1. Dame Jacqueline Doyle-Price was born on 5 August 1969 and is a British former Conservative Party politician and former civil servant who was Member of Parliament for Thurrock from 2010 to 2024.
22 Facts About Jackie Doyle-Price
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Jackie Doyle-Price was first elected as MP in the 2010 general election and was defeated in the 2024 general election.
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Jacqueline Jackie Doyle-Price was born on 5 August 1969 on a council estate in Sheffield.
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Jackie Doyle-Price was raised in the suburbs of Hillsborough and Wisewood.
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Jackie Doyle-Price attended Notre Dame Roman Catholic High School, a comprehensive school.
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Jackie Doyle-Price's parents attempted to buy their council house through Margaret Thatcher's Right to Buy scheme and faced resistance from the left-wing Sheffield City Council, which was run by the Labour Party under the local leadership of David Blunkett.
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Shortly after graduating from university, Jackie Doyle-Price became a researcher before spending 18 months moving between temporary jobs and unemployment.
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Jackie Doyle-Price held several posts in the Conservative Party before her election to parliament.
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Jackie Doyle-Price was constituency officer of the Greenwich and Woolwich Conservatives from 2006 to 2007 and stood unsuccessfully for election to Greenwich Council.
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Jackie Doyle-Price made her maiden speech on 28 June 2010, speaking about the need for welfare reform.
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Jackie Doyle-Price 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.
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In May 2013 Jackie Doyle-Price voted against same-sex marriage on its third reading in the House of Commons, having abstained at the second reading.
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Jackie 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".
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Jackie Doyle-Price stated that she would reconsider her position if the bill was amended.
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Jackie 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.
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Jackie Doyle-Price was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 EU membership referendum.
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In July 2020, Jackie Doyle-Price was critical of the availability of what she described as "dangerous" gender-affirming healthcare for trans children.
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In May 2024, Jackie Doyle-Price was reported to be among the senior Tory MPs who supported establishing a duty of candour for senior civil servants.
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Jackie Doyle-Price left the government following the election of Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party, but returned to government as Minister of State for Industry when Liz Truss was elected as Prime Minister in September 2022.
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Jackie Doyle-Price left the government again following Rishi Sunak's appointment as Prime Minister.
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In 1997, during her tenure as its chairwoman, Jackie Doyle-Price introduced Truss to the Lewisham Deptford Conservative Association, which Truss herself would chair from 1998 to 2000.
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Jackie Doyle-Price was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 29 December 2023 in the Truss's resignation honours list, for public and political service as Minister of State for Industry and as MP for Thurrock.