Catherine Helen Atkinson[1] is a British Labour Party politician and barrister serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North since 2024.

[6][7] Atkinson first stood to become a Member of Parliament in the 2005 United Kingdom general election in the London constituency of Kensington and Chelsea, where she lost to incumbent Conservative MP Sir Malcolm Rifkind.

Following her candidacy in Erewash, Atkinson was selected as the Labour candidate for Derby North in July 2022[10], where she would later successfully win the seat with 18,619 votes[11] in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.

As Derby North's MP, she is now a member of the Commons' Transport Select Committee and an officer of four All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), focused on justice, rail and nuclear energy[12].

Her husband, Daniel, served in Afghanistan and worked as a firefighter with Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service.