Background
Morris was born in 1957 and was educated at Bryanston School, Dorset.
Morris was born in 1957 and was educated at Bryanston School, Dorset.
She then studied law at Oxford University, before pursuing a legal career. She also studied and gained an Master of Business Administration from the Open University.
She later moved into the field of marketing, working for several firms, before setting up her own business. Her move into politics came after her step-father suffered a heart attack and ended up on a trolley in a hospital corridor. lieutenant was this that brought about Morris"s desire to campaign for change in the National Health Service.
West Sussex County Council
Morris was elected as a County Councillor on West Sussex County Council for the division of Cuckfield & Lucastes in 2005 and went on the chair the Council"s Health Scrutiny Committee.
In 2006 Morris was selected by the local Conservative Party association to contest the Newton Abbot parliamentary constituency.
Morris attracted attention during Prime Minister"s Questions in July 2012 as she shouted a long question on technical colleges in Devon over a noisy and increasingly amused Commons chamber, whilst waving a left arm held in a sling. Video of her "high-pitched outburst" was widely circulated on social media.
Morris said she cared about the issue raised and would "always speak passionately about issues in my constituency"
In 2013 she was one of 30 Conservative rebels whose votes helped defeat the government"s plans for military action in Syria. She later said she made the decision because the military action plans "felt ill-thought through and smacked of regime change", but supported plans for air strikes against ISIL
In Newton Abbot she has established Teignbridge Business Buddies, a scheme that offers support to small businesses.
In the 2010 general election Morris was elected to the seat of Newton Abbot on a 5% swing from the Liberal Democrats, In a close contest she defeated the incumbent, Richard Younger-Ross, by 523 votes. Morris is actively interested in small businesses, and co-chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Micro Businesses.
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Member of Parliament.
