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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.

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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
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 No vote 233–254
11 Jun 2025 Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 deferred division Aye 350–176
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading Aye 306–174
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 114 No 78–309
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 85 No 107–314
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 No 73–312
10 Jun 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu Aye 304–189
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 No 180–307
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 No 73–323
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No 167–334
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 No 113–335
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Aye 264–99
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 24 No 164–273
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: Amendment 16 No 100–339
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords] Report Stage: New Clause 4 No 171–274
3 Jun 2025 Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) Aye 317–185
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 Aye 329–101
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Aye 315–184
3 Jun 2025 Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Aye 319–180
22 May 2025 Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D Aye 195–124
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Immigration No 83–267
21 May 2025 Opposition Day: Business and the economy No 88–253
16 May 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 No vote 243–279
16 May 2025 Closure motion No vote 288–239
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to insist Commons Amendment 52 Aye 366–98

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

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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.

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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 4 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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