Candice Kathleen Atherton (21 September 1955 – 30 October 2017) was a British Labour politician and journalist.

After serving as a councillor in Islington, where she was mayor, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Falmouth and Camborne from 1997 to 2005.

In 1984, she co-founded Everywoman – a "post-feminist" women's magazine – and later co-wrote a book on housing for single homeless people in North London.

In 1982, she led protests within the Labour Party and the CND movement against the Task Force sent to the Falkland Islands.

She spearheaded the campaign to open a Minor Injuries Unit in Camborne Redruth Community Hospital – now used by more than 12,000 people a year[citation needed] – and the campaign to expose the nerve gas station at Nancekuke (RRH Portreath) in her constituency.

[9] At the 2005 general election, Atherton lost her seat to Liberal Democrat Julia Goldsworthy by a majority of 1,886.

Afterwards, she continued to campaign for women's political advancement, disability rights and rural housing reform.

[citation needed] Tom Watson and Ben Bradshaw also paid tribute to Atherton on Twitter.