Joy Morrissey.

A 100% party-line voter with no rebel votes, Morrissey has nonetheless been active in opposition. In recent weeks she voted to block the Immigration and Asylum Bill at second reading, opposed regulations she argued deepened Northern Ireland's regulatory divergence from Great Britain, and voted against removing the academy school presumption and restricting local planning scrutiny. On employment, she opposed extending tribunal claim windows to six months, arguing it creates prolonged uncertainty for employers and worsens tribunal backlogs. Locally, she has been loudly vocal — writing to planning authorities over a 317-home Green Belt development and publicly opposing an asylum housing plan in a small village, contacting both the Council and the Home Office directly.

Her participation rate of 64% sits below the Commons average. She votes consistently against tax increases (100% aligned) and against the government agenda (0% support), while scoring highly on parliamentary and Lords scrutiny — backing the upper chamber's role in checking legislation. Her 216 contributions across 97 debates focus heavily on the economy, fiscal policy, social care, and local government. Two stance deviations stand out: she is notably more supportive of criminal justice reform than her Conservative colleagues (+39 percentage points above party average), and she is a firm opponent of assisted dying, voting against access measures at a rate 25 points above her party norm.

She sits on the Work and Pensions Committee, which may explain the prominence of social care and cost-of-living themes in her speeches. Recent local news coverage — across transport, culture, and environment — scores close to neutral, suggesting no significant controversy or standout praise in the past 90 days. Voting and speech data are available; committee activity and detailed correspondence records are not held centrally.