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.
1671
Votes Cast
£243,077
Expenses 2024-25
21,983
Majority
68.8%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£243,077
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 38,880 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
47
Written Questions
4
Oral Questions
72
Debates Spoken In⚑
170
Speeches⚑
436
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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1671 votes — page 5 of 67
6 AYEChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
6 votes · 9 Mar 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
6 votes · 9 Mar 2026
3 NOIndustry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee
3 votes · 23 Feb 2026
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27
11 Feb 2026
2 NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee
2 votes · 21 Jan 2026
Financial Interests(1)
Visits outside the UK
the Chair of the British Friendship Group
£48
Visits outside the UK
the Chair of the British Friendship Group
- 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
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.
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
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.
Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) National Disease Registration Service and (b) National Congenital Anomaly and Rare
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timetable is for releasing funds to support the UK National Screening Committee’s review of newborn screening for Spinal Muscular Atr
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timetable is for the UK National Screening Committee's review of its advice on screening for spinal muscular atrophy.
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Research on expediting the publication of its research brief to in
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of concerns raised by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) stakeholder community on the speed of progress being made
CJD: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support advances n CJD treatment.
CJD: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there are an adequate number of health professionals trained in (a) identifying and (b) supporting peop
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