Peter Kyle
Peter Kyle | |
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_2.jpg) Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Secretary of State for Business and Trade President of the Board of Trade | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Reynolds |
| Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
| In office 5 July 2024 – 5 September 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Michelle Donelan |
| Succeeded by | Liz Kendall |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
| In office 4 September 2023 – 5 July 2024 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Griffith |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
| In office 29 November 2021 – 4 September 2023 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Louise Haigh |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Benn |
| Shadow Minister for Schools | |
| In office 14 May 2021 – 29 November 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Wes Streeting |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Morgan |
| Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice | |
| In office 9 April 2020 – 14 May 2021 | |
| Leader | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Anna McMorrin |
| Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade Hove (2015–2024) | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Weatherley |
| Majority | 19,881 (38.1%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter John Kyle 9 September 1970 West Sussex, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | Felpham Comprehensive School,[1] West Sussex |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Website | www |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Building capacity for community economic development: the case of the Kat river valley, South Africa (2004) |
Peter Kyle (born 9 September 1970) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Business and Trade since 2025. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament for Hove since 2015.
A former charity sector executive, he previously served as a Shadow Justice Minister from 2020 to 2021 and a Shadow Education Minister in 2021.[2]
Kyle has dyslexia.[3] He is openly gay. For eight years he was in a relationship with Czech man Vlastimil Tiser, until Tiser's death in 2012.
References
- ↑ Harry Bullmore (28 October 2019). "Peter Kyle reveals he has dyslexia after abuse over spelling". The Argus. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ↑ "Hove MP shares his experience of working in aid camps in Commons debate". Brighton and Hove News. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "Peter Kyle: MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police'". BBC News. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2024-02-08.