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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)
Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues
DID NOT VOTE
21 Oct 2024
Employment Rights Bill
✓ Passed — 386 For, 105 Against
VOTED AYE
29 Nov 2024
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
✓ Passed — 330 For, 275 Against
Peter voted with the majority
VOTED AYE
11 Dec 2024
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
✓ Passed — 375 For, 9 Against
Peter voted with the majority
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