Joe Morris MP: votes, interests and costs
Joe Morris represents Hexham in the House of Commons for Labour.
Offices and committees
Joe Morris sits on one committee, according to the Parliament Members API.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Aviation (Consumer Protection and Regulatory Reform) Bill | 15 October 2026 | Current |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Mental Health Bill [HL] | 9 June 2025 | 24 June 2025 |
| Administration Committee | 28 October 2024 | 28 April 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 96c90aa15ab8.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests API returned no entries for Joe Morris when read on 28 October 2026.
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £150,147 for Joe Morris in 2024-25 against a budget of £185,538. IPSA lists office spending of £29,349 in the same year. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £150,147.48 |
| Office costs: spent | £29,349.28 |
| Accommodation: spent | £18,489.04 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £10,776.73 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Hexham CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Office Manager (permanent full time), Communications Officer (permanent full time), Senior Caseworker (permanent full time), Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Caseworker ×2 (permanent full time), Support Officer (fixed term full time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 508 votes by Joe Morris in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 45 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 23 June 2026 to 20 October 2026. On 20 October 2026 Joe Morris voted Aye on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
| Date | Division and vote recorded |
|---|---|
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading Aye; Programme Motion Aye |
| 19 October 2026 to 20 October 2026 | Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No; New Clause 7 No; Amendment 32 No; Amendment 51 No; New Clause 21 No; Amendment 47 No; Amendment 4 No; Amendment 52 No; Amendment 23 No |
| 15 October 2026 | Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment: No |
| 14 October 2026 | Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax No; MoD Bicester and illegal migrants No |
| 7 September 2026 | Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 No; Report Stage: New Clause 6 No |
| 2 September 2026 | Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Aye; Report Stage: New Clause 88 No; Report Stage: New Clause 67 No; Report Stage: New Clause 65 No |
| 14 July 2026 | Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 No; Amendment 199 No; Amendment 3 No |
| 13 July 2026 | Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Aye; Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading No |
| 6 July 2026 | National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1: Aye |
| 1 July 2026 | Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 No; New Clause 4 No; New Clause 2 No |
| 23 June 2026 | Opposition Day: Puberty blockers: No |
Source: Commons Votes API, read 25 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Joe Morris has tabled 336 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. The latest 10 were addressed to Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Justice and 5 other departments.
Crisis and Resilience Fund: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the £27 million supplement to the Crisis and Resilience Fund in England, announced on 16 March 2026, on levels of financial hardship among rural …
Sewage: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that water companies deliver a sustained reduction in storm overflow discharges by 2030; and what enforcement action her Department will take against …
Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls.
Electricity: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment has the Government made of the effectiveness of the application of VAT to first-time electricity mains connections for existing occupied residential properties that have never previously …
National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the number of UK households without connection to the electricity grid.
Climate Change: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen the UK’s resilience to climate change, including through the (a) protection and (b) restoration of nature.
Innovation: Finance
?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support locally led innovation investment.
Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the tax system.
Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the private rented sector for tenants.
Cinemas: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will (a) include cinemas as eligible recipients of capital funding for UK cultural venues and (b) introduce a (i) complementary and (ii) parallel funding scheme for cinemas.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 ed2fe465b2db. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Joe Morris.
2024 general election
Joe Morris won Hexham at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 23,988 votes (46.3%), a majority of 3,713 over Guy Opperman (Conservative). Result as published: Lab gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Hexham figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.