Introduction
Joy Inboden Morrissey is an American-born British Conservative Party politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beaconsfield since the 2019 general election.
Early life
Morrissey was born Joyce "Joy" Rebekah Inboden on 30 January 1981 as the eldest child of Scott William Inboden and Deborah Onieta Crowley, who married on 23 December 1978 in Summit County, Ohio. Joy has four younger siblings: Christopher, Tad, David, and Karis. She attended Worthington Christian High School and graduated in 1999. Morrissey received a masters degree specialising in European Social Policy from the London School of Economics.
On 22 December 2001, Joy Inboden married Matthew Mark Damschroder in Ohio. Matthew Damschroder is currently the Director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services. Joy Inboden later married William Morrissey, a British film director.
Acting career
During her 2017 candidacy for Ealing Central and Acton, Morrissey's Hollywood performances were commented upon by the British press. Featuring under her stage name Joy Boden, she appeared in a low-budget film named Geek Mythology, in which she wore a basque and rode on the back of a man wearing a cowboy hat.
Political career
Morrissey was elected as a Conservative Councillor on Ealing Council, where she represented the ward of Hanger Hill.
She unsuccessfully contested Ealing Central and Acton in the 2017 general election, where the Conservative vote share fell by 8%.
She unsuccessfully sought nomination to be the London Conservatives Mayoral Candidate for the 2020 London Mayoral election - she finished last in the selection process.
Morrissey was a London-wide list candidate at the 2016 London Assembly election - she was placed eight and failed to win her seat.
She was selected as a Conservative candidate for the European Parliament for the 2019 election. She was placed third on the London list, but failed to be elected.
Morrissey was shortlisted then selected as the new Conservative candidate for Beaconsfield. She defeated the incumbent MP, the former conservative cabinet minister Dominic Grieve and was elected with a significantly reduced majority.
Once elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Morrissey became a member of the European Research Group.
Electoral record
2019 General Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joy Morrissey | 32,477 | 56.1 |  9.1
| |
| Independent | Dominic Grieve | 16,765 | 29.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Alexa Collins | 5,756 | 9.9 | 11.5
| |
| Green | Zoe Hatch | 2,033 | 3.5 |  1.0
| |
| Independent | Adam Cleary | 837 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,712 | 27.1 | 16.8
| ||
| Turnout | 57,868 | 74.5 | 2.2
| ||
| Registered electors | 77,720 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
2019 European Elections
| 2019 European election: London | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Liberal Democrats | Irina von Wiese (1) Dinesh Dhamija (4) Luisa Porritt (7) |
608,725 |
27.2% | +20.4% | |
| Labour | Claude Moraes (2) Seb Dance (6) |
536,810 |
23.9% | -12.7% | |
| Brexit Party | Ben Habib (3) Lance Forman (8) |
400,257 |
17.9% | N/A | |
| Green | Scott Ainslie (5) |
278,957 | 12.4% | +3.5% | |
| Conservative | 177,964 | 7.9% | -14.6% | ||
| Change UK | 117,635 | 5.2% | N/A | ||
| UKIP | 46,497 | 2.1% | -14.8% | ||
| Animal Welfare | 25,232 | 1.1% | +0.2% | ||
| Women's Equality | 23,766 | 1.1% | N/A | ||
| UK EU | 18,806 | 0.8% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 1,036 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 1,018 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 924 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 869 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 731 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 707 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 436 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 430 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 401 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 254 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Independent | 226 | 0.0% | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,241,681 | 41.3% | |||
2018 Conservative London mayoral candidate selection
| Conservative London mayoral candidate selection | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
| ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Shaun Bailey | 3,164 | 43.2% | 740 | 3,904 | 55.1% |
| |
| Conservative | Andrew Boff | 2,591 | 35.4% | 595 | 3,186 | 44.9% |
| |
| Conservative | Joy Morrissey | 1,566 | 21.4% |
| ||||
2017 General Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rupa Huq | 33,037 | 59.7 | 16.5
| |
| Conservative | Joy Morrissey | 19,230 | 34.7 | 8.0
| |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Ball | 3,075 | 5.6 | 0.5
| |
| Majority | 13,807 | 24.9 | 24.4
| ||
| Turnout | 55,342 | 74.6 | 3.2
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| Registered electors | 74,200 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +12.2 | |||
2016 London Assembly Election
| 2016 London Assembly election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List | Candidates | Votes | % | ± | |
| Labour | Fiona Twycross (105,480), Tom Copley (95,891), Nicky Gavron (87,900), |
1,054,801 | 40.3% | –0.8% | |
| Conservative | Kemi Badenoch (127,372), Andrew Boff (109,176), Shaun Bailey (95,529), |
764,230 | 29.2% | –2.8% | |
| Green | Siân Berry (207,959), Caroline Russell (103,980), |
207,959 | 8.0% | –0.6% | |
| UKIP | Peter Whittle (171,069), David Kurten (85,535), |
171,069 | 6.5% | +2.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Pidgeon (165,580), |
165,580 | 6.3% | –0.5% | |
| Women's Equality | 91,772 | 3.5% | N/A | ||
| Respect | 41,324 | 1.6% | N/A | ||
| Britain First | 39,071 | 1.5% | N/A | ||
| Christian Peoples Alliance | 27,172 | 1.0% | –0.8% | ||
| Animal Welfare | 25,810 | 1.0% | N/A | ||
| BNP | 15,833 | 0.6% | –1.5% | ||
| The House Party | 11,055 | 0.4% | +0.1% | ||