Joy Morrissey

Joy Morrissey
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 November 2024
Serving with Gagan Mohindra
LeaderKemi Badenoch
Preceded byMark Tami
Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero
In office
19 July 2024 – 6 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Opposition Whip
In office
19 July 2024 – 6 November 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
14 November 2023 – 5 July 2024
Prime MinisterRishi Sunak
Assistant Government Whip
In office
8 July 2022 – 14 November 2023
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
8 February 2022 – 8 July 2022
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAndrew Griffith
Sarah Dines
Succeeded byAlexander Stafford
Member of Parliament
for Beaconsfield
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byDominic Grieve
Majority5,445 (11.2%)
Ealing London Borough Councillor
for Hanger Hill
In office
22 May 2014 – 13 April 2020[1]
Personal details
Born
Joyce Rebekah Inboden

(1981-01-30) 30 January 1981 (age 43)
Indiana, U.S.
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations		Republican
Spouses
  • Matthew Mark Damschroder
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2001, divorced)​
  • William Morrissey
    ​
    (after 2001)​
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Websitejoymorrissey.uk

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]

  1. ^ "Councillor Joy Morrissey". Ealing Council. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Election of Joy Morrissey keeps American headcount in UK Parliament at three". 28 February 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Beaconsfield parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC.com. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Government Whip (Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Kemi Badenoch appoints Shadow Ministerial Team". policymogul.com. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Morrissey, Joy". Mace Magazine. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Joy Morrissey MP – Who is she?". Politics.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  11. ^ Leary, Gemma. "Council elections 22 May 2014". www.ealing.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2022.