Joy Morrissey

Joy Morrissey
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 July 2024
LeaderRishi Sunak
Opposition Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 July 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 Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero and an Opposition whip since July 2024.[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. ^ "Conservative Party announces interim Opposition Front Bench". policymogul.com. Retrieved 25 July 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.