Rt Hon Peter Kyle, MP for Hove and Portslade
Peter Kyle has been an MP since 2015.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Department for Business and Trade) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| President of the Board of Trade (Department for Business and Trade) | 2025 to 2026 | |
| Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2024 to 2025 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Office) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) (Department for Education) | 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Justice) (Ministry of Justice) | 2020 to 2021 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill | 2021 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2020 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2017 to 2019 | |
| Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee | 2016 to 2017 | |
| Business, Innovation and Skills Committee | 2015 to 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Peter Kyle has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP | Lawrence Eke - £5,000.00 | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in The Argument Ltd | 15 Dec 2015 |
| Shareholdings | Shares in Progression Ltd | 8 Jun 2015 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Peter Kyle asked 2 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
61 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Peter Kyle represents Hove and Portslade. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Peter Kyle won with 52% of the votes, and Sophie Broadbent (Green Party) came second with 14%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Kyle | Labour | 27,209 | 52.4% |
| Sophie Broadbent | Green Party | 7,418 | 14.3% |
| Carline Deal | Conservative | 6,630 | 12.8% |
| Martin Hess | Reform UK | 4,558 | 8.8% |
| Tanushka Marah | Independent | 3,048 | 5.9% |
| Michael Wang | Liberal Democrat | 3,046 | 5.9% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Peter Kyle took part in 65 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Peter Kyle voted the same way as their party in 63 of the 63 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | For | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | For | Free vote |
| 10 Sep | Social housing: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this