Joe Morris (politician)
Joe Morris | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Hexham | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Guy Opperman |
| Majority | 3,713 (7.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labour |
| Education | Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham Mansfield College, Oxford (BA) |
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Joseph Ronald Morris is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Hexham since 2024.
He is the first Labour MP for Hexham, breaking a 100-year streak of Conservative MPs.
According to his LinkedIn profile, prior to his election Morris worked as a parliamentary assistant for Labour MPs Kate Hollern, Rupa Huq and Bill Esterson. He has also worked for Make UK and as an Associate Director at Hanbury Strategy, a public affairs and communications agency.
In February 2025, Morris was named a parliamentary private secretary in the Department of Health and Social Care. He chairs the Labour group of rural MPs.
Morris married Hana Al-Izzi, an adviser to Labour party chair Anna Turley, on New Year’s Eve 2025.