Joe Morris | |
|---|---|
 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) |
Joseph Ronald Morris [1] is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Hexham since 2024. [2]
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He is the first Labour MP for Hexham,breaking a 100-year streak of Conservative MPs. [3]
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. [4]
In February 2025,Morris was named a parliamentary private secretary in the Department of Health and Social Care. [5] He chairs the Labour group of rural MPs. [6]
Morris married Hana Al-Izzi,an adviser to Labour party chair Anna Turley,on New Year’s Eve 2025. [6]
