Neil Peter Hammerton Hudson[1] FRCVS (born 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician, academic, and veterinary surgeon who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Epping Forest since 2024, and previously for Penrith and The Border from 2019 to 2024.

Hudson has a sister Jayne who works as a physiotherapist and brother Grahame who is an associate head at De Montfort University.

[10] Hudson is a senior lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies but, after becoming an MP, he has been on sabbatical leave since January 2020.

[20] Hudson announced in September 2021 that he no longer supported the building of the Woodhouse Colliery, a proposed coal mine in Cumbria.

[25] West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock had previously announced that he would stand down at the 2024 general election in December 2022.