Julian Richard Smith (born 30 August 1971) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2019.
A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon since 2010.
In 2010, Smith was elected as MP with 27,685 votes (50.6% of the votes cast), giving him a majority of 9,950 votes.
Smith retained the seat in 2015, in 2017 and in 2019.
He was appointed Chief Whip of the House of Commons by Prime Minister Theresa May in November 2017 until July 2019.