Vicky Foxcroft | |||||||||||
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 Official portrait, 2017 | |||||||||||
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |||||||||||
| Assumed office 10 July 2024 | |||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer | ||||||||||
| Member of Parliament forLewisham North Lewisham Deptford (2017-2024) | |||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Joan Ruddock | ||||||||||
| Majority | 15,782 (35.8%) | ||||||||||
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| Member ofLewisham Council forBrockley | |||||||||||
| In office 6 May 2010 – 22 May 2014 | |||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||
| Born | Victoria Jane Foxcroft (1977-03-09)9 March 1977 (age 48) Chorley,Lancashire, England | ||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | De Montfort University (BA) | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
Victoria Jane Foxcroft (born 9 March 1977) is a BritishLabour politician who has been theMember of Parliament (MP) forLewisham North, previouslyLewisham Deptford, since2015. She is a formertrade union official and was a Member ofLewisham Council from 2010 to 2014.
Victoria Foxcroft was born on 9 March 1977 inChorley.[1][2][3] She experienced abuse during her childhood.[4] She studied for aBachelor of Arts degree in Drama and Business Studies atDe Montfort University between 1996 and 2000.[3][5]
Foxcroft has been a Labour member since 1997,[5] and has sat on the Party'sNational Policy Forum.[5] From 2010 until May 2014 she was a local councillor for theBrockley ward onLewisham Council.[6][7]
In 2002, Foxcroft became an officer at theAmalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU), continuing through the merger of the AEEU intoAmicus in 2001, and the merger of Amicus intoUnite the Union in 2007. She was a research officer from 2002 to 2005; a political officer from 2005 to 2009, and a finance sector officer from 2009 until 2015.[5]
At the2015 general election, Foxcroft was elected to Parliament as MP forLewisham Deptford with 60.2% of the vote and a majority of 21,516.[8][9][10] Foxcroft made hermaiden speech in a debate on the Scotland Bill on 8 June 2015, in which she quoted lyrics fromThe Red Flag.[11]
After theelection ofJeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in September 2015, Foxcroft was appointed as a whip.[12]
She supportedOwen Smith in the2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election.[13]
In 2016, Foxcroft established the cross-party Youth Violence Commission, which she continues to chair.[14]
At the snap2017 general election, Foxcroft was re-elected as MP for Lewisham Deptford with an increased vote share of 77% and an increased majority of 34,899.[15][16]
In November 2018, Foxcroft said, "Sadly, the increase (in the number of young people killed in knife attacks) does not surprise me. You can't cut police,Sure Start, essential services in schools, access to mental health services and youth work, and not expect there to be a consequence. And beyond the tragic fatalities, there's an exponentially larger number of knife attacks that don't kill children but do create a climate of fear".[17]
In June 2019 Foxcroft was promoted to become Shadow Minister for Civil Society.[18]
At the2019 general election, Foxcroft was again re-elected, with a decreased vote share of 70.8% and a decreased majority of 32,913.[19]
Foxcroft endorsedLisa Nandy in the2020 Labour Party leadership election.[20]
Foxcroft supports lowering the voting age to 16, co-chairing theAPPG for Votes at 16.[21]
Foxcroft asked in April 2021 what is thought to be the first ever question atPrime Minister's Questions inBritish Sign Language, bringing attention to the absence of a sign language interpreter atBoris Johnson's press briefings.[22] While press briefings are broadcast with an on-screen interpreter, Foxcroft expressed concern about the lack of an on-platform interpreter. There have been several legal challenges to this end claiming the government is violating human rights law.[23]
Due to the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Foxcroft's constituency of Lewisham Deptford was abolished, and replaced withLewisham North. At the2024 general election, Foxcroft was elected to Parliament as MP for Lewisham North with 57.7% of the vote and a majority of 15,782.[24]
Birthday: March 9
Without that second chance, I would not have been able to go on to study Drama and Business Studies at DeMontford University
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forLewisham Deptford 2015–2024 | Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament forLewisham North 2024–present | Incumbent |
