Jackie Doyle-Price

Jacqueline Doyle-Price[1] (born 5 August 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician and former civil servant. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock in the 2010 general election.

Jackie Doyle-Price

MP
Doyle-Price in 2020
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
In office
14 June 2017 – 27 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byNadine Dorries
Member of Parliament
for Thurrock[1]
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byAndrew MacKinlay
Majority11,482 (24.2%)
Personal details
Born (1969-08-05) 5 August 1969
Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
ResidencePurfleet, England
Alma materUniversity of Durham
Websitewww.jackiedoyleprice.com

Early life and career

Doyle-Price was born on 5 August 1969 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire. She was raised on a council estate, her father being a builder and her mother working at Woolworths.[2] She was educated at Notre Dame High School, Sheffield and studied economics at University College, Durham. After graduating she worked for the Sheffield Enterprise Agency and for South Yorkshire Police. She later became Parliamentary Officer at City of London Corporation and then Private Secretary to the Lord Mayor of the City of London [3] before working as a consumer advocate for the Financial Services Authority.

Parliamentary career

Doyle-Price stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative Party candidate for Sheffield Hillsborough in the 2005 general election, coming third with 15.02% of the vote.[4]

Doyle-Price was elected for the Conservative Party as the Member of Parliament for Thurrock at the 2010 general election, by a majority of 92 (0.2%) after two recounts.[5][6] She retained her seat in May 2015, with a majority of 536 after a recount[7][8] and in June 2017 with a majority of 345.[9]

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 with the Dartford Crossing and on the Government postponement of work to improve Junction 30 of the M25.[10] In June 2010, she was appointed to the House of Commons which is responsible for scrutinising Government spending and whether it is delivering value for money. In May 2012 she was elected Chairman of the All Party Gurkha Welfare Group.[11]

In the 2010 parliament, Doyle-Price was a member of "the forty" – the forty Conservative MPs with the smallest majorities.[12] In 2012, she was named by Conservative Home as one of a minority of loyal Conservative backbench MPs not to have voted against the government in any significant rebellions.[13]

In 2013, Doyle-Price voted both for and against allow same-sex marriage in England and abstained in extend it to Northern Ireland in 2019.[14]

Following the success of UKIP in the 2013 local elections, she said: "To see Parliamentary colleagues who are calling for an ever closer association with UKIP is exasperating for those of us who are at the coalface in the fight against Labour to secure a majority for the Conservative Party".[15]

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.[16] On 14 January 2014, she led a debate in Westminster Hall on options for the new Lower Thames Crossing.[17]

Doyle-Price was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum.[18]

In the House of Commons she has sat on the Public Accounts Committee and Committee of Selection.[19]

Government appointment

Following the 2015 general election, Doyle-Price was appointed as an assistant whip.[20] On 2 December 2015 she was one of the tellers for the "Ayes" (those MPs supporting UK bombing in Syria) and on 1 February 2017 she was the government teller who announced the result of the vote to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty.[21][22] Following the 2017 election she was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Health.[23] In July 2017, she spoke in parliament in her new role, answering a question from a DUP "shadow".[24] In October 2018, she was appointed as Minister for Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, a new position in the Department of Health and Social Care, and co-chaired the Women's Mental Health Taskforce.[25][26] It had emerged that Doyle-Price had joked in an article to a local newspaper about preferring to "Jump off Beachy Head" than defect to UKIP.[27] She left the government following the election of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party.[28]

Partner Employment

Doyle-Price employs her partner Mark Coxshall as her part-time Office Manager on a salary up to £30,000.[29] The practice of MPs employing family members has been criticised by some sections of the media on the lines that it promotes nepotism.[30][31] Although MPs who were first elected in 2017 have been banned from employing family members, the restriction is not retrospective – meaning that Doyle-Price's employment of her partner is lawful.[32]

Coxshall, who has been a Conservative Party Councillor in Thurrock since 2010, was investigated in August 2013 by the Police for allegedly 'racist' comments made about travellers; he denied the allegations and was not subsequently prosecuted.[33][34] In January 2015, he was criticised by rival councillors for swearing on several occasions in formal council meetings, whilst his lack of appearances at meetings of the Essex Fire Authority was criticised in March 2016.[35][36][37]

LGBT+ Rights

On 14 May 2020, Doyle-Price was criticised by the LGBT Foundation for "inflammatory and discriminatory" remarks against Transgender people.[38] On 16 May 2020, she accused the Liberal Democrats of being paid by Pharmaceutical companies to promote Trans Rights.[39]

References
  1. "No. 59418". The London Gazette. 13 May 2010. p. 8742.
  2. "Jackie Doyle-Price: How I went from a Sheffield council estate to being a Tory MP in Essex". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk.
  3. "Tories Select Jackie Doyle-Price for Thurrock MP". Thurrock Conservatives. 18 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010.
  4. "Profile on Jackie Doyle-Price, Thurrock's new MP". Thurrock Gazette. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  5. "Thurrock Parliamentary constituency – Election 2015". BBC News. BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015.
  6. "Jackie wins Thurrock for Tories". The Enquirer. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  7. "The Comeback Queen: Jackie Doyle Price defends her seat in Thurrock". Your Thurrock. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015.
  8. "Result: Conservative hold Thurrock after recount". ITV News. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  9. "Tories pip Labour at post in Thurrock". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017.
  10. Your Thurrock report Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 29 June 2010.
  11. "Jackie Doyle-Price". Conservatives.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010.
  12. "The Forty's mission to challenge Tory stereotypes" Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, bbc.co.uk; accessed 6 August 2014.
  13. Barrett, Matthew. "The 24 Conservative MPs who are still on the backbenches and have never rebelled". Conservative Home. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  14. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/24957/jackie_doyle-price/thurrock/divisions?policy=6686
  15. Conservative Home Blogs Archived 8 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, May 2013; accessed 6 August 2014.
  16. Profile Archived 8 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine, politics.co.uk; accessed 6 August 2014.
  17. "Democracy Live" Archived 20 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, bbc.co.uk; accessed 6 August 2014.
  18. Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  19. "Jackie Doyle-Price". Parliament UK. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  20. "Her Majesty's Government: December 2015". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015.
  21. Sparrow, Andrew; Perraudin, Frances; MacAskill, Ewen; Sparrow, Andrew (3 December 2015). "Cameron wins Syria airstrikes vote by majority of 174 – as it happened". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016.
  22. "Government sets out Brexit plan". BBC News. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  23. "Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price to be health minister under Jeremy Hunt". Thurrock Gazette. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017.
  24. Reporter, Staff (9 July 2017). "Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price probed on mental health". Your Thurrock. Archived from the original on 9 July 2017.
  25. "Minister given task to reduce suicide rate". BBC News. 10 October 2018.
  26. "The Women's Mental Health Taskforce report". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  27. https://order-order.com/2018/10/10/new-suicide-prevention-minister-joked-about-suicide/
  28. Speight, Neil (27 July 2019). "MP Jackie looking forward to borough challenges in parliament after leaving government". Thurrock Independent.
  29. "IPSA". Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  30. "One in five MPs employs a family member: the full list revealed". The Daily Telegraph. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  31. Mason, Rowena (29 June 2015). "Keeping it in the family: new MPs continue to hire relatives as staff". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  32. "MPs banned from employing spouses after election in expenses crackdown". London Evening Standard. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  33. "Police look into 'racist' comments by councillor". The Independent. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  34. "CPS says Thurrock councillor will not face prosecution". The Enquirer. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  35. ""Councillor Do-Little" Labour and Fire Officer slam Jackie Doyle-Price's husband councillor over series of no-shows". Your Thurrock. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  36. "Councillor "suspended from attending meetings" until the new year". Basildon Echo. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  37. "Thurrock Full Council meeting forcibly suspended for the second time in a row". Thurrock Gazette. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  38. https://twitter.com/lgbtfdn/status/1260912013049462784?s=21
  39. https://twitter.com/jackiedp/status/1261326209012596738?s=21
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Andrew MacKinlay		 Member of Parliament for Thurrock
2010–present		 Incumbent
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