Béatrice Descamps (born 22 June 1951 in Valenciennes) is a French politician in the National Assembly and a former member of the Senate of France. She represented the Nord department and is a member of the Union of Democrats and Independents. She has been Member of Parliament for Nord's 21st constituency since 2017.

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Valérie Létard's appointment to the French government in July 2007 led to her entry into the Senate.^[1] Valérie Létard came fourth on the RPR-UDF-DVD list led by Jean-René Lecerf in the 2001 senatorial elections, a list which won two seats. This appointment, combined with Marc-Philippe Daubresse's decision not to sit in the Palais du Luxembourg (given his re-election a month earlier to the National Assembly), led to her becoming a senator.