Mr Lincoln Jopp | |
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Member of Parliament for Spelthorne | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | Kwasi Kwarteng |
Majority | 1,590 (3.4%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Lincoln Peter Munro Jopp February 1968 (age 56) |
Political party | Conservative |
Awards | Military Cross |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1990–2011 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Scots Guards |
Lincoln Peter Munro Jopp MC (born 1968) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne since 2024.[1]
Before entering the Commons, Jopp was a businessman and former colonel in the British Army.[2][3] He is a veteran of the Sierra Leone Civil War.[4] In December 1999, he was presented the Military Cross by the Queen at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace.[5]
His stepfather is John Horam, the Conservative peer and former Labour, SDP and Conservative MP.[5]