Lincoln Jopp

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Colonel
Lincoln Jopp
MC MP
Official Potrait of Lincoln Jopp MP.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Spelthorne
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024

After retiring from active military service, Lincoln Jopp transitioned to a career in the civilian sector. He has held significant positions in various organisations, including The Pension SuperFund, where he worked as director and chief operating officer. [11] In 2022 he successfully launched a campaign to ensure more than 1,000 members of the Armed Forces deployed to cover industrial action during the Christmas/New Year period received extra payments. He also campaigned to ensure the Afghan interpreter he worked with was safely relocated in the UK, along with his family. [11] He was celebrated for leading five hours of the BBC's red button coverage of the King's Coronation in 2023 – a hybrid television and radio offering for the blind and partially sighted. [11]

Personal life

Lincoln Jopp is married to Caroline Jopp, co-founder of the Military Wives Choirs organisation. [12] They have been married for over 30 years and have 3 children together.

References

  1. ↑ https://x.com/CarolineJopp/status/1356505132377243649
  2. ↑ "Spelthorne | General Election 2024". Sky News . Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ↑ https://www.forcesnews.com/services/tri-service/former-officer-says-military-personnel-covering-strikes-deserve-bonuses
  4. 1 2 "Audio describer for the King's Coronation shortlisted for RNIB See Differently Award". InYourArea.co.uk. 2024-04-10. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 – Free Thinking, The Imperial War Museum Remembrance Discussion 2021". BBC. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  6. 1 2 "Mp's Stepson Honoured For War Bravery". News Shopper. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  7. ↑ "No. 50702". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 November 1986. p. 14183.
  8. 1 2 Benitz, Max. Six Months Without Sundays: The Scots Guards in Afghanistan. Pen and Sword Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1473823238
  9. ↑ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 5TH DECEMBER 1997" (PDF). The London Gazette . No. 54969. The Stationery Office Limited. 5 December 1997. p. 13692. ISBN   0-11-664969-0. ISSN   0374-3721 . Retrieved 9 July 2024. The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the following award in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Sierra Leone in May-June 1997: ARMY - Military Cross - MC - Captain (Acting Major) Lincoln Peter Munro JOPP (525875), Scots Guards.
  10. ↑ "No. 59737". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 March 2011. pp. 5641–5642.
  11. 1 2 3 "Lincoln Jopp MC – Parliamentary Candidate – PRESS RELEASE". Spelthorne. June 6, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Our Story – Military Wives Choirs". www.militarywiveschoirs.org.
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