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Last 12 months

How Julia Lopez votes

Julia Lopez voted the same way as their party in 100% of the votes where parties gave instructions. In 0 of those 195 votes, they went the other way.

What does this mean?

Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high score is normal and says nothing about whether an MP is good or bad. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. Words explained

Recent votes

DateVoteThey votedCompared with party
11 SepEnd of life for terminally ill adults: the first main voteAgainstFree vote
11 SepA vote to end a debateAgainstFree vote
10 SepSocial housing: an attempt to block itForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party
8 SepHealth: a proposed changeForSame as party

See every vote on Parliament’s site

Declared interests

MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.

No interests are currently registered for Julia Lopez.

Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page

Questions

MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.

Julia Lopez asked 75 written questions in the last 12 months.

Who they asked

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology36
Department for Business and Trade11
Treasury10
Department of Health and Social Care8
Cabinet Office4

Latest questions

21 May 2026 · to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 5 Jun 2026
21 May 2026 · to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 5 Jun 2026
21 May 2026 · to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 5 Jun 2026
21 May 2026 · to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 5 Jun 2026
21 May 2026 · to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 5 Jun 2026

Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026

Expenses

MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.

PAID IN 2025-26
£2,172
Office costs · claims for running an office£2,172

14 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.

Costs depend on many things, such as where an MP’s area is, what premises and staff they need, and whether they joined or left part-way through the year. This page does not say whether any amount is right or wrong. It covers the claims in IPSA’s individual business costs file, so it is not the full cost of an MP’s office.

Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data

Election result and area

Julia Lopez represents Hornchurch and Upminster. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.

WINNER, 2024
Julia Lopez

Conservative

MAJORITY
1,943

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
62%

of people who could vote did

Julia Lopez won with 33% of the votes, and Nicholas Palmer (Reform UK) came second with 28%.

Votes for each party

Conservative33% · 15,260
Reform UK28% · 13,317
Labour28% · 12,939
Green Party6% · 2,620
Liberal Democrat5% · 2,381
Independent1% · 394
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Julia LopezConservative15,26032.5%
Nicholas PalmerReform UK13,31728.4%
Sunny BrarLabour12,93927.6%
Melanie CollinsGreen Party2,6205.6%
Ian SandersonLiberal Democrat2,3815.1%
David Warren DurantIndependent3940.8%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£910 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.0%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

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Has this changed over time? 90%95%100%Oct 25Sep 26
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Source: Commons Votes API

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