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{{Short description|British Conservative politician}}
{{Short description|British politician (born 1984)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Julia Lopez
| name = Julia Lopez
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| image = File:Official portrait of Julia Lopez MP crop 2.jpg
| image = File:Official portrait of Julia Lopez MP crop 2.jpg
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Hornchurch and Upminster]]

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| term_start1 = 8 June 2017
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| office1 = [[Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure]]
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| term_start1 = 20 December 2023
| term_end1 =
| term_end1 =
| primeminister1 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| predecessor1 = [[Dame Angela Watkinson]]
| predecessor1 = [[John Whittingdale]]
| majority1 = 1,943 (4.1%)<ref name=BBC2019/>
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| office2 = [[Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure]]
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| successor1 =
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| term_start2 = 20 December 2023

| term_start2 = 7 March 2023
| term_end2 = 5 July 2024
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| term_end2 = 9 May 2023
| primeminister2 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| primeminister2 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| predecessor2 = ''Office established''
| predecessor2 = [[John Whittingdale]]
| successor2 = [[John Whittingdale]]
| successor2 = [[Chris Bryant]]
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| term_start3 = 7 March 2023

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| term_end3 = 9 May 2023
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| office3 = [[Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries]]{{efn|Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure from September 2021 to July 2022 and again from September 2022 to February 2023.}}
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| term_start3 = 20 December 2023
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| term_end3 =
| primeminister3 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| primeminister3 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| predecessor3 = [[John Whittingdale]]
| predecessor3 = ''Office established''
| successor3 =
| successor3 = [[John Whittingdale]]
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| office4 = [[Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries]]{{efn|Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure from September 2021 to July 2022 and again from September 2022 to February 2023.}}

| term_start4 = 7 September 2022
| term_start4 = 20 December 2023
| term_end4 = 9 May 2023
| term_end4 = 5 July 2024
| primeminister4 = [[Liz Truss]]<br>[[Rishi Sunak]]
| primeminister4 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| predecessor4 = [[Matt Warman]]
| predecessor4 = [[John Whittingdale]]
| successor4 = [[John Whittingdale]]
| successor4 =
| term_start5 = 16 September 2021
| term_start5 = 7 September 2022
| term_end5 = 6 July 2022
| term_end5 = 9 May 2023
| primeminister5 = [[Boris Johnson]]
| primeminister5 = [[Liz Truss]]<br>[[Rishi Sunak]]
| predecessor5 = John Whittingdale
| predecessor5 = [[Matt Warman]]
| successor5 = Matt Warman
| successor5 = [[John Whittingdale]]
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| term_start6 = 16 September 2021

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| term_end6 = 6 July 2022
| office6 = [[Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021|Minister on Leave]]
| primeminister6 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| primeminister6 = [[Boris Johnson]]
| term_start6 = 9 May 2023
| predecessor6 = John Whittingdale
| successor6 = Matt Warman
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| term_end6 = 20 December 2023{{efn|In accordance with the [[Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021]] John Whittingdale temporarily served as Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries during the Lopez's maternity leave}}
| office7 = [[Minister on Leave]]

| office7 = [[Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office]]
| primeminister7 = [[Rishi Sunak]]
| term_start7 = 14 February 2020
| term_start7 = 9 May 2023
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| term_end7 = 20 December 2023{{efn|In accordance with the [[Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021]] John Whittingdale temporarily served as Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries during the Lopez's maternity leave}}
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| term_end7 = 15 September 2021
| primeminister7 = [[Boris Johnson]]
| 1blankname7 = Interim
| predecessor7 = [[Jeremy Quin]]
| 1namedata7 = [[John Whittingdale]]
| successor7 = [[Heather Wheeler]]
| office8 = [[Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office]]
| term_start8 = 14 February 2020

| term_end8 = 15 September 2021
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| office8 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornchurch and Upminster]]
| term_start8 = 8 June 2017
| primeminister8 = [[Boris Johnson]]
| predecessor8 = [[Angela Watkinson|Dame Angela Watkinson]]
| predecessor8 = [[Jeremy Quin]]
| majority8 = 23,308 (43.2%)<ref name=BBC2019/>
| successor8 = [[Heather Wheeler]]

| birth_name = Julia Louise Dockerill<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |supp= |page=11776 |date=19 June 2017}}</ref>
| birth_name = Julia Louise Dockerill<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |supp= |page=11776 |date=19 June 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1984|6}}
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1984|6}}
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| website = {{url|julialopez.co.uk}}
| website = {{url|julialopez.co.uk}}
| caption = Official portrait, 2020
| caption = Official portrait, 2020
| office = [[Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]]

| term_start = 8 July 2024
| predecessor = [[Thangam Debbonaire]]
| leader = [[Rishi Sunak]]
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'''Julia Louise Lopez''' (''née'' '''Dockerill'''; born June 1984)<ref name="CarrDale2017">{{cite book|last1=Carr|first1=Tim|last2=Dale|first2=Iain|last3=Waller|first3=Robert|title=The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cXADgAAQBAJ&pg=PT262|date=7 September 2017|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=978-1-78590-278-9|pages=262–263}}</ref> is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician who has been both [[Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure]] and [[Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries]] since 2023. She has served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament (MP)]] for [[Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornchurch and Upminster]] in Greater London since the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Anderson | first = Hayley |url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/election-2017-conservative-s-romford-candidate-andrew-rosindell-and-hornchurch-and-upminster-julia-dockerill-both-win-majority-vote-1-5054596 |title= Election 2017: Conservative's Romford candidate Andrew Rosindell and Hornchurch and Upminster Julia Dockerill both win majority vote| work=[[Romford Recorder]] |date= 9 June 2017 |accessdate=9 June 2017}}.</ref>
'''Julia Louise Lopez''' (''née'' '''Dockerill'''; born June 1984)<ref name="CarrDale2017">{{cite book|last1=Carr|first1=Tim|last2=Dale|first2=Iain|last3=Waller|first3=Robert|title=The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cXADgAAQBAJ&pg=PT262|date=7 September 2017|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=978-1-78590-278-9|pages=262–263}}</ref> is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Hornchurch and Upminster]] since [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Hayley |date=9 June 2017 |title=Election 2017: Conservative's Romford candidate Andrew Rosindell and Hornchurch and Upminster Julia Dockerill both win majority vote |url=http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/election-2017-conservative-s-romford-candidate-andrew-rosindell-and-hornchurch-and-upminster-julia-dockerill-both-win-majority-vote-1-5054596 |accessdate=9 June 2017 |work=[[Romford Recorder]]}}.</ref> She has served as [[Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]] since July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/czk0r339evgt |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>


Before entering the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], she served as a [[local councillor]] on the [[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council]], and a [[Parliamentary assistant|parliamentary aide]]. Lopez previously served as Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure from September 2021 to July 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2022 |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> and again from September 2022 to February 2023.
Before entering the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], she served as a [[local councillor]] on the [[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council]], and a [[Parliamentary assistant|parliamentary aide]]. Lopez previously served as Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure from September 2021 to July 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: September 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2022 |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> and again from September 2022 to February 2023.


==Early life==
==Early life and education==
Julia Louise Dockerill was born at [[Harlow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?firstname=julia&firstname_variants=true&lastname=dockerill&yearofbirth=1984&yearofbirth_offset=0&sourcecountry=great%20britain&keywordsplace=harlow%2c%20essex%2c%20england&keywordsplace_proximity=5|publisher=Findmypast|accessdate=4 November 2019|title=England & Wales Births 1837–2006}}{{subscription}}</ref> and grew up in [[Stansted Mountfitchet]], [[Essex]], with her two sisters. Her mother was a primary school teacher and her father was a businessman.<ref name=JL>{{cite web|url=https://www.julialopez.co.uk/about-julia-lopez-mp|publisher=Julia Lopez|last=Lopez|first=Julia|title=About Julia Lopez MP|accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> After Bentfield Primary School, she attended [[the Hertfordshire and Essex High School]] in [[Bishop's Stortford]], [[Hertfordshire]], before going up to [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], where she read Social and Political Sciences.<ref name = CarrDale2017/><ref>{{Who's Who | title=Dockerill, Julia Louise | id = 289480 | volume = 2018 | edition = online}}</ref>
Julia Dockerill was born in June 1984 [[Harlow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/results?firstname=julia&firstname_variants=true&lastname=dockerill&yearofbirth=1984&yearofbirth_offset=0&sourcecountry=great%20britain&keywordsplace=harlow%2c%20essex%2c%20england&keywordsplace_proximity=5|publisher=Findmypast|accessdate=4 November 2019|title=England & Wales Births 1837–2006}}{{subscription required}}</ref> and grew up in [[Stansted Mountfitchet]] with her two sisters. Her mother was a primary school teacher and her father was a businessman.<ref name="JL">{{cite web|url=https://www.julialopez.co.uk/about-julia-lopez-mp|publisher=Julia Lopez|last=Lopez|first=Julia|title=About Julia Lopez MP|accessdate=4 November 2019}}</ref> After Bentfield Primary School, she attended [[the Hertfordshire and Essex High School|Hertfordshire and Essex High School]] in [[Bishop's Stortford]], [[Hertfordshire]], before going to [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], where she studied Social and Political Sciences.<ref name = CarrDale2017/><ref>{{Who's Who | title=Dockerill, Julia Louise | id = 289480 | volume = 2018 | edition = online}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Career==
From 2006, a researcher in the parliamentary office of then-MP for [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]] and Conservative Party Vice-Chairman, [[Mark Field]], she became his chief of staff and co-authored two of his books ''Between the Crashes'' and ''The Best of Times''. Lopez has also worked as a [[ghostwriter]].<ref name=CH/> Whilst Lopez was Field's parliamentary aide she was photographed in November 2016 carrying confidential notes on a [[Brexit]]-related meeting in Downing Street which indicated that the UK would not stay in the single market, and would not seek a transitional deal with the EU.<ref>{{cite news| last1 = Elgot | first1 = Jessica | last2 = Rankin | first2 = Jennifer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/29/greg-clark-minister-dismisses-having-cake-and-eating-it-brexit-notes |title=Minister dismisses 'have cake and eat it' Brexit notes |work = [[The Guardian]] |date=29 November 2016 |accessdate=10 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fresh-faces-make-up-the-most-diverse-group-of-mps-in-history-2017-intake-parliament-politics-r602lt9xv|work=The Times|date=13 June 2017|accessdate=4 November 2019|last1=Kenber|first1=Billy|last2=McGrath|first2=Hannah|title=Fresh faces make up the most diverse group of MPs in history}}{{subscription}}</ref>
Dockerill was a researcher in the parliamentary office of then-MP for [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Cities of London and Westminster]], [[Mark Field]]. She became his chief of staff and co-authored two of his books ''Between the Crashes'' and ''The Best of Times''. Dockerill has also worked as a [[ghostwriter]].<ref name=CH/> Whilst Dockerill was Field's parliamentary aide she was photographed in November 2016 carrying confidential notes on a [[Brexit]]-related meeting in Downing Street which indicated that the UK would not stay in the single market, and would not seek a transitional deal with the EU.<ref>{{cite news| last1 = Elgot | first1 = Jessica | last2 = Rankin | first2 = Jennifer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/nov/29/greg-clark-minister-dismisses-having-cake-and-eating-it-brexit-notes |title=Minister dismisses 'have cake and eat it' Brexit notes |work = [[The Guardian]] |date=29 November 2016 |accessdate=10 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fresh-faces-make-up-the-most-diverse-group-of-mps-in-history-2017-intake-parliament-politics-r602lt9xv|work=The Times|date=13 June 2017|accessdate=4 November 2019|last1=Kenber|first1=Billy|last2=McGrath|first2=Hannah|title=Fresh faces make up the most diverse group of MPs in history}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
In 2014, Lopez was elected a [[councillor]] for [[St Katharine's and Wapping (ward)|St Katharine's and Wapping]] Ward on [[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council]].<ref name=CH>{{cite web|last=Wallace|first=Mark|url=http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/04/cllr-julia-dockerill-selected-for-hornchurch-and-upminster.html|title=Cllr Julia Dockerill selected for Hornchurch and Upminster |publisher=[[ConservativeHome]]|date=26 April 2017|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=83&RPID=23930802|publisher=Tower Hamlets Council|accessdate=4 November 2019|title=Election results for St Katharine's & Wapping|date=22 May 2014}}</ref> In April 2017, she was selected as the Conservative candidate for [[Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornchurch and Upminster]]. The seat was previously held since its creation in 2010 by Conservative MP [[Angela Watkinson]] who had also represented the earlier constituency of [[Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Upminster]] since 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/election-2017-hornchurch-and-upminster-mp-dame-angela-watkinson-to-step-down-1-4981103|work=Romford Recorder|title=Election 2017: Hornchurch and Upminster MP Dame Angela Watkinson to step down|date=19 April 2017|accessdate=4 November 2019|last=Anderson|first=Hayley}}</ref> Lopez was elected to Parliament at the [[2017 general election]] with a majority of 17,723 (31.6%) votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/election/2017-06-08/Results/Location/Constituency/Hornchurch%20and%20Upminster|publisher=parliament.uk|accessdate=4 November 2019|title=Hornchurch and Upminster}}</ref> From September 2017, she sat on the [[Parliament]]ary [[International Trade Select Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/julia-lopez/4647|title=Julia Lopez MP|accessdate=4 November 2019|publisher=parliament.uk}}</ref>
In 2014, Dockerill was elected a [[councillor]] for [[St Katharine's and Wapping (ward)|St Katharine's and Wapping]] Ward on [[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council]].<ref name=CH>{{cite web|last=Wallace|first=Mark|url=http://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2017/04/cllr-julia-dockerill-selected-for-hornchurch-and-upminster.html|title=Cllr Julia Dockerill selected for Hornchurch and Upminster |publisher=[[ConservativeHome]]|date=26 April 2017|accessdate=8 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=83&RPID=23930802|publisher=Tower Hamlets Council|accessdate=4 November 2019|title=Election results for St Katharine's & Wapping|date=22 May 2014}}</ref>


At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Dockerill was elected to Parliament as MP for [[Hornchurch and Upminster]] with 60.2% of the vote and a majority of 17,723.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hornchurch & Upminster parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000751 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="CBP-7979">{{cite web |date=29 January 2019 |orig-date=7 April 2018 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112183438/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7979/CBP-7979.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2019 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |edition=Second}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Hornchurch and Upminster - UK Parliament Constituency - Election Polling |url=http://www.electionpolling.co.uk/constituencies/uk-parliament/hornchurch-and-upminster |website=www.electionpolling.co.uk}}</ref>
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Lopez supported [[Brexit]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]].{{Citation needed|reason=No citation for this. Dockerill was in fact non-committal as a Tower Hamlets cllr. Only when elected for the more Brexit-y Havering did she become a keen Brexiteer|date=May 2023}} She voted against then Prime Minister [[Theresa May]]'s Brexit withdrawal agreement in early 2019. In the indicative votes on 27 March, she voted against a referendum on a withdrawal agreement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ig.ft.com/brexit-exit-deal-vote/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902092554/https://ig.ft.com/brexit-exit-deal-vote/|archivedate=2 September 2019|date=29 March 2019|title=How MPs voted on May's withdrawal deal defeat|work=Financial Times}}</ref> In October, Lopez voted for Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]]'s Brexit withdrawal agreement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-how-my-mp-voted-labour-conservative-boris-johnson-a9167026.html|work=The Independent|title=How your MP voted for Boris Johnson's Brexit deal|last=Buchan|first=Lizzy|accessdate=4 November 2019|date=22 October 2019}}</ref> At the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|December 2019 general election]], she was returned with 65.8% of the vote, and an increased majority of 23,308 (43.2%) votes.<ref name=BBC2019>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000751|title=Hornchurch & Upminster|accessdate=13 December 2019|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>


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She voted against then Prime Minister [[Theresa May]]'s Brexit withdrawal agreement in early 2019. In the indicative votes on 27 March, she voted against a referendum on a potential withdrawal agreement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ig.ft.com/brexit-exit-deal-vote/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902092554/https://ig.ft.com/brexit-exit-deal-vote/|archivedate=2 September 2019|date=29 March 2019|title=How MPs voted on May's withdrawal deal defeat|work=Financial Times}}</ref> In October, Lopez voted for Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]]'s Brexit withdrawal agreement.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-how-my-mp-voted-labour-conservative-boris-johnson-a9167026.html|work=The Independent|title=How your MP voted for Boris Johnson's Brexit deal|last=Buchan|first=Lizzy|accessdate=4 November 2019|date=22 October 2019}}</ref>
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A [[Minister for Implementation|Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office]] from February 2020 to September 2021, Lopez was appointed [[Minister of State for Media and Data]] in the [[2021 British cabinet reshuffle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/julia-lopez|title=Julia Lopez MP|publisher=gov.uk|accessdate=20 November 2021}}</ref>

Lopez was re-elected as MP for Hornchurch and Upminster at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] with an increased vote share of 65.8% and an increased majority of 23,308.<ref name="BBC2019">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000751|title=Hornchurch & Upminster|accessdate=13 December 2019|publisher=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="Statement of persons nominated">{{cite web |last=Blake-Herbert |first=Andrew |date=14 November 2019 |title=Statement of persons nominated, notice of poll and situation of polling stations. Election of a Member of Parliament for Hornchurch & Upminster |url=https://www.havering.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/3466/hornchurch_and_upminster_notice_of_poll_statement_of_persons_nominated_and_situations_of_polling_stations.pdf |publisher=[[Havering London Borough Council]]}}</ref><ref name="CBP-8749">{{cite web |date=28 January 2020 |title=Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118043715/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021 |access-date=19 January 2022 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |location=London}}</ref>

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A [[Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office]] from February 2020 to September 2021, Lopez was appointed [[Minister of State for Media and Data]] in the [[2021 British cabinet reshuffle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/julia-lopez|title=Julia Lopez MP|publisher=gov.uk|accessdate=20 November 2021}}</ref>


On 6 July 2022, Lopez resigned from government, citing [[Boris Johnson]]'s handling of the [[Chris Pincher scandal]], in a joint statement with fellow Ministers [[Kemi Badenoch]], [[Neil O'Brien]], [[Lee Rowley]] and [[Alex Burghart]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/five-ministers-quit-joint-resignation-letter-pm-faces-growing-pressure-to-go-1726836|work=i|title=Five ministers quit in joint resignation letter as PM faces growing pressure to go|date=6 July 2022|accessdate=10 December 2022|last=Duffy|first=Nick}}</ref> She then supported [[Kemi Badenoch]] in the [[July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2022 |title=The other race for Downing Street |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/race-tory-aide-downing-street-government/ |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref>
On 6 July 2022, Lopez resigned from government, citing [[Boris Johnson]]'s handling of the [[Chris Pincher scandal]], in a joint statement with fellow Ministers [[Kemi Badenoch]], [[Neil O'Brien]], [[Lee Rowley]] and [[Alex Burghart]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/five-ministers-quit-joint-resignation-letter-pm-faces-growing-pressure-to-go-1726836|work=i|title=Five ministers quit in joint resignation letter as PM faces growing pressure to go|date=6 July 2022|accessdate=10 December 2022|last=Duffy|first=Nick}}</ref> She then supported [[Kemi Badenoch]] in the [[July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 2022 |title=The other race for Downing Street |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/race-tory-aide-downing-street-government/ |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref>
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In September 2022, Prime Minister [[Liz Truss]] reappointed her to government as a Minister in the [[Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 September 2022 |title=Robert Jenrick back in government as Liz Truss picks junior ministers |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62824923 |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> In October 2022, she was reappointed by Truss' successor as PM [[Rishi Sunak]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022|access-date=26 October 2022|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref>
In September 2022, Prime Minister [[Liz Truss]] reappointed her to government as a Minister in the [[Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 September 2022 |title=Robert Jenrick back in government as Liz Truss picks junior ministers |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62824923 |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref> In October 2022, she was reappointed by Truss' successor as PM [[Rishi Sunak]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022|access-date=26 October 2022|publisher=gov.uk}}</ref>


In April 2023, it was announced that Lopez was to take maternity leave from her ministerial posts, under the terms of the [[Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021]], to be temporarily replaced by [[John Whittingdale|Sir John Whittingdale]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: April 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-april-2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2023, it was announced that Lopez was to take maternity leave from her ministerial posts, under the terms of the [[Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021]], to be temporarily replaced by [[Sir John Whittingdale]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments: April 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-april-2023 |access-date=26 April 2023 |website=GOV.UK |date=24 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Married since September 2017 to Lorenzo Lopez, the couple have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.julialopez.co.uk/about-julia-lopez-mp|title=About Julia Lopez MP|publisher=Julia Lopez|accessdate=6 November 2023}}</ref>
Lopez married Lorenzo Lopez in September 2017. The couple have two children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.julialopez.co.uk/about-julia-lopez-mp|title=About Julia Lopez MP|publisher=Julia Lopez|accessdate=6 November 2023}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Cabinet Office]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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For the Mexican painter, see Julia López (painter).

Julia Lopez
MP
Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Preceded byThangam Debbonaire
Member of Parliament
for Hornchurch and Upminster
Incumbent
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
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 for Hornchurch and Upminster since 2017.[4] She has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since July 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.

Early life and education

Julia Dockerill was born in June 1984 Harlow[7] and grew up in Stansted Mountfitchet with her two sisters. Her mother was a primary school teacher and her father was a businessman.[8] After Bentfield Primary School, she attended Hertfordshire and Essex High School in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, before going to Queens' College, Cambridge, where she studied Social and Political Sciences.[3][9]

Political career

Dockerill was a researcher in the parliamentary office of then-MP for Cities of London and Westminster, Mark Field. She became his chief of staff and co-authored two of his books Between the Crashes and The Best of Times. Dockerill has also worked as a ghostwriter.[10] Whilst Dockerill was Field's parliamentary aide she was photographed in November 2016 carrying confidential notes on a Brexit-related meeting in Downing Street which indicated that the UK would not stay in the single market, and would not seek a transitional deal with the EU.[11][12]

In 2014, Dockerill was elected a councillor for St Katharine's and Wapping Ward on Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.[10][13]

At the snap 2017 general election, Dockerill was elected to Parliament as MP for Hornchurch and Upminster with 60.2% of the vote and a majority of 17,723.[14][15] [16]

She voted against then Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal agreement in early 2019. In the indicative votes on 27 March, she voted against a referendum on a potential withdrawal agreement.[17] In October, Lopez voted for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit withdrawal agreement.[18]

Lopez was re-elected as MP for Hornchurch and Upminster at the 2019 general election with an increased vote share of 65.8% and an increased majority of 23,308.[1][19][20]

A Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from February 2020 to September 2021, Lopez was appointed Minister of State for Media and Data in the 2021 British cabinet reshuffle.[21]

On 6 July 2022, Lopez resigned from government, citing Boris Johnson's handling of the Chris Pincher scandal, in a joint statement with fellow Ministers Kemi Badenoch, Neil O'Brien, Lee Rowley and Alex Burghart.[22] She then supported Kemi Badenoch in the July 2022 Conservative Party leadership election.[23]

In September 2022, Prime Minister Liz Truss reappointed her to government as a Minister in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.[24] In October 2022, she was reappointed by Truss' successor as PM Rishi Sunak.[25]

In April 2023, it was announced that Lopez was to take maternity leave from her ministerial posts, under the terms of the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021, to be temporarily replaced by Sir John Whittingdale.[26]

Personal life

Lopez married Lorenzo Lopez in September 2017. The couple have two children.[27]

Notes

  1. ^ Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital Infrastructure from September 2021 to July 2022 and again from September 2022 to February 2023.
  2. ^ In accordance with the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021 John Whittingdale temporarily served as Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries during the Lopez's maternity leave

References

  1. ^ a b "Hornchurch & Upminster". BBC News. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11776.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ "England & Wales Births 1837–2006". Findmypast. Retrieved 4 November 2019.(subscription required)
  8. ^ Lopez, Julia. "About Julia Lopez MP". Julia Lopez. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Dockerill, Julia Louise". Who's Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ a b Wallace, Mark (26 April 2017). "Cllr Julia Dockerill selected for Hornchurch and Upminster". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  11. ^ Elgot, Jessica; Rankin, Jennifer (29 November 2016). "Minister dismisses 'have cake and eat it' Brexit notes". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  12. ^ Kenber, Billy; McGrath, Hannah (13 June 2017). "Fresh faces make up the most diverse group of MPs in history". The Times. Retrieved 4 November 2019.(subscription required)
  13. ^ "Election results for St Katharine's & Wapping". Tower Hamlets Council. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Hornchurch & Upminster parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  15. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 7979. General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (Second ed.). House of Commons Library. 29 January 2019 [7 April 2018]. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Hornchurch and Upminster - UK Parliament Constituency - Election Polling". www.electionpolling.co.uk.
  17. ^ "How MPs voted on May's withdrawal deal defeat". Financial Times. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019.
  18. ^ Buchan, Lizzy (22 October 2019). "How your MP voted for Boris Johnson's Brexit deal". The Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  19. ^ Blake-Herbert, Andrew (14 November 2019). "Statement of persons nominated, notice of poll and situation of polling stations. Election of a Member of Parliament for Hornchurch & Upminster" (PDF). Havering London Borough Council.
  20. ^ "Commons Briefing Paper 8749. General Election 2019: results and analysis" (PDF). London: House of Commons Library. 28 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Julia Lopez MP". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  22. ^ Duffy, Nick (6 July 2022). "Five ministers quit in joint resignation letter as PM faces growing pressure to go". i. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  23. ^ "The other race for Downing Street". Politico. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  24. ^ "Robert Jenrick back in government as Liz Truss picks junior ministers". BBC News. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  25. ^ "Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022". gov.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Ministerial Appointments: April 2023". GOV.UK. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  27. ^ "About Julia Lopez MP". Julia Lopez. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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