Natalie Cecilia Elphicke OBE (née Ross; born 5 November 1970) is a former British politician and finance lawyer.

Natalie Cecilia Ross was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on 5 November 1970, and grew up in social housing.

Announced in the 2013 Autumn Statement, the remit included the restriction that any proposals should not involve breaching the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap.

[12] In January 2017, she launched a pilot scheme to facilitate a more effective way of integrating the provision of infrastructure such as water, electricity, gas, broadband and roads in proposals to develop housing.

[3] She had previously narrowly lost out to Matt Hancock for selection as the candidate for West Suffolk prior to the 2010 general election.

[14] Dover had previously been represented by her then husband Charlie, who had stood down after being charged with three counts of sexual assault against two women.

[17] In February 2020, Elphicke was appointed as a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

[26] In July 2021, she was one of five MPs found to have breached their code of conduct by the Commons Select Committee on Standards for attempting to influence senior judges in November 2020 in her husband's sentencing appeal after his conviction for sexual assault.

[32] On 8 May 2024, Elphicke defected to the Labour Party in reaction to what she described as the "broken promises of Rishi Sunak's tired and chaotic government".

[33] She was the third Conservative MP to cross the floor to Labour during that parliament, following Dan Poulter eleven days prior and Christian Wakeford in 2022.

[40] Reflecting on the defection, Steve Baker, the Minister of State, Northern Ireland, commented on X: "I have been searching in vain for a Conservative MP who thinks themself to the right of Natalie Elphicke.

Left-wing group Momentum said that Elphicke should have "no place in a Labour Party committed to progressive values and working-class people".

[42] The next day, Elphicke publicly apologised for defending her ex-husband and casting doubt on his victims' testimonies, after his conviction for sexual assault.