06 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner December 2024 | 41 | Paid |
| 04 Nov 2024 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 42 | Paid |
| 30 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner March 2025 | 294 | Paid |
| 30 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner January 2025 | 294 | Paid |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Accommodation Council tax | Council Tax | 2,543 | Paid |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Accommodation Utilities | Water | 411 | Paid |
| 17 Oct 2024 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 42 | Paid |
| 26 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Stationery & printing | Banner October 2024 | 0 | Paid |
| 18 Sept 2024 | Office Costs Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline & internet package | 42 | Paid |
G · Register of interests
Every financial interest declared by the MP, grouped under the Register’s official categories. Retracted entries are hidden but counted above.
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources4 entries
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)
24 Mar 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)
16 Dec 2025
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)
17 Jun 2025
Name of donor: Mark Allen Group
Address of donor: Studio 210 134-146 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AR
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two VIP tickets for myself and member of staff to the National Women in Agriculture Awards 2025, which included dinner, to celebrate entrepreneurial women in the agricultural industry, value £720
Date received: 6 May 2025
Date accepted: 6 May 2025
Donor status: company, registration 13283851
(Registered 3 June 2025)
8. Miscellaneous2 entries
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)
18 Apr 2024
Barrister, currently not practising.
(Registered 6 June 2015)
H · Ward results
Most recent winning councillor in each ward — 26 wards, 38 councillor seats.
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Votes | Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alford | Graham Anthony Marsh | Conservative and Unionist Party | 365 | 04 May 2023 |
| Alford | Sarah Devereux | Conservative and Unionist Party | 510 | 04 May 2023 |
| Binbrook | Richard Geoffrey Fry | Conservative and Unionist Party | 415 | 04 May 2023 |
| Coningsby Mareham | Alex Martin Hall | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 02 May 2019 |
| Coningsby Mareham | Martin John Foster | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 02 May 2019 |
| Coningsby Mareham | Stan Avison | Conservative and Unionist Party | — | 02 May 2019 |
| Fulstow | Edward Peel Mossop | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 496 | 02 May 2019 |
| Grimoldby | Terry Knowles | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 346 | 04 May 2023 |
| Hagworthingham | Will Grover | Conservative and Unionist Party | 317 | 04 May 2023 |
| Halton Holegate | Terry Taylor | Conservative and Unionist Party | 306 | 03 Mar 2022 |
| Holton Le Clay North Thoresby | Stephen Keith Lyons | Conservative and Unionist Party | 528 | 04 May 2023 |
| Holton Le Clay North Thoresby | Terry Aldridge | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 684 | 04 May 2023 |
| Horncastle | Fiona Martin | Liberal Democrats | 907 | 02 May 2019 |
| Horncastle | Richard Martin Avison | Conservative and Unionist Party | 687 | 02 May 2019 |
| Horncastle | Sandra Campbell-Wardman | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 772 | 02 May 2019 |
| Legbourne | Adam Grist | Conservative and Unionist Party | 415 | 04 May 2023 |
| Mablethorpe | Claire Elizabeth Arnold | Labour Party | 909 | 04 May 2023 |
| Mablethorpe | Graham Edward Cullen | Labour Party | 1,159 | 04 May 2023 |
| Mablethorpe | Kate Marnoch | Labour Party | 857 | 04 May 2023 |
| Marshchapel Somercotes | Daniel McNally | Conservative and Unionist Party | 717 | 04 May 2023 |
| Marshchapel Somercotes | Paul John Rickett | Conservative and Unionist Party | 558 | 04 May 2023 |
| North Holme | David Hall | Labour Party | 239 | 04 May 2023 |
| Priory St James | Andrew Leonard | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 511 | 04 May 2023 |
| Priory St James | Darren Lee Hobson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 464 | 04 May 2023 |
| Roughton | William Gray | Conservative and Unionist Party | 462 | 02 May 2019 |
| Spilsby | Ellie Marsh | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 250 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Margarets | Sam Kemp | Conservative and Unionist Party | 227 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Marys | Jill Makinson-Sanders | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 581 | 04 May 2023 |
| St Michaels | George Horton | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 379 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sutton On Sea | Robert William Watson | Green Party of England and Wales | 1,048 | 04 May 2023 |
| Sutton On Sea | Stef Bristow | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 654 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tetford Donington | Daniel Anthony Simpson | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 395 | 04 May 2023 |
| Tetney | Steve McMillian | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 395 | 04 May 2023 |
| Trinity | Ros Jackson | Labour Party | 249 | 04 May 2023 |
| Withern Theddlethorpe | Travis Hesketh | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 461 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodhall Spa | Craig James Leyland | Conservative and Unionist Party | 803 | 04 May 2023 |
| Woodhall Spa | Thomas James Kemp | Conservative and Unionist Party | 658 | 04 May 2023 |
| Wragby | Ru Yarsley | Independent Berwick Hills Resident | 297 | 04 May 2023 |
I · Demographics
| Indicator | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Population (2021 Census) | 100,120 | Electorate 76,880 (2024) |
| Median age | 52 | years |
| Degree-educated | 23.6% | level 4 or above |
| Ethnicity (White) | 97.9% | 2021 Census ethnic group |
| Owner-occupied | 71.4% | households |
| Private-rented | 18.2% | households |
| Social-rented | 10.4% | households |
| Employment rate | 46.9% | 16-64 in work |
J · Public spending
HMT publishes headline spending identifiable by region in PESA. Constituency-level capital allocations (Levelling-Up Fund, Towns Fund, UKSPF, transport capital, BEIS R&D) are published as separate departmental datasets. We are evaluating the cleanest reconciliation for a per-constituency view.