2023 general election
Doyle spoke against allowing the anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (known as Posie Parker) into New Zealand, saying "Posie Parker should not be allowed into Aotearoa. In letting her enter, the minister has chosen to allow hateful anti-trans rhetoric into Aotearoa. That is unacceptable." [6]
Doyle contested the Hamilton West electorate in the 2023 election. [7] They were 18th on the Green Party list. [10] Doyle came third in the Hamilton West electorate with 3,230 votes. [11] The Green Party won 12 list seats in the election, and therefore Doyle was not elected at 18th on the party list. [12]
First term, 2024–present
Following the removal of Darleen Tana as a List MP in October 2024, Doyle was declared elected on 22 October 2024. [1] They said about Tana's removal: [5]
I made a really intentional decision about not getting involved in that because I was aware of the fact that I was implicated in it. But if I was seen to be involved in that process, it would be perceived as biased and it would be perceived as having motivations.
Doyle is the first non-binary member of New Zealand's parliament. [5] In their first term, they are a member of the Māori Affairs committee and the Green Party spokesperson for ACC, internal affairs, and takatāpui and rainbow communities, associate spokesperson for education with a focus on Māori and early childhood education and associate spokesperson for health with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. [13]
In early 2025, businessman and former New Zealand First member Rhys Williams launched a social media campaign targeting Doyle over a photo album Doyle had posted to their personal Instagram account, @biblebeltbussy, in 2023. [14] The album, captioned "bussy galore", garnered controversy over the inclusion of a photo of Doyle posing with their child. On 9 April, Doyle addressed a press conference where they explained that their social media posts did not have a sexual meaning, and that they had received "a significant number of threats to my life and the safety of my child and family." [15]
