1. Matthew Robert Warman was born on 1 September 1981 and is a British Conservative Party politician and former journalist who served as the Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness from 2015 to 2024.
12 Facts About Matt Warman
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Matt Warman served as Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from July to September 2022.
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Matt Warman served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure from July 2019 to September 2021.
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Matthew Warman was born on 1 September 1981 in Enfield, London, and was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
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Matt 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.
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Matt Warman was a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee, and a former co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Broadband and Digital Communication and Pictfor.
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Matt Warman was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.
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Matt Warman became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 26 July 2019, serving as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital Infrastructure.
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Matt Warman was replaced on 16 September 2021 by Chris Philp.
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Matt Warman 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.
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In September 2024, Matt Warman announced he had put himself forward to be the Conservative candidate for the 2025 Greater Lincolnshire mayoral election.
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Matt Warman made it onto a six-man shortlist for the position, but missed out on the nomination which went to Rob Waltham following a selection event at Lincoln's Bishop Grosseteste University in December 2024.