Julia Lopez (politician)

Julia Lopez
Official portrait, 2024
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
5 November 2024
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byJessica Morden
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
Junior ministerial offices
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
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
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
Member of Parliament
for Hornchurch and Upminster
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded byDame Angela Watkinson
Majority1,943 (4.1%)
Personal details
Born
Julia Louise Dockerill

June 1984 (age 4041)
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) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster since 2017. 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.

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, and again from September 2022 to February 2023.