Full Name: Charlotte Jean Scott Atkins

Family Background: Parents Ron and Jessie Atkins. I have an identical twin sister and three brothers. My late mother was a lifelong active member of the Womens Peace Movement and my father was MP for Preston North in the 1960s and 70s.

Marital Status: Married with one daughter

Higher Education: BSc Economics, London School of Economics, MA US Area Studies, London University

Political Career: Elected MP Staffordshire Moorlands May 1997, re-elected June 2001 and May 2005

Current Posts: Member of the Select Committee of Health, Vice Chair All Party Hill Farming Group

Commons career: PPS to Baroness Symons, Minister of State for Trade 2001 - 2002

Government Whip 2002 - 2004

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister), Department of Transport 2004-2005

Political interests: Health, education, family matters, employment, agriculture, fair trade

Other activities: Chair of Primary Care Coalition, Trustee Rudyard Sailability

Recreation: Cinema, theatre, music, keeping fit and conservation

Non-political career: Assistant community relations officer, Luton Community Relations Council
Research officer/head of research UCATT
Research/political officer, AUEW (TASS)
Press officer/parliamentary officer, COHSE/UNISON

TU Membership: UNISON and UNITY

Councils, public bodies: Local Councillor 1982 to 1986, Chair of School Governors at a Primary School 1991 to 2002