Matt Warman

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.{{cite web |title=The Exec: 2002/3 |url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/DST/exec.html |website=Durham Student Theatre (via Internet Wayback Machine) |access-date=1 September 2019 |date=2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030324203626/http://www.dur.ac.uk/DST/exec.html |archive-date=24 March 2003 }}

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.{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} |url=http://www.mattwarman.co.uk/about-matt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628052604/http://www.mattwarman.co.uk/about-matt/ |archive-date=28 June 2016 |access-date=20 July 2016 |website=www.mattwarman.co.uk}}

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.{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=Electoral Calculus}}{{cite web |last=Drury |first=Phil |date=9 April 2015 |title=Statement of persons nominated |url=http://www.boston.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=13948&p=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415175957/http://www.boston.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=13948&p=0 |archive-date=15 April 2015 |access-date=30 January 2020 |publisher=Boston Borough Council}}{{cite web |last=Drury |first=Phil |date=12 May 2015 |title=Declaration of result of poll |url=http://www.boston.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=13948&p=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427013140/http://www.boston.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=13948&p=0 |archive-date=27 April 2016 |access-date=30 January 2020 |publisher=Boston Borough Council}}

Warman was a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee,{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/matt-warman/4361|title=Matt Warman MP|website=UK Parliament|access-date=20 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708151114/http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/matt-warman/4361|archive-date=8 July 2016|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Goodenough|first1=Tom|title=Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|access-date=11 October 2016|work=The Spectator|date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203120144/http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/which-tory-mps-back-brexit-who-doesnt-and-who-is-still-on-the-fence/|archive-date=3 February 2017|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.leavemeansleave.eu/who-we-are/ |title=Co-Chairmen – Political Advisory Board – Supporters |publisher=Leave Means Leave |access-date=28 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024153425/http://www.leavemeansleave.eu/who-we-are/ |archive-date=24 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web |author= |date=11 May 2017 |title=GENERAL ELECTION 2017: Candidates for Boston and Skegness confirmed |url=http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/general-election-2017-candidates-for-boston-and-skegness-confirmed-1-7957560 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511223456/https://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/general-election-2017-candidates-for-boston-and-skegness-confirmed-1-7957560 |archive-date=11 May 2017 |work=Boston Standard}}

Warman became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 26 July 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/new-conservative-party-ministers_uk_5d3b4392e4b0c31569ea96dd|title=These New Conservative Party Ministers Have Just Been Revealed|date=2019-07-26|website=HuffPost UK |access-date=2019-07-26}} serving as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure. He was replaced on 16 September 2021 by Chris Philp.

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.{{cite news |author= |title=Boston & Skegness parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000582 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113105544/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000582 |archive-date=13 January 2020 |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=BBC News}}{{cite web |last=Drury |first=Phil |date=14 November 2019 |title=Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations |url=https://www.mybostonuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130125731/https://www.mybostonuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated.pdf |archive-date=30 January 2020 |access-date=30 January 2020 |publisher=Boston Borough Council}}

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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80xqnd7gpko|title=Boston and Skegness elects Reform UK's Richard Tice|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=6 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/boston/the-proudest-moment-of-my-life-richard-tice-celebrates-r-9373382/|title=“The proudest moment of my life!” Richard Tice celebrates Reform wining Boston and Skegness seat|publisher=Lincs Online|accessdate=6 July 2024}}

In September 2024, Warman announced he had put himself forward to be the Conservative candidate for the 2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election.{{cite web|url=https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/people/former-mp-announces-bid-to-become-first-elected-mayor-of-greater-lincolnshire-4789832|title=Former MP announces bid to become first elected Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire|publisher=Lincolnshire World|accessdate=18 December 2024}} He made it onto a six-man shortlist for the position,{{cite web|url=https://www.lincsonline.co.uk/lincoln/six-man-shortlist-revealed-for-tories-and-labour-contender-a-9393363/|title=Six-man shortlist revealed for Tories and Labour contender announced in race to become first Greater Lincolnshire mayor|publisher=Lincs Online|accessdate=18 December 2024}} but missed out on the nomination which went to Rob Waltham following a selection event at Lincoln's Bishop Grosseteste University in December 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/politics/rob-waltham-to-represent-conservatives-in-greater-lincolnshire-mayoral-election-4905724|title=Rob Waltham to represent Conservatives in Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election|publisher=Lincolnshire World|accessdate=18 December 2024}}

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