Derbyshire MP appointed as Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls

Bolsover MP Natalie Fleet has been appointed as the new Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls.

This comes after Jess Phillips resigned from her ministerial role earlier this week, alongside three other ministers who left the Government to show their opposition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.

Speaking about the appointment, MP Natalie Fleet said: “It is a huge honour to be appointed as the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls.

"I am thrilled that I will be able to build on the work of Jess Phillips MP, to make a difference on subjects that I care so passionately about, including child sexual exploitation, rape and serious sexual offences, domestic abuse and modern slavery.

“I am also still the MP for Bolsover and will be working just as hard for my constituents.

"My team and I are always here to help with any issues you encounter and I will be out and about in the area as normal and giving a voice to our communities in Parliament.”

Natalie Fleet has repeatedly spoken about issues affecting women and girls since she was elected as Member of Parliament for Bolsover in 2024.

She shared her experience of being groomed and raped by an older man at age 15 and becoming a teenage mother.

In October 2025, Natalie Fleet brought an amendment to the Victims and Courts Bill to remove parental rights from fathers whose children are conceived through rape.