At a glancePeter Kyle is a Labour MP for Hove and Portslade, and has represented the seat for 11 years, 2 months. They have cast 228 votes in Commons divisions (40% attendance), tabled 963 written questions and registered 3 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Peter Kyle did not vote in 347. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
He currently holds the Government posts of Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and President of the Board of Trade.
Current roles
- Hove and Portslade Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Labour Party since 7 May 2015
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Kim Leadbeater
Labour
100.0% · 223 of 223 shared votes
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Andy Slaughter
Labour
100.0% · 223 of 223 shared votes
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Chris Vince
Labour (Co-op)
100.0% · 221 of 221 shared votes
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Rachel Hopkins
Labour
100.0% · 221 of 221 shared votes
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Andrew Cooper
Labour
100.0% · 220 of 220 shared votes
Votes least like
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 97 shared votes
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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative
0.0% · 0 of 73 shared votes
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Saqib Bhatti
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 174 shared votes
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Alex Burghart
Conservative
0.6% · 1 of 155 shared votes
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Andrew Griffith
Conservative
0.7% · 1 of 146 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP1
- Lawrence Eke - £5,000.00 (registered 31 Oct 2025)
Shareholdings2
- Shares in The Argument Ltd (registered 15 Dec 2015)
- Shares in Progression Ltd (registered 8 Jun 2015)
Written questions
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2024 to Question 24269 on Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, which (a) NHS trusts have and (b) imaging network has not received funding.
Answer · 13 May 2024
Since the initial announcements regarding funding for National Health Service trusts to integrate artificial intelligence into lung cancer imaging, adjustments have been made to the list of participants. Three trusts have withdrawn from the initiative, an...
Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2024 on Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence, whether the detailed policy for the Algorithmic transparency recording standard has been a
Answer · 14 May 2024
We are implementing the mandatory rollout of the ATRS in phases, with the current, first phase focusing on the 16 largest ministerial departments, plus HMRC. The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology and the Central Digital and Data Office are ...
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2024 to Question 22348 on Public Expenditure, what his planned timetable is for publishing the response to David Willetts’ report.
Answer · 13 May 2024
DSIT published the response to Lord Willetts’ independent review of the DSIT business case and approvals process on 1 May on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforming-the-dsit-business-case-process
Artificial Intelligence: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the AI Safety Institute plans to carry out testing on the societal impacts of AI on elections.
Answer · 9 May 2024
The AI Safety Institute has responsibility for developing and conducting evaluations on advanced AI systems, including assessing potentially harmful capabilities. As part of this, it will evaluate the direct impact of advanced AI systems on individuals an...
Semiconductors: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2024 to Question 24088 on Semiconductors: Infrastructure, if she will respond to the recommendations of the UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative fe
Answer · 8 May 2024
The UK has a thriving R&D innovation semiconductor ecosystem and the Government’s National Semiconductor Strategy sets out our ambitious vision for the UK’s sector.The Government has commissioned the UK Semiconductor Infrastructure Initiative feasibility ...
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to her Department's press release entitled AI to speed up lung cancer diagnosis deployed in NHS hospitals, published on 30 October 2023, how many of the NHS trusts listed have (a) re
Answer · 7 May 2024
Since the original announcement, two additional trusts have been included in this initiative, bringing the total to 66, from the previously announced 64. Funding to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer...
Semiconductors: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled National semiconductor strategy, CP 838, published on 19 May 2023, what progress she has made on the UK Semiconductor Infrastruc
Answer · 2 May 2024
We have made substantial progress since the launch of the National Semiconductor Strategy last year. We are on track to exceed our initial £200 million investment commitment for this spending review period, launched a semiconductor incubator Programme, Ch...
Rosalind Franklin Laboratory
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost was of the early exit from the lease for the Rosalind Franklin Laboratory.
Answer · 24 May 2024
The figures were released on Monday 21st May 2024 and are included in the link below:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukhsa-spend-over-25000-2024
Early day motions
| 23 Apr 2019 | 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | 36 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
That was a very gracious intervention—I am glad I took it. I had the pleasure of visiting my hon. Friend’s constituency in the run-up to the general election, and I saw how much hard work and dedication he put into his campaign; I have als…
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s contribution. Of course, he is completely correct. The impact that these brands have around the world has not been made recently, and is not to be taken lightly; it has come on the back of generations of …
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
I will, in just a moment. My hon. Friend was not here to hear his colleagues’ contributions earlier. He will regret that, because they were Churchillian. The Government recognise the importance of and understand the challenges that the …
9 Jul 2026 British Industry Supercharger: Ceramics
It is a real pleasure to be here. My hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Gareth Snell) has made an outstanding case. I can reassure him that when we make decisions, they go beyond the sheer economics of investment, and into …
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
The hon. Member’s enthusiasm is infectious. He came to meet me when I was Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to talk about the Golden Valley, and we spoke about our shared ambition in that area for …
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am grateful for my right hon. Friend’s advocacy, and I share in his birthday message to the people of the United States of America. The Department for Transport is engaged with the Port of Dover, and thanks to the functional and producti…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I certainly join the hon. Member in celebrating the success of that business—and businesses across the country that are doing such great work for the people who work in them and our overall economy. I would like to hear more about the busi…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we are having conversations with DEFRA over these issues. We want to ensure that regulation is right. We need to incentivise the right behaviour and the circular economy, but we need to do so in a respo…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his informed question. I, too, celebrate this important appointment and the Office for Investment is doing great work. The criteria for success that I see are how Britain can get more scale-up …
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am already working with DSIT on these issues, but because of my hon. Friend’s informed question and the imploration for me to do more I will double down on that. He is giving real voice to an incredibly important part of the defence tec…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I can provide all the reassurances my hon. Friend seeks. We are of course investing in the new technical colleges, as I have outlined. We are investing in young people so that they have the skills to transition from education into the work…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am extremely grateful for my hon. Friend’s really important question. As I have said throughout this session, we are investing in young people and people in work, so they can adapt to the changes happening in the economy because of the t…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
This Government are investing record amounts in the transition to renewable energy. We need to break the dependence on fossil fuels that our country has been forced into by the Conservative party. We will do so by creating wealth, jobs and…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I can assure the hon. Lady that the Minister responsible, my hon. Friend the Member for East Renfrewshire (Blair McDougall), has met victims regularly. We are accelerating the compensation and the justice from what we inherited, because it…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I always look forward to the hon. Lady’s questions. The fundamentals of running our economy are going in the right direction. Growth is up, and inflation is down. These are things that the Conservatives never achieved when they were in gov…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I pay tribute to the business in my hon. Friend’s constituency that he advocates for. Businesses around the country are paying the price of, and having to adapt to the challenges posed by, the Iran war. It is a good job that we have a Prim…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
It is good to see the hon. Gentleman again in the same session—I suggest that he buy a lottery ticket tonight, because he is certainly having a lot of success in the draw. I can assure him that we are investing in small and medium-sized en…
2 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
I am grateful for the opportunity to say that one year ago we published our industrial strategy. Since publication, work driven by the industrial strategy has secured around £360 billion of private investment into the eight industrial stra…
2 Jul 2026 Well-paid Jobs: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
My hon. Friend is right that her constituents are hard-working and they deserve to have a Government on their side: in this Government, they have that. We have invested £140 million in a pilot with the mayoral strategic authorities that wi…
2 Jul 2026 Well-paid Jobs: Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
We are investing £720 million in the greater Lincolnshire investment fund over the next 30 years as part of our devolved funding and support for areas just like my hon. Friend’s.
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Government posts
- Secretary of State for Business and Trade · Department for Business and Trade 5 Sep 2025 – 20 Jul 2026
- President of the Board of Trade · Department for Business and Trade 5 Sep 2025 – 20 Jul 2026
- Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 5 Jul 2024 – 5 Sep 2025
Opposition posts
- Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 4 Sep 2023 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland · Northern Ireland Office 29 Nov 2021 – 4 Sep 2023
- Shadow Minister (Education) (Schools) · Department for Education 14 May 2021 – 29 Nov 2021
- Shadow Minister (Justice) · Ministry of Justice 10 Apr 2020 – 14 May 2021
Committee memberships
- Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill 22 Sep 2021 – 27 Oct 2021
- Business and Trade Committee 2 Mar 2020 – 11 May 2020
- Business and Trade Committee 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Business and Trade Committee 17 Oct 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Business, Innovation and Skills Committee 8 Jul 2015 – 17 Oct 2016
Previous seats
- Hove · Elected 3 times 7 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 1897
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
99 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Peter Kyle, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Peter Kyle?
Peter Kyle is a Member of Parliament representing Hove and Portslade in the House of Commons. See Peter Kyle's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Peter Kyle represent?
Peter Kyle sits as Labour. See Peter Kyle's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Peter Kyle represent?
Peter Kyle is the Member of Parliament for Hove and Portslade. See Peter Kyle's official Parliament profile.
How long has Peter Kyle been an MP?
Peter Kyle has served in the House of Commons for 11 years, 2 months. See Peter Kyle's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Peter Kyle?
Peter Kyle has 3 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Peter Kyle's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.