Peter Kyle

The Right Honourable

Peter Kyle

MP
The Right Honourable; Peter Kyle; MP
	Official portrait, 2024
Secretary of State for Business and Trade; President of the Board of Trade
	Incumbent
	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)
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 May 2015
Preceded by	Mike Weatherley
Majority	19,881 (38.1%)
Personal details
Born	Peter John Kyle; 9 September 1970 (age 55); West Sussex, England
Political party	Labour
Education	Felpham Comprehensive School, West Sussex
Alma mater	University of Sussex
Website	www.peterkyle.co.uk
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.

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[Argus-1] Harry Bullmore (28 October 2019). "Peter Kyle reveals he has dyslexia after abuse over spelling". The Argus. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[brightonandhovenews-2] "Hove MP shares his experience of working in aid camps in Commons debate". Brighton and Hove News. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

[3] "Peter Kyle: MP with dyslexia hits back at 'spelling police'". BBC News. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2024-02-08.

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