Julia Lopez (politician)

Julia Lopez
MP
Member of Parliament
for Hornchurch and Upminster
Assumed office
8 June 2017
Preceded by Dame Angela Watkinson
Majority 17,723 (31.6%)
Personal details
Born Julia Dockerill
1984 (age 33–34)
Harlow, Essex, UK
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s)
Lopez (m. 2017)
Alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge
Website Official website

Julia Louise Lopez (née Dockerill, born June 1984) is a British Conservative Party politician.[1] She is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch and Upminster in Greater London.[2]

Early life

She was born in Harlow, Essex and raised in Stansted.[3] She attended the local state primary and secondary schools and subsequently went to Queens' College, Cambridge, where she studied Social and Political Sciences.[4]

In September 2017 she married her British-Australian partner (who was born in El Salvador) and took his surname Lopez.[3]

Career

Dockerill became a Councillor in Tower Hamlets in 2014, where she represented the ward of St Katharine's and Wapping.[5][6]

In November 2016, when she was acting as an aide to Conservative vice-chair, Mark Field, Lopez was photographed carrying sensitive notes about a Brexit meeting in Downing Street.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11776.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 "About Julia Lopez". julialopez.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ DOCKERILL, Julia Louise. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Wallace, Mark. "Cllr Julia Dockerill selected for Hornchurch and Upminster". conservativehome.com. ConservativeHome. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Councillor details: Councillor Julia Dockerill". Democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk. Tower Hamlets Council. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Elgot, Jessica; Rankin, Jennifer (29 November 2016). "Minister dismisses 'have cake and eat it' Brexit notes". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Dame Angela Watkinson		 Member of Parliament
for Hornchurch and Upminster
2017–present		 Incumbent


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