Career before parliament
Shortly after graduating from university,Doyle-Price became a researcher before spending 18 months moving between temporary jobs and unemployment. [16] In 1992,she was employed by South Yorkshire Police as an administrative officer, [14] which became her first permanent job. [16] She also worked for Sheffield Enterprise Agency. [2] [19] From 1993 to 2000,after working for South Yorkshire Police, [13] she was employed at City of London Corporation as an assistant parliamentary officer,and from 2000 to 2005 she was an assistant private secretary to the Lord Mayor of the City of London. [9] [11] [14] From 2005,she worked as an associate [9] policy adviser and consumer advocate for the Financial Services Authority,leaving this job in 2010 to stand for parliament in Thurrock. [11] [13] [18]
Doyle-Price held several posts in the Conservative Party before her election to parliament. [18] From 1994 to 1997,she was Treasurer of the National Association of Conservative Graduates, [14] and she sat on its national executive. [18] In the 1997 general election,the national party employed her as a press secretary, [18] and from 1997 to 1998 she served as the chairwoman of the Lewisham Deptford Conservative Association. [14] She was constituency officer of the Greenwich and Woolwich Conservatives from 2006 to 2007 [14] and stood unsuccessfully for election to Greenwich Council. [20]
Parliamentary career
Doyle-Price first stood for election to parliament in the 2005 general election,where she was the Conservative candidate for Sheffield Hillsborough and came third with 15.02% of the vote behind the Labour MP Angela Smith and the Liberal Democrat candidate. [21]
At the 2010 general election,Doyle-Price was elected as MP for Thurrock with 36.8% of the vote and a majority of 92. [22] [23] [24]
Doyle-Price made her maiden speech on 28 June 2010,speaking about the need for welfare reform. She was prepared to publicly challenge ministers on behalf of her constituents,particularly on transport issues connected to the Dartford Crossing and on the Government postponement of work to improve Junction 30 of the M25. [25]
In May 2012 she was elected Chairman of the All-Party Gurkha Welfare Group. [26]
In May 2013 Doyle-Price voted against same-sex marriage on its third reading in the House of Commons,having abstained at the second reading. Doyle-Price stated after the vote that whilst she supported equality for same-sex couples,she regarded marriage as a sacrament,and would have voted in favour of a bill which "sought to equalise civil partnership with civil marriage". She also stated that she would reconsider her position if the bill was amended. [27] [28]
Doyle-Price was a co-sponsor of the private member's EU membership referendum bill that was given a second reading on 5 July 2013. [29] On 14 January 2014,she led a debate in Westminster Hall on options for the new Lower Thames Crossing. [30]
At the 2015 general election,Doyle-Price was re-elected as MP for Thurrock with a decreased vote share of 33.7% and a majority of 536. [31] [32]
Doyle-Price was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum. [33]
In the House of Commons she has sat on the Public Accounts Committee and Committee of Selection [34] and Women and Equalities Committee. [35]
At the snap 2017 general election,Doyle-Price was again re-elected,with an increased vote share of 39.5% and a decreased majority of 345. [36]
At the 2019 general election,Doyle-Price was again re-elected,with an increased vote share of 58.6% and an increased majority of 11,482. [37]
In July 2020,Doyle-Price was critical of the availability of what she described as "dangerous" gender-affirming healthcare for trans children. [38] Earlier in the year on International Women's Day,Doyle-Price suggested in parliament that new legislation was needed to strengthen the provisions for single-sex spaces under the Equality Act 2010. [39]
In December 2020,following the revelation that Eddie Izzard had asked to be referred to with she/her pronouns,Doyle-Price stated in regard to Izzard that:"Being a straight man who likes to cross dress is not being a lesbian in a man's body. No man with respect for women would appropriate female same-sex attraction for themselves." [40]
In May 2024,Doyle-Price was reported to be among the senior Tory MPs who supported establishing a duty of candour for senior civil servants. [41]
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