Peter Kyle.
Labour Party MP for Hove and Portslade.
31 May 2026
Aligned with their council.
The Rt Hon Peter Kyle is the Labour MP for Hove and Portslade, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently holds the Government posts of Secretary of State for Business and Trade, and President of the Board of Trade.
By issue — what do they vote on most?
Top eight by total divisions voted, this parliament. Volume measures engagement, not direction — see Notable Votes for free-vote moments and rebellions.
Source · The Public Whip · Hansard
Notable votes — free votes & rebellions.
Moments where the whip was free, or where Kyle broke ranks. Free votes are the truer signal of personal stance.
No rebellions or free votes recorded yet.
Words spoken, by topic.
Source · Hansard
Recent contributions.
Digital ID: Businesses
“Supports reducing administrative burdens through better digital government services but stops short of endorsing a specific digital ID scheme.”
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
“The Bill is necessary pragmatism, not ideology: public ownership of British Steel protects a strategic national asset essential to defence, infrastructure and industrial strategy, …”
Small Businesses: Rural Areas
“The government is delivering targeted support for rural small businesses through business rates relief, late-payment legislation, and strategic coordination across departments.”
Topical Questions
“Government is delivering growth and targeted intervention in foundational sectors; youth unemployment is a cross-party challenge but Conservative failures left worse inheritance; i…”
Kyle holds no select-committee seat this session. New 2024-intake MPs typically wait one term before being appointed.
Top departments asked.
No tabled questions yet.
Most recent.
Register of interests.
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Source · Members API · Last amended 4 Nov 2025
IPSA expenses.
| Category | £ | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Staffing | 202,745 | 77.3% |
| Office Costs | 32,571 | 12.4% |
| Accommodation | 23,755 | 9.1% |
| Staff Travel | 1,619 | 0.6% |
| Miscellaneous | 1,440 | 0.5% |
| Total · 69 claims | 262,132 | 100% |
Source · IPSA · FY 24_25
Nothing tabled for Kyle on the published Order Paper this week.
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hove and Portslade | 27,209 | 52.4% | Won |
| 2019 | Hove | 32,876 | 58.3% | Won |
| 2017 | Hove | 36,942 | 64.1% | Won |
| 2015 | Hove | 22,082 | 42.3% | Won |
2024 — full result, Hove and Portslade.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter KyleWON | Lab | 27,209 | 52.4 |
Showing the MP’s own row only. Full result table: see Hove and Portslade →
Sources, methods & last update
The Public Whip
Updated 31 May 2026
1 Sept 2024 → 21 May 2026
0 tabled · 0 answered
None recorded
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£262,132 · FY 24_25
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