Joy Morrissey

Joyce Rebekah "Joy" Morrissey (née Inboden, 30 January 1981) is an American-born British politician who has served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire since 2019. Morrissey has been a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since November 2023.

Joy Morrissey
MP
Official portrait, 2019
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
Assumed office
14 November 2023
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
Serving with Lia Nici
James Duddridge
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byAndrew Griffith
Sarah Dines
Succeeded byAlexander Stafford
Member of Parliament
for Beaconsfield
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byDominic Grieve
Majority15,712 (27.2%)
Ealing London Borough Councillor
for Hanger Hill
In office
22 May 2014  13 April 2020
Personal details
Born
Joyce Rebekah Inboden

(1981-01-30) 30 January 1981
Indiana, United States
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Political partyConservative
Spouses
  • Matthew Mark Damschroder
    (m. 2001, divorced)
  • William Morrissey
    (after 2001)
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Websitejoymorrissey.uk

Morrissey grew up in the United States, moving to the United Kingdom in 2008 to attend the London School of Economics. 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. Before her election to Parliament she worked at the Centre for Social Justice, as a Parliamentary staffer, and was elected a Councillor in Ealing.

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