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Peter Dowd
Labour MP for Bootle
Peter Dowd is the Labour MP for Bootle, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015.
MessageSeat status
Very safe
Majority size
21,983
Recent swing
-10.7% Labour
Party
Labour
Top donors:
(1) Italian IPU Group (2) All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy (3) Italian Parliament (£47)
OPPOSED
Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
Motion failed, 172-334
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OPPOSED
Voted against Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
Motion failed, 181-335
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SUPPORTED
Voted for Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee
Motion passed, 344-173
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Where Peter fits into things
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister
Peter Dowd
Member of Parliament
Bootle
Surgeries
Monthly in-person, occasional online
Examples of successful citizen influence
- Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
- Local campaign prompting a public statement
Pressure that tends to influence
- High volume constituent contact
- Media attention on local issues
- Cross-party committee pressure
Committees
- Panel of Chairs
- Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament