Cristina Ayala (politician)

Cristina Ayala Santamaría (born 17 June 1972)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician.

After serving as a city councillor in Burgos (2003–2007) and a deputy in the Cortes of Castile and León (2007–2015) she was elected to the Senate of Spain (2015–2023).

[2] Ayala was voted onto her hometown's city council in 2003, on the People's Party (PP) list led by incoming mayor Juan Carlos Aparicio.

[4] In November 2018, she was part of a senate commission investigating allegations of plagiarism in the doctoral thesis of the prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez.

[5] In January 2023, Ayala was named as the PP candidate for mayor of Burgos, the first woman in this position.