Julia Lopez (politician)

Julia Lopez
Official portrait, 2024
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office
8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byThangam Debbonaire
Succeeded byStuart Andrew
Member of Parliament
for Hornchurch and Upminster
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byDame Angela Watkinson
Majority1,943 (4.1%)[1]
Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure
In office
20 December 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byJohn Whittingdale
Succeeded byChris Bryant
In office
7 March 2023 – 9 May 2023
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJohn Whittingdale
Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries[a]
In office
20 December 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Preceded byJohn Whittingdale
Succeeded byChris Bryant (Creative Industries and Tourism)
Stephanie Peacock (Media)
In office
7 September 2022 – 9 May 2023
Prime MinisterLiz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Preceded byMatt Warman
Succeeded byJohn Whittingdale
In office
16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJohn Whittingdale
Succeeded byMatt Warman
Minister on Leave
In office
9 May 2023 – 20 December 2023[b]
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
InterimJohn Whittingdale
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office
14 February 2020 – 15 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJeremy Quin
Succeeded byHeather Wheeler
Personal details
Born
Julia Louise Dockerill[2]

June 1984 (age 40)
Harlow, Essex, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Lorenzo Lopez
(m. 2017)
Children2
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
Websitejulialopez.co.uk

Julia Louise Lopez (née Dockerill; born June 1984)[3] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster since 2017.[4] She served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from July until November 2024.[5]

Before entering the House of Commons, she served as a local councillor on the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, and a parliamentary aide. Lopez previously served as Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure from September 2021 to July 2022,[6] and again from September 2022 to February 2023.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11776.
  3. ^ Carr, Tim; Dale, Iain; Waller, Robert (7 September 2017). The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017. Biteback Publishing. pp. 262–263. ISBN 978-1-78590-278-9.
  4. ^ Anderson, Hayley (9 June 2017). "Election 2017: Conservative's Romford candidate Andrew Rosindell and Hornchurch and Upminster Julia Dockerill both win majority vote". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 9 June 2017..
  5. ^ "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2022.


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