{{short description|British politician}} {{Use British English|date=August 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | office = Assistant Government Whip | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|03|23}} | birth_place = Barking, London, England | death_date = | term_end = 13 November 2023 | party = Conservative | term_start = 27 October 2022 | image = Official portrait of Julie Marson MP crop 2.jpg | majority = | incumbent = | honorific_suffix = | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | office3 = Member of Parliament<br>for Hertford and Stortford | term_start3 = 12 December 2019 | term_end3 = 30 May 2024 | majority3 = | predecessor3 = Mark Prisk | successor3 = Josh Dean | term_start2 = 8 July 2022 | office2 = Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment | prime_minister = Rishi Sunak | prime_minister2 = Boris Johnson | predecessor2 = Mims Davies | successor2 = Victoria Prentis | term_end2 = 20 September 2022 | term_start1 = 8 July 2022 | term_end1 = 20 September 2022 | predecessor1 = Andrea Jenkyns | prime_minister1 = Boris Johnson }} '''Julie Marson''' (born 23 March 1965)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brunskill|first=Ian|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1129682574|title=The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election|date=19 March 2020|isbn=978-0-00-839258-1|pages=228|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers Limited |oclc=1129682574}}</ref> is the former Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stortford. She served as an Assistant Government Whip from October 2022 to November 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-25-october-2022 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> having previously held the office from July to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment between July 2022 and September 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministerial appointments: July 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-july-2022 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=GOV.UK |date=7 July 2022 |language=en}}</ref> She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertford and Stortford in the 2019 general election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000744|title=Hertford & Stortford parliamentary constituency – Election 2019|work=www.bbc.com|accessdate=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001140255/https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000744|archive-date=1 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She was defeated at the 2024 general election, with Labour candidate Josh Dean elected as the new MP.
==Early life and career== Marson was born in Barking, London and previously worked in finance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.juliemarson.org.uk/about-julie-marson|title=About Julie Marson|work=www.juliemarson.org.uk/about-julie-marson|accessdate=17 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=Conservative Home |url=https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2019/10/the-hertford-and-stortford-candidate-selection-a-shortlist-a-controversy-and-a-cautionary-tale.html |title=The Hertford and Stortford candidate selection: a shortlist, a controversy and a cautionary tale |date=24 October 2019 |accessdate=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211211455/https://www.conservativehome.com/parliament/2019/10/the-hertford-and-stortford-candidate-selection-a-shortlist-a-controversy-and-a-cautionary-tale.html |archive-date=11 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was educated at Woodford County High School for Girls and Downing College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web |work=The Bishop's Stortford Independent|url=https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/conservative-julie-marson-becomes-bishops-stortfords-first-woman-mp-9093509/|title=General Election 2019: Julie Marson holds Hertford and Stortford for Conservatives |date=13 December 2019 |accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref> Prior to becoming an MP, she worked in corporate banking for NatWest.<ref name="politicsuk">{{cite web|title=Marson, Julie|url=https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/marson-julie/|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Politics.co.uk}}</ref>
==Political career==
Marson was previously a councillor on Thanet District Council in Kent, representing the Viking ward from 2011 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local Elections Archive Project — Viking Ward|url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/4933/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=www.andrewteale.me.uk}}</ref> She has also served as a magistrate.<ref name="politicsuk" />
She contested the Labour-held East London seat of Dagenham and Rainham at the 2015 general election, finishing in third place. She stood again two years later, at the 2017 snap election, this time finishing in second place and increasing her vote share by 16%.
On 24 October 2019, the Hertford and Stortford Conservative Association chose Marson to succeed the incumbent MP Mark Prisk as their candidate in what has generally been considered a safe seat for the Conservative Party.<ref>{{cite news |last=Corr |first=Sinead |url=https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/general-election-conservatives-pick-julie-marson-as-candidate-for-hertford-and-stortford-9087374/ |title=Julie Marson selected to replace MP Mark Prisk as Conservative candidate for Hertford and Stortford in General Election |publisher=Bishop's Stortford Independent |date=25 October 2019 |accessdate=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026140920/https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/general-election-conservatives-pick-julie-marson-as-candidate-for-hertford-and-stortford-9087374/ |archive-date=26 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the general election on 12 December 2019, Marson was elected as the MP for Hertford and Stortford, with a majority of over 19,000.
After the 2022 government crisis, she was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment. She answered her first questions as a minister in the House of Commons on 11 July.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marson faces first question by blasting Labour's employment record |url=https://www.politics.co.uk/parliament/marson-faces-first-question-by-blasting-labours-employment-record/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Politics.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>
In April 2023, she failed to be automatically reselected for the 2024 general election by her local party executive following a vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-05 |title=Stortford Tory MP appeals to party members after shock reselection decision |url=https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/stortford-tory-mp-appeals-to-party-members-after-shock-resel-9307174/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Bishop's Stortford Independent |language=en}}</ref> After a ballot of party members she was reselected.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=Bishop's Stortford MP Julie Marson survives selection vote |url=https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/bishop-s-stortford-mp-julie-marson-survives-selection-vote-9309579/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Bishop's Stortford Independent |language=en}}</ref>
== Political positions == Marson supported Leave in the 2016 referendum on EU membership.<ref name="politicsuk" />
On 8 June 2020, she called for a global ban on wet markets.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Edwards|first=Julie Marson, Ruth|title=Ending wet markets around the world must be our priority|newspaper=The Times|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/ending-wet-markets-around-the-world-must-be-our-priority-lqk505zjh|access-date=2020-06-08|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>
Later that month, Marson called for LGBT+ conversion therapy to be banned, labelling it "morally and medically wrong."<ref>{{Cite web|title=LGBT+ Conversion Therapy|url=https://www.juliemarson.org.uk/campaigns/lgbt-conversion-therapy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211003923/https://www.juliemarson.org.uk/campaigns/lgbt-conversion-therapy|archive-date=11 December 2020|website=Julie Marson}}</ref>
Marson has supported the ''Turn on the Subtitles'' campaign, raising it at Prime Minister's Questions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Julie Marson MP Asks the Prime Minister to Turn on the Subtitles|url=https://www.juliemarson.org.uk/news/julie-marson-mp-asks-prime-minister-turn-subtitles|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Julie Marson|date=9 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Marson has supported initiatives promoting women in STEM and businesses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-05 |title=Stortford MP backs next generation of female entrepreneurs |url=https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/business/mp-julie-backs-next-generation-of-female-entrepreneurs-9201812/ |access-date=2021-07-09 |website=Bishop's Stortford Independent |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Marson lives in Kent and is married with a son. She also has a blonde cockapoo dog named Boris.<ref name="politicsuk" />
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