Matt Warman

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Matt Warman
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
In office
7 July 2022 – 7 September 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byJulia Lopez
Succeeded byJulia Lopez
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure
In office
26 July 2019 – 16 September 2021
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byMargot James
Succeeded byChris Philp
Member of Parliament
for Boston and Skegness
In office
7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Preceded byMark Simmonds
Succeeded byRichard Tice
Personal details
Born (1981-09-01) 1 September 1981 (age 43)
Enfield, London, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materDurham University

Matthew Robert Warman (born 1 September 1981) is a British Conservative Party politician and former journalist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness from 2015 to 2024.[1][2] He served as Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from July to September 2022.[3][4] Warman was an Assistant Government Whip from April 2019 to July 2019. He served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure from July 2019 to September 2021.[5]

Early life and career

Matthew Warman was born on 1 September 1981 in Enfield, London, and was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, Hertfordshire. He then studied English at Durham University. Whilst at university, he was Treasurer of Durham Student Theatre for the 2002/2003 academic year.[6]

Warman worked for The Daily Telegraph from 1999 until 2015, focusing on technology, where he led coverage of Facebook, Google and Apple, and covering the launch of products including iPhones, BBC iPlayer and the Apple Watch, as well as interviewing key figures including the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.[7]

Parliamentary career

At the 2015 general election, Warman was elected to Parliament as MP for Boston and Skegness with 43.8% of the vote and a majority of 4,336.[8][9][10]

Warman was a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee,[11] and a former co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Broadband and Digital Communication and Pictfor (The Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum).

Warman was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[12] However, his constituency voted with the highest proportion of any constituency in the UK to leave, with 75.6% of voters casting their vote to leave. Despite his previous opposition, after the referendum he was listed as a supporter of pro-Brexit lobby group Leave Means Leave.[13]

At the snap 2017 general election, Warman was re-elected as MP for Boston and Skegness with an increased vote share of 63.6% and an increased majority of 16,572.[14]

Warman became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 26 July 2019,[15] serving as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure. He was replaced on 16 September 2021 by Chris Philp.[5]

At the 2019 general election, Warman was again re-elected with an increased vote share of 76.7% and an increased majority of 25,621.[16][17]

He was made Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in July 2022 as part of the caretaker government by outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[3]

At the 2024 general election, Warman lost his seat to Richard Tice of Reform UK, coming in second place with a decreased vote share of 33.4% compared to the 2019 election.[2][18][19]

Post Parliament

In September 2024, Warman announced he had put himself forward to be the Conservative candidate for the 2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election.[20] He made it onto a six-man shortlist for the position,[21] but missed out on the nomination which went to Rob Waltham following a selection event at Lincoln's Bishop Grosseteste University in December 2024.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Boston & Skegness parliamentary constituency". Election 2015. BBC News. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Boston and Skegness - General election results 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Ministerial appointments: July 2022". GOV.UK. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Matt Warman MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". GOV.UK. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  6. ^ "The Exec: 2002/3". Durham Student Theatre (via Internet Wayback Machine). 2003. Archived from the original on 24 March 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. ^ "About |". www.mattwarman.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ^ Drury, Phil (9 April 2015). "Statement of persons nominated". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  10. ^ Drury, Phil (12 May 2015). "Declaration of result of poll". Boston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Matt Warman MP". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  12. ^ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Co-Chairmen – Political Advisory Board – Supporters". Leave Means Leave. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  14. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION 2017: Candidates for Boston and Skegness confirmed". Boston Standard. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.
  15. ^ "These New Conservative Party Ministers Have Just Been Revealed". HuffPost UK. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Boston & Skegness parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  17. ^ Drury, Phil (14 November 2019). "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). Boston Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Boston and Skegness elects Reform UK's Richard Tice". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  19. ^ ""The proudest moment of my life!" Richard Tice celebrates Reform wining Boston and Skegness seat". Lincs Online. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Former MP announces bid to become first elected Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire". Lincolnshire World. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  21. ^ "Six-man shortlist revealed for Tories and Labour contender announced in race to become first Greater Lincolnshire mayor". Lincs Online. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  22. ^ "Rob Waltham to represent Conservatives in Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election". Lincolnshire World. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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