Peter Atkinson (born 19 January 1943, Northumberland) is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Hexham.

Atkinson was educated at Cheltenham College and after leaving school he became a journalist ande joined the Newcastle Journal in November 1968. He moved to London to work on the Evening Standard as a reporter, eventually becoming News Editor.

In 1982 he left to join a free newspaper company which grew to fifteen titles. He left to become Deputy Director of the British Field Sports Society with responsibility for political and public affairs.