Peter Dowd

MP since 7 May 2015

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Peter Dowd is the Labour MP for Bootle, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.

1633

Votes Cast

£243,077

Expenses 2024-25

21,983

Majority

68.8%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£243,077

Staffing£181,974
Office£30,093
Accommodation£15,623
Travel£14,211
Other£1,176

Year-on-Year

2024-25£243,077
2023-24£257,446
2022-23£217,432
2021-22£223,324
2020-21£200,966
2019-20£185,303
2018-19£186,745
2017-18£184,623
2016-17£184,220
2015-16£154,429

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 38,880 voters

Labour
26,729 votes68.8%
Reform UK
4,746 votes12.2%
Green Party
3,904 votes10.0%
Conservative
1,674 votes4.3%
Liberal Democrat
1,301 votes3.4%
Workers Party of Britain
526 votes1.4%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

34

Written Questions

4

Oral Questions

67

Debates Spoken In

165

Speeches

398

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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1 AYE1 NO

Immigration and Asylum Bill

2 votes · 13 Jul 2026

3 NO

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

3 votes · 1 Jul 2026

4 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

4 NO

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

2 NO

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

2 votes · 10 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(1)

Visits outside the UK

the Chair of the British Friendship Group

£48
Name of donor
(1) Italian IPU Group (2) All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy (3) Italian Parliament
Address of donor
(1) Protocol Office, Chamber of Deputies, Piazza del Parlamento 24, 00186 Rome (2) House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA (3) Camera de Deputati, Palazzo Montecitorio - Piazza Montecitorio 00186, Rome
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
(1) Lunch for myself (£47.76), tour of the Colosseum for myself and a guest (£113.20), value £160.96 (2) Meals for myself and a guest (£158.78), transport for myself and a guest (£45.83), value £204.61 (3) Presentation of symbolic, parliamentary items exchanged between me, as co Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, and the various senior Italian Select Committee Chairs we met (estimated value £340), value £340
Destination of visit
Italy (Rome)
Dates of visit
5 October 2025 to 11 October 2025
Purpose of visit
As co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, the Group received an invite from the Chair of the British Friendship Group. The visit to the Italian Parliament was organised by the Italian Inter Parliament Union. The Group met with over 40 senior Italian MPs and Senators (including Chairs of Italian Parliamentary Select Committees) in both Houses of the Italian Parliament, as well as undertaking meetings with representatives of the British expat community and at the British School at Rome.

Registered 4 November 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Peter in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations made by the Animals in Science Committee on no

Home Office5 Jun 2026

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's proposed timeline is for decriminalising pavement parking to enable local authorities to take enforcement action against vehicles par

AnsweredDepartment for Transport2 Mar 2026

Education and Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence his Department holds, including survey data and commissioned research, on the extent to which disabled people identify inaccessible s

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions27 Feb 2026

Multiple Sclerosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his department collects to monitor potential inequalities in multiple sclerosis care access; and how those findings are used to info

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care9 Dec 2025

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring responsibility for medical cannabis policy and governance to his Department in line with Schedule 2 medicines.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care18 Nov 2025

Cannabis: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support and fund clinical trials aimed at achieving licensing and NHS access for complex, cannabis-base

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care18 Nov 2025

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the NHS 10 year plan will improve the delivery of healthcare for people with rare conditions.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 May 2025

Rare Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the specific challenges of providing specialised care for rare conditions will be included in the NHS 10 year plan.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 May 2025

Rare Diseases: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of suspending the medicines repurposing programme on people affected by

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 May 2025

Rare Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on people with rare conditions.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care30 May 2025
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