Julia Lopez | |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | |
| In office 8 July 2024 – 5 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Thangam Debbonaire |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Andrew |
| Member of Parliament for Hornchurch and Upminster | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dame Angela Watkinson |
| Majority | 1,943 (4.1%)[1] |
| Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure | |
| In office 20 December 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bryant |
| In office 7 March 2023 – 9 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | John Whittingdale |
| Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries[a] | |
| In office 20 December 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bryant (Creative Industries and Tourism) Stephanie Peacock (Media) |
| In office 7 September 2022 – 9 May 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| Preceded by | Matt Warman |
| Succeeded by | John Whittingdale |
| In office 16 September 2021 – 6 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | John Whittingdale |
| Succeeded by | Matt Warman |
| Minister on Leave | |
| In office 9 May 2023 – 20 December 2023[b] | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Interim | John Whittingdale |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office | |
| In office 14 February 2020 – 15 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Jeremy Quin |
| Succeeded by | Heather Wheeler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Julia Louise Dockerill[2] June 1984 (age 40) Harlow, Essex, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Lorenzo Lopez (m. 2017) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Website | julialopez |
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 has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition since November 2024, having previously served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in Rishi Sunak's Caretaker Shadow Cabinet.[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.
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- ^ "UK politics live: Lord Cameron resigns as Rishi Sunak announces interim shadow cabinet". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Ministerial Appointments: September 2022". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
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