Career
Under Blair and Brown (1998–2012)
Doyle was Head of Press and Broadcasting for the Labour Party between November 1998 and May 2005. [1] He was then special adviser to Work and Pensions Secretary,David Blunkett,from May to November 2005,before working as a special adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair from November 2005 to June 2007. [1] He was the Downing Street Deputy Director of Communications under Blair. [2] He departed Downing Street after Blair left office as Prime Minister,and went on to work as the Political Director of Blair's office from June 2007 to February 2012. [1]
Doyle was also the TV Debates Media Director for Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the 2010 general election. [1]
House of Lords
Doyle was nominated by Starmer for a life peerage in December 2025 as part of the 2025 Political Peerages to sit in the House of Lords as a Labour peer;he was created Baron Doyle,of Great Barford in the County of Bedfordshire,on 8 January 2026. [15] [16] Just weeks later,Lord Doyle was suspended by the party over his friendship with Morton. [17]
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