Member of Parliament
Joy Morrissey
Conservative MP for Beaconsfield
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons)
At a glanceJoy Morrissey is a Conservative MP for Beaconsfield, and has represented the seat for 6 years, 7 months. They currently serve as Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons). They have cast 362 votes in Commons divisions (63% attendance) and tabled 82 written questions.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Joy Morrissey did not vote in 206. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
She currently undertakes the role of Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons).
Current roles
- Work and Pensions Committee Committee since 21 Oct 2025
- Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) Opposition post · Whips Office (Commons) since 6 Nov 2024
- Beaconsfield Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Conservative Party since 12 Dec 2019
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Bradley Thomas
Conservative
100.0% · 355 of 355 shared votes
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Rebecca Harris
Conservative
100.0% · 344 of 344 shared votes
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Lewis Cocking
Conservative
100.0% · 341 of 341 shared votes
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Dr Kieran Mullan
Conservative
100.0% · 337 of 337 shared votes
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Greg Smith
Conservative
100.0% · 336 of 336 shared votes
Votes least like
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Michael Payne
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 273 shared votes
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Sarah Russell
Labour
0.7% · 2 of 301 shared votes
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Baggy Shanker
Labour (Co-op)
0.7% · 2 of 297 shared votes
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Gen Kitchen
Labour
0.7% · 2 of 294 shared votes
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Steve Witherden
Labour
0.7% · 2 of 294 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Written questions
Personal Independence Payment: Means-tested Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of means testing PIP to ensure targeted support.
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
The purpose of the Timms Review is to ensure PIP is fair and fit for the future. As set out in the Terms of Reference for the Review, this government is committed to ensuring that PIP is a non-means tested cash benefit which is there for people in and out...
Thames Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make representations to Thames Water to continue to deliver (a) the Little Marlow Sewage Treatment Works upgrades and (b) other upgrades they have committed to.
Answer · 22 Jun 2026
This Government has been clear there is no excuse for poor performance, and we will not look the other way while companies routinely fail to meet agreed standards. Water companies must take seriously their role in meeting the public and regulators’ expect...
CAFCASS
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with fathers’ advocacy groups on the practices of CAFCASS.
Answer · 23 Apr 2026
This Government engages with a wide range of stakeholders across the family justice sector to inform policy development. Further information on meetings between Ministers, senior officials and external organisations is published in the Department’s quarte...
Family Procedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has assessed trends in the level of regional variations in recommendations made by CAFCASS including differing outcomes for fathers.
Answer · 23 Apr 2026
The requested information is not held centrally by the Department or Cafcass. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would require an analysis of individual case files at a disproportionate cost.We are committed to ensuring t...
CAFCASS: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is issued to Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service officers on ensuring neutrality between parents in family court proceedings.
Answer · 24 Apr 2026
Cafcass provides learning for all colleagues on recognising and reflecting on bias as part of its wider approach to equality, diversity and inclusion. All colleagues are required to complete mandatory Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) e‑learning, al...
Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how CAFCASS ensures that safeguarding considerations are balanced with the rights of both parents to maintain meaningful relationships with children.
Answer · 24 Apr 2026
Cafcass provides learning for all colleagues on recognising and reflecting on bias as part of its wider approach to equality, diversity and inclusion. All colleagues are required to complete mandatory Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) e‑learning, al...
Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases involving CAFCASS resulted in recommendations for primary residence with (a) mothers and (b) fathers in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer · 23 Apr 2026
The requested information is not held centrally by the Department or Cafcass. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would require an analysis of individual case files at a disproportionate cost.We are committed to ensuring t...
Family Proceedings: Fathers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to commission an independent review into the practices of CAFCASS to assess whether fathers are treated equitably in family court proceedings.
Answer · 23 Apr 2026
The Government does not have plans to commission an independent review of the work of Cafcass.Cafcass operates independently and is subject to robust oversight and assurance arrangements, in line with the Arms-Length Body Code of Practice and its Framewor...
Speeches in the chamber
2 Jul 2026 Employment Costs: Impact on Recruitment
The Employment Rights Act, the minimum wage and national insurance contributions are all making it difficult for employers to keep taking on new employees, or even to keep them at all. What advice does the Minister have for small business …
2 Jul 2026 Employment Costs: Impact on Recruitment
15. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of employment costs on levels of business recruitment.
30 Jun 2026 Antisemitism: University Campuses
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. How did we end up here again, in another debate in Westminster Hall, just like debates in the Chamber, that is full of warm words calling for action? We have heard that the Un…
29 Jun 2026 Topical Questions
The increased PIP costs are expected to add an extra £5 billion to the welfare budget this year. As the TaxPayers’ Alliance has highlighted, the number of households earning over £100,000 and getting PIP has doubled to 200,000 claimants. W…
25 Jun 2026 Windrush Day
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was so inspired by the speech of the hon. Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) that I thought I would say a few words. I just want to thank the Backbench Business Committee for bringing forward this deb…
25 Jun 2026 Windrush Day
If I may.
25 Jun 2026 Windrush Day
rose—
23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers
That is an excellent point. When I heard about those other uses for the drug, I thought that I would be interested to see more clinical trials for conditions such as endometriosis and cancer to establish its long-term effects. However, tha…
23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers
My doubts come from why, for example, we are not allowing the data linkage study to be fully completed before proceeding with the new trial. That study would find out what has happened to all the children who have already taken puberty blo…
23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers
The reason I am in the Chamber today is the protection of children—that is why I care about banning social media, and it is why I am here to speak about puberty blockers. We protect young people under the age of consent from alcohol, heroi…
23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers
Will the hon. Lady give way?
23 Jun 2026 Puberty Blockers
Will the hon. Member give way?
23 Jun 2026 Defence Spending and Readiness
claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36). Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put. Question agreed to. Question put accordingly (Standing Order No. 31(2)), That the original words stand part of the Question.
23 Jun 2026 Defence Spending and Readiness
We are facing dangerous and uncertain times, in a world that has dramatically changed in just a couple of years. To set the record straight following the discussions across the House, it is worth pointing out that Europe is on a path of …
22 Jun 2026 UK Politics: Pro-Israel Influence
Anti-Israel hatred creates a scourge of antisemitism against our Jewish community. They suffer for doing nothing other than being British Jews who happen to live in this country, and are caught in the middle of the conflict for no other re…
18 Jun 2026 Business of the House
It is a pleasure to be responding again to the Leader of the House. It is the day after England started their world cup campaign, and it is fair to say that they already have our hopes up; I am a bit cheered out. Today, many of our coll…
18 Jun 2026 Business of the House
Will the Leader of the House give us the upcoming business?
2 Jun 2026 Murder of Henry Nowak
Henry Nowak’s tragic murder is, sadly, stark proof that we have become a country where we no longer treat everyone as equal under the law. Does the Home Secretary agree it is time to put a stop to the political correctness that has overpow…
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
We do need to ask those questions, and we need to be unafraid to stand up for the girls who have been raped, exploited and lied to—who have been let down by the local authority and let down by political correctness gone mad. We have forgot…
1 Jun 2026 Child Sexual Offender Data
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point; London has had horrific abuses. I worked with a girl who the Children’s Society intervened on. She had been gang-raped and exploited. She had been moved from local authority to local authority, and …
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury · HM Treasury 14 Nov 2023 – 5 Jul 2024
- Assistant Whip · Whips Office (Commons) 8 Jul 2022 – 14 Nov 2023
Opposition posts
- Opposition Whip (Commons) · Whips Office (Commons) 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
- Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero) · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 19 Jul 2024 – 6 Nov 2024
Committee memberships
- Procedure Committee 28 Oct 2024 – 15 Sep 2025
- Modernisation Committee 9 Sep 2024 – 15 Sep 2025
- Committee of Selection 14 Oct 2024 – 28 Apr 2025
- Great British Energy Bill 11 Sep 2024 – 15 Oct 2024
- Paternity Leave (Bereavement) Bill (Formerly known as Shared Parental Leave and Pay (Bereavement) Bill) 19 Mar 2024 – 30 May 2024
- Committee of Selection 21 Nov 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Energy Bill [HL] 17 May 2023 – 29 Jun 2023
- Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Bill 15 Mar 2023 – 23 Mar 2023
- Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform Bill) 2 Nov 2022 – 29 Nov 2022
- Financial Services and Markets Bill 12 Oct 2022 – 3 Nov 2022
Previous seats
- Beaconsfield · Elected 1 time 12 Dec 2019 – 30 May 2024
Elections contested
- Ealing Central and Acton 8 Jun 2017
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Contact & offices
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Joy Morrissey, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Joy Morrissey?
Joy Morrissey is a Member of Parliament representing Beaconsfield in the House of Commons. See Joy Morrissey's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Joy Morrissey represent?
Joy Morrissey sits as Conservative. See Joy Morrissey's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Joy Morrissey represent?
Joy Morrissey is the Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield. See Joy Morrissey's official Parliament profile.
How long has Joy Morrissey been an MP?
Joy Morrissey has served in the House of Commons for 6 years, 7 months. See Joy Morrissey's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Joy Morrissey?
Joy Morrissey has no entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Joy Morrissey's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.