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Peter Kyle

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Peter Kyle

Official portrait, 2020
Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Assumed office
4 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byOffice established
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
29 November 2021 – 4 September 2023
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byLouise Haigh
Succeeded byHilary Benn
Shadow Minister for Schools
In office
14 May 2021 – 29 November 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byWes Streeting
Succeeded byStephen Morgan
Shadow Minister for Victims and Youth Justice
In office
9 April 2020 – 14 May 2021
LeaderKeir Starmer
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAnna McMorrin
Member of Parliament
for Hove
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byMike Weatherley
Majority17,044 (30.2%)
Personal details
Born (1970-09-09) 9 September 1970 (age 54)
West Sussex, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Sussex
WebsiteOfficial website
Academic background
ThesisBuilding 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

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  1. "Hove MP shares his experience of working in aid camps in Commons debate". Brighton and Hove News. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. "Peter Kyle: MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police'". BBC News. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2024-02-08.