Official portrait of Peter Dowd

Peter Dowd

Labour MP for Bootle, since 7 May 2015

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

Scorecard

69.2% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
398 Votes cast out of 575 divisions
177 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
3 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Labour MPs
1 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
458 Debates spoken in 1057 written questions tabled

Ranked 379 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Hospitality sector No vote 158–334
3 Sep 2025 Opposition day: Property taxes No vote 98–335
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading No vote 365–164
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Reasoned Amendment No vote 167–367
16 Jul 2025 Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) deferred division Aye 333–54
16 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 deferred division Aye 334–54
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax No 165–342
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare No 106–440
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 No vote 0–47
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–58
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading against party line No 336–242
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 No vote 149–334
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No vote 130–443
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 45 No vote 175–401
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part No vote 335–135
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No vote 105–370
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 No vote 103–416
9 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 No vote 35–469
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Aye 415–98
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 No 178–338
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 No 86–340
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 167–346
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private No vote 1–33
2 Jul 2025 Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 Aye 385–26
2 Jul 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to insist on 2A and disagree with LA2B and LA2C Aye 321–158

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

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)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

458 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

No donations to this member appear on the Electoral Commission's register for this Parliament. Only donations above the statutory thresholds have to be declared, and the match is made on name — search the register directly if you are checking a specific one.

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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