Official portrait of Julia Lopez

Julia Lopez

Conservative MP for Hornchurch and Upminster, since 8 June 2017

Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Julia Lopez is the Conservative MP for Hornchurch and Upminster, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017. She currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Scorecard

73.0% Attendance Turns up more often than most MPs who vote
420 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
155 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
0 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Conservative MPs
0 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
295 Debates spoken in 153 written questions tabled

Ranked 309 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 49 No 332–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48 No 328–160
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 47 No 327–164
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 46 No 314–178
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 23 No 329–163
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 8 No 316–172
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 No 330–158
15 Sep 2025 Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 326–160
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading No 362–87
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 Aye 153–300
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 23 Aye 158–297
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 58 Aye 92–364
10 Sep 2025 Bus Services (No.2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 2 No vote 69–300
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Second Reading No 330–179
9 Sep 2025 Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: Reasoned Amendment Aye 116–333
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 No 335–160
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 No 401–96
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 No 325–171
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 No 404–98
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 No 336–158
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 No 402–97
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 No 398–93
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 No 338–74
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 No 331–73
4 Sep 2025 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 No 336–77

Declared financial interests

Nothing currently declared in the Register of Members' Financial Interests.

Debates

295 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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