In September 2022,she was appointed Minister of State for Industry[5] by Prime Minister Liz Truss,[6][7] and returned to the back benches following the appointment of Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister in October 2022.[8]
Doyle-Price's interest in politics began when she was 14 years old. Her parents attempted to buy their council house through Margaret Thatcher's Right to Buy scheme and faced resistance from the left-wingSheffield City Council,which was run by the Labour Party under the local leadership of David Blunkett.[12][17] Doyle-Price claimed that its “left-wing councillors”did "everything they could to bully my parents into not buying their council house",and one of her teachers encouraged her to build upon her new-found interest and participate in politics,suggesting that she "go out and participate in democracy".[16]:86 Following the council's alleged "intimidation of her parents",[10] Doyle-Price joined the Conservatives to campaign for people to buy their council homes in 1986.[17][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]
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]
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]
Doyle-Price lives in Purfleet,Thurrock.[47] Her husband Mark Coxshall served as the Conservative leader of Thurrock Council from 2022 to 2023.[48] They have a son,George Coxshall,who is also a Conservative Thurrock councillor.[49]
Doyle-Price employed her husband Mark Coxshall as her part-time Office Manager on a salary up to £30,000.[50] The practice of MPs employing family members has been criticised by some sections of the media on the lines that it promotes nepotism.[51][52] Although MPs who were first elected in the 2017 general election have been banned from employing family members,the restriction were not retrospective –meaning that Doyle-Price's employment of her husband was lawful.[53]
↑ As Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry. Office vacant between 6 July and 7 September 2022.
↑ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities (2017–2018).
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