Peter Kyle
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Peter Kyle | |
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Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | |
Assumed office 4 September 2023 | |
Leader | Keir Starmer |
Preceded by | Office established |
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 | |
Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
Preceded by | Mike Weatherley |
Majority | 17,044 (30.2%) |
Personal details | |
Born | West Sussex, England | 9 September 1970
Political party | Labour |
Alma mater | University of Sussex |
Website | Official website |
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 Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology since 2023. 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.[1]
Kyle has dyslexia.[2] He is openly gay. For eight years he was in a relationship with Czech man Vlastimil Tiser, until Tiser's death in 2012.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "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.