16 Facts About Vicky Foxcroft

Victoria Jane Foxcroft was born on 9 March 1977 and is a British Labour politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford since 2015.

Vicky Foxcroft talked to Gloria De Piero on GB News about her experiences of abuse in her childhood.

Vicky Foxcroft studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and Business Studies at De Montfort University between 1996 and 2000.

Vicky Foxcroft has been a Labour Party member since at least 1997, and has sat on the Party's National Policy Forum.

In 2002, Vicky Foxcroft became an officer at the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union, continuing through the merger of the AEEU into Amicus in 2001, and through the merger of Amicus into Unite the Union in 2007.

Vicky Foxcroft was a research officer from 2002 to 2005; a political officer from 2005 to 2009, and a finance sector officer from 2009 until 2015.

Vicky Foxcroft has lived in Lewisham, Deptford since at least 2004.

Vicky Foxcroft contested the Lewisham Deptford constituency for the Labour Party at the 2015 general election.

Vicky Foxcroft made her maiden speech in a debate on the Scotland Bill on 8 June 2015, in which she quoted lyrics from The Red Flag.

Vicky Foxcroft supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.

In June 2019 Vicky Foxcroft was promoted to become Shadow Minister for Civil Society.

Vicky Foxcroft endorsed Lisa Nandy in the 2020 Labour Party leadership election.

Vicky Foxcroft asked what is thought to be the first ever question at Prime Minister's Questions in British Sign Language, bringing attention to the absence of a sign language interpreter at Boris Johnson's press briefings.

In 2016, Vicky Foxcroft established the cross-party Youth Violence Commission, which she continues to chair.

Vicky Foxcroft supports lowering the voting age to 16, co-chairing the APPG for Votes at 16.

Vicky Foxcroft supported Remain in the EU referendum in June 2016 and voted against the triggering of Article 50 in February 2017.