Catherine Atkinson MP: votes, interests and costs
Catherine Atkinson (Labour) is the MP for Derby North, elected on 4 July 2024.
Offices and committees
Catherine Atkinson sits on 2 committees, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Committee | 14 September 2026 | Current |
| Liaison Committee (Commons) | 14 September 2026 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) | Ministry of Justice | 12 May 2026 | 22 July 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Public Office (Accountability) Bill | 12 November 2025 | 4 December 2025 |
| Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill | 15 January 2025 | 11 February 2025 |
| Ecclesiastical Committee | 5 November 2024 | 21 October 2025 |
| Transport Committee | 28 October 2024 | 27 October 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 81230713ca6e.
Register of interests
Catherine Atkinson has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests, the earliest registered on 2 August 2024 and the latest on 4 August 2024. By category: Miscellaneous (3), Land and property (within or outside the UK) (1). Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Unpaid director of company set up by four leaseholders who jointly own the freehold of the building.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Parliamentary Liaison for the Society of Labour Lawyers. This is an unpaid role.
- Date on which the interest arose, or became registrable: 2024-12-04
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Non-practicing barrister and Associate Member at Deka Chambers.
- The type of interest: Unpaid role
Property in London
- Location of the land or property: London
- A description of the property: Flat
- Details about the ownership arrangements: Co-owned with a family member
- Details of any other recipients of rental income: Rental income from one of our two flats is paid to my partner and myself
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 2
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- The type of property: Residential
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 26 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Catherine Atkinson's 2024-25 staffing spend as £161,682 (budget £185,538). IPSA lists office spending of £27,925 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £161,681.81 |
| Office costs: spent | £27,925.12 |
| Accommodation: spent | £8,093.01 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £7,776.74 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £2,086.80 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £29,574 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property outside the London area from 5 July 2024, plus an uplift to cover the cost of three dependants).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Derby North BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Chief of Staff (permanent part time), Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent part time), Constituency Assistant (permanent part time), Senior Communications Advisor (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent full time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Senior Executive Officer (permanent part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
How Catherine Atkinson voted in the House of Commons: 492 recorded votes since 4 July 2024, as published by the Commons Votes API. Of these, 41 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. Below, the latest 30 on bills and motions. On 21 October 2026 Catherine Atkinson voted No on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 23 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Catherine Atkinson has tabled 17 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Transport, Home Office and 2 other departments.
Employment: Chronic Illnesses and Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to enable the employment of (a) disabled people and (b) people with long-term health conditions.
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her proposed reforms to PIP on people who (a) travel to work and (b) require (i) practical and (ii) mental health support at work.
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of her proposed reforms to PIP on (a) employment and (b) health and care needs of disabled people.
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to co-produce reforms to the welfare system with (a) disabled people and (b) their carers.
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department has taken to consult (a) disabled people and (b) their carers on reforms to the welfare system.
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to review taxi and private hire vehicle licensing.
Victim Support Schemes
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) lev …
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support community pharmacies.
Medical Records: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of NHS patients who have registered to have adjustments made to their patient record under the Accessible Information Standard.
Further Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of provision for 14 to 16-year-olds in further education colleges on (a) student (i) enrollment and (ii) attendance and (b) students in non-mainst …
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 a9e499ad3a8b. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Catherine Atkinson.
2024 general election
Catherine Atkinson won Derby North at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 18,619 votes (45.5%), a majority of 8,915 over Amanda Solloway (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Derby North figures
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