Peter Dowd, MP for Bootle
Peter Dowd has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament; Panel of Chairs.
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (HM Treasury) | 2017 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) (HM Treasury) | 2016 to 2017 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament | 2024 to now | Now |
| Panel of Chairs | 2024 to now | Now |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 2024 | |
| Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] | 2024 | |
| Pet Abduction Bill | 2024 | |
| Criminal Justice Bill | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill | 2023 | |
| Child Support (Enforcement) Bill | 2023 |
Show the other 5
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill | 2023 | |
| Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill | 2023 | |
| Shark Fins Bill | 2022 | |
| Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill | 2021 | |
| Panel of Chairs | 2020 to 2024 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Peter Dowd has 1 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Italy between 05 October 2025 and 11 October 2025 | 4 Nov 2025 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Peter Dowd asked 16 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
129 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Peter Dowd represents Bootle. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Peter Dowd won with 69% of the votes, and Darren Burns (Reform UK) came second with 12%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Dowd | Labour | 26,729 | 68.7% |
| Darren Burns | Reform UK | 4,746 | 12.2% |
| Neil Doolin | Green Party | 3,904 | 10.0% |
| Rowena Bass | Conservative | 1,674 | 4.3% |
| John Gibson | Liberal Democrat | 1,301 | 3.3% |
| Ian Smith | Workers Party of Britain | 526 | 1.4% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Peter Dowd took part in 174 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Peter Dowd voted the same way as their party in 174 of the 174 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: the final vote | For | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 2 Sep | Voting and elections: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: the first main vote | For | Same as party |
| 13 Jul | Immigration and asylum: an attempt to block it | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this