James Morris

James George Morris (born 4 February 1967) is a British politician who served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Patient Safety from July to September 2022. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Halesowen and Rowley Regis in the West Midlands since 2010. He also served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 2021 to 2022. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Early life and career Morris was born on 4 February 1967 in Nottingham and grew up in Nottinghamshire. He has roots in the Black Country: his grandfather worked in the Halesowen Steel works in the 1930s and 1940s, his parents are from the Black Country and his uncle lives in Rowley Regis. Morris was privately educated at Nottingham High School, an independent school for boys in his home city of Nottingham, followed by the University of Birmingham, where he obtained a degree in English Literature. He then undertook Postgraduate research at Wadham College, Oxford. He later studied at Cranfield School of Management. Before becoming involved in politics in Halesowen and Rowley Regis, Morris had a successful career as a small businessman specialising in computer software. In 2003 he founded Mind the Gap, an independent campaign to promote civic action and to encourage more grass roots involvement in politics. In 2004 he wrote a pamphlet entitled "Change Starts Small" – which explored how to get more local grass roots involvement in politics and argued that the British political system needed fundamental change. Morris is married to Anna and they have two children.