1. Joyce Rebekah "Joy" Morrissey is an American-born British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield since 2019.
13 Facts About Joy Morrissey
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Joy Morrissey was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from November 2023 until July 2024.
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Joy Morrissey has been Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons since November 2024, serving alongside Gagan Mohindra.
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Joy Morrissey attended Worthington Christian High School in Ohio and graduated in 1999.
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Joy Morrissey was an elected a Conservative councillor on Ealing Council, where she represented the ward of Hanger Hill until April 2020.
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Joy Morrissey was a London-wide list candidate at the 2016 London Assembly election, but was not elected.
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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; Joy Morrissey was ultimately not selected.
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Joy Morrissey was appointed PPS to the Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice, Dominic Raab in October 2020.
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On 15 December 2021, Joy 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.
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Joy Morrissey was appointed Assistant Government Whip on 8 July 2022 by the outgoing Johnson administration.
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On 27 October 2022 Joy Morrissey was reappointed an Assistant Government Whip by her third Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak.
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In November 2023, Joy 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 the M25.
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Joy Morrissey was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero and an Opposition whip in the Opposition frontbench of Rishi Sunak July 2024.