Peter Kyle’s voting in Parliament

Peter Kyle is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Peter Kyle sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Peter Kyle generally voted for higher taxes on banks, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Peter Kyle’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Peter Kyle’s full vote analysis page for more.

Peter Kyle

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions 25 Apr 2017

  Websites such as Craigslist are being used by corrupt individuals to advertise free accommodation in return for sex. Does the Secretary of State agree that that is currently happening within the law and that a review needs to take place so that the people who are exploiting extremely vulnerable young women in that way face the full force of the law?

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Dairy Farming 24 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of intensive indoor dairy farms operating in the UK.

• Written Answers — Department for Communities and Local Government: Non-domestic Rates: Schools 18 Apr 2017

  To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of charging business rates for properties with solar panels on state schools in England and Wales.

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Profile

Labour MP for Hove

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @peterkyle
• https://facebook.com/hoveandportslade

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Peter Kyle campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department for Transport
• Department of Health
• Department for Education
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Apprentices: Taxation
• Apprentices
• Railways: South East
• Railways: Tickets
• Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (17 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 17 Oct 2016)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Mike Weatherley
• Celia Barlow
• Ivor Caplin
• Tim Sainsbury
• Martin Maddan
• Anthony Marlowe

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Investigatory Powers Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
• Education and Adoption Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
• Policing and Crime Bill Committee (2 out of 13)
• Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill Committee (5 out of 10)

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• Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Peter Kyle’s speeches
• Has received answers to 68 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 125 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Peter Kyle’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 52 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)