American-British politician (born 1981)
Joyce Rebekah
"
Joy
"
Morrissey
(
nee
Inboden
, 30 January 1981)
[2]
[3]
is an American-born British
Conservative
politician who has served as the
Member of Parliament
(MP) for
Beaconsfield
since
2019
.
[4]
[5]
She has been a
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
since November 2023.
[6]
Morrissey grew up in the United States,
[2]
moving to the United Kingdom in 2008 to attend the
London School of Economics
.
[7]
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.
[8]
Before her election to
Parliament
she worked at the
Centre for Social Justice
,
[9]
as a
Parliamentary
staffer,
[2]
and was elected a Councillor in
Ealing
.
[10]
Early life and education
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]
Joyce Morrisey was born on 30 January 1981 in
Indiana
, United States.
[2]
She attended
Worthington Christian High School
in
Ohio
and graduated in 1999.
[11]
Inboden received a master's degree specialising in European Social Policy from the
London School of Economics
.
[7]
After completing her postgraduate studies, Morrissey attained British citizenship and is now a
British-American dual national
.
[2]
Acting career
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In the late 2000s, Morrissey had a brief acting career. Under the name Joy Boden she appeared alongside
Marisa Tomei
in a TV movie titled
The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud
, which she also produced, and which her now-husband directed. After becoming a mother, she decided not to return to the film industry, stating that she "actually looked at going back to get (her) PhD in International Development but got involved with the local Ealing Conservatives".
[12]
Political career
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Morrissey was an elected a
Conservative
councillor on
Ealing Council
, where she represented the ward of
Hanger Hill
until April 2020.
[1]
She was a London-wide list candidate at the
2016 London Assembly election
, but was not elected.
[13]
At the snap
2017 general election
, Morrissey stood as the Conservative candidate in
Ealing Central and Acton
, coming second with 34.7% of the vote behind the incumbent
Labour
MP
Rupa Huq
.
[14]
[15]
[16]
[17]
In 2018, she sought nomination to be the
London Conservatives
mayoral candidate for the
2021 London mayoral election
, making it through to the final three shortlist; Morrissey was ultimately not selected.
[18]
Parliamentary career
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]
Morrisey was elected to Parliament as MP for
Beaconsfield
at the
2019 general election
with 56.1% of the vote and a majority of 15,712.
[19]
In April 2020, Morrissey was appointed
Parliamentary Private Secretary
(PPS) to the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
.
[20]
She was appointed PPS to the
Deputy Prime Minister
and
Secretary of State for Justice
,
Dominic Raab
in October 2020.
[21]
On 15 December 2021, Morrissey criticised the influence that unelected public health officials were able to exert on public policy during the
COVID-19 pandemic
, arguing that policy decisions should be made by those accountable to the public.
[22]
[23]
In February 2022, she was appointed as a
PPS to the Prime Minister
, working alongside
Lia Nici
and
James Duddridge
.
[24]
Morrissey endorsed
Liz Truss
in the
July?September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election
.
[25]
Morrissey was appointed
Assistant Government Whip
on 8 July 2022 by the outgoing
Johnson
administration.
[26]
On 8 September 2022 she was reappointed an
Assistant Government Whip
as part of the new Government of
Prime Minister
Liz Truss
, one of very few people to make the transition from the
Johnson
to the
Truss
administration.
[27]
On 27 October 2022 Morrissey was reappointed an
Assistant Government Whip
once again by her third Prime Minister,
Rishi Sunak
.
[28]
In June 2023, she was one of six Conservative MPs to vote against censuring
Boris Johnson
following the
Commons Privileges Committee investigation
.
[29]
In November 2023, Morrissey celebrated the decision by the British government to block the development of a data centre on the site of a former quarry next to M25.
[30]
References
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b
"Councillor Joy Morrissey"
.
Ealing Council
. Retrieved
28 April
2020
.
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a
b
c
d
e
"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
. p. 94.
ISBN
978-0-00-839258-1
.
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.
- ^
"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
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. Retrieved
29 February
2020
.
- ^
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.
www.gov.uk
. Retrieved
18 November
2023
.
- ^
a
b
"London mayoral race: Conservative candidate profiles"
.
BBC News
. 30 July 2018
. Retrieved
3 January
2020
.
- ^
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.
Mace Magazine
. Retrieved
28 March
2022
.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
28 March
2022
.
- ^
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.
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. Retrieved
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2022
.
- ^
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.
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. 10 March 2020
. Retrieved
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.
- ^
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.
BBC News
. 30 July 2018.
- ^
"London-wide Assembly Member candidates, 2016"
. 1 April 2016. Archived from
the original
on 12 August 2016
. Retrieved
11 August
2020
.
- ^
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.
Evening Standard
. 8 June 2017
. Retrieved
11 August
2020
.
- ^
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.
BBC News
.
Archived
from the original on 3 October 2019
. Retrieved
21 June
2018
.
- ^
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,
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,
archived
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5 April
2018
- ^
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(PDF)
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
25 June
2021
.
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Proctor, Kate (28 September 2018).
"Tories choose Shaun Bailey for mayoral candidate to take on Sadiq"
.
Evening Standard
. Retrieved
11 August
2020
.
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.
BBC News Online
. Retrieved
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2019
.
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(Report). GOV.UK. 9 April 2020
. Retrieved
11 August
2020
.
- ^
"List of Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPS): October 2020"
.
GOV.UK
. Retrieved
28 March
2022
.
- ^
Woodcock, Andrew (16 December 2021).
"Demand for apology from Tory MP after 'outrageous' attack on Chris Whitty"
.
The Independent
.
Archived
from the original on 17 June 2022
. Retrieved
16 December
2021
.
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Hall, Sam (16 December 2021).
"Covid latest news: Tory MP attacks 'unelected' Chris Whitty over calls for Britons to scale back Christmas plans"
.
The Telegraph
. Retrieved
16 December
2021
.
- ^
Folker, Robert (8 February 2022).
"Joy Morrissey MP appointed Boris Johnson's Parliamentary Private Secretary"
.
Bucks Free Press
. Retrieved
1 March
2022
.
- ^
"Liz Truss backed as next Tory leader by 11 government whips in latest blow for rival Rishi Sunak"
.
Sky News
. Retrieved
22 August
2022
.
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"Joy Morrissey MP"
.
GOV.UK
. Retrieved
22 August
2022
.
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"Ministerial Appointments: September 2022"
.
GOV.UK
. Retrieved
12 September
2022
.
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"Ministerial Appointments commencing: 25 October 2022"
.
GOV.UK
. Retrieved
28 October
2022
.
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Home, Conservative (20 June 2023).
"The six Conservative MPs who voted against the motion to censure Johnson"
.
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. Retrieved
20 June
2023
.
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Silvester, Andy (6 November 2023).
"
'Deranged': Government blocks data centre build next to M25 - in case it ruins the green belt"
.
CityAM
.
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