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Peter Dowd

Peter Dowd

Labour MP for Bootle

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

Message

Seat 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

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister

Peter Dowd

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