Joy Morrissey | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons | |
| Assumed office 6 November 2024 Serving with Gagan Mohindra | |
| Leader | Kemi Badenoch |
| Preceded by | Mark Tami |
| Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero | |
| In office 19 July 2024 – 6 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Opposition Whip | |
| In office 19 July 2024 – 6 November 2024 | |
| Leader | Rishi Sunak |
| Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |
| In office 14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak |
| Assistant Government Whip | |
| In office 8 July 2022 – 14 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office 8 February 2022 – 8 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Andrew Griffith Sarah Dines |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Stafford |
| Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Dominic Grieve |
| Majority | 5,445 (11.2%) |
| Ealing London Borough Councillor for Hanger Hill | |
| In office 22 May 2014 – 13 April 2020[1] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joyce Rebekah Inboden 30 January 1981 Indiana, U.S. |
| Nationality |
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| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | Republican |
| Spouses |
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| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| Website | joymorrissey |
Joyce Rebekah "Joy" Morrissey (née Inboden; born 30 January 1981)[2][3] is an American-born British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield since 2019.[4][5] She was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from November 2023 until July 2024.[6] She has been Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since November 2024, serving alongside Gagan Mohindra.[7]
Morrissey grew up in the United States,[2] moving to the United Kingdom in 2008 to attend the London School of Economics.[8] Before doing so, in 1999 and 2000, Morrissey undertook humanitarian work in Albania, Kosovo, China and India, helping refugees, working in an orphanage and teaching English.[9] Before her election to Parliament she worked at the Centre for Social Justice,[10] as a Parliamentary staffer,[2] and was elected a Councillor in Ealing.[11]
- ^ "Councillor Joy Morrissey". Ealing Council. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Election of Joy Morrissey keeps American headcount in UK Parliament at three". 28 February 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Brunskill, Ian (19 March 2020). The Times guide to the House of Commons 2019 : the definitive record of Britain's historic 2019 General Election. HarperCollins Publishers Limited. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-00-839258-1. OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ "Beaconsfield parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ Jones, Amy (9 November 2019). "Meet the Brexiteer candidate taking on Dominic Grieve in this general election". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Kemi Badenoch appoints Shadow Ministerial Team". policymogul.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Morrissey, Joy". Mace Magazine. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ "Joy Morrissey MP – Who is she?". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Leary, Gemma. "Council elections 22 May 2014". www.ealing.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2022.