About your Member of Parliament

Your MP (Peter Dowd) represents you, and all of the people who live in Bootle, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

MPs split their time between Parliament and their constituency. In Parliament, they debate and vote on new laws, review existing laws, and question the Government. In the constituency, their focus is on supporting local people and championing local issues. They have a small staff team who help with casework, maintain their diaries, and monitor their inbox.

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Proffil

Llafur MP ar gyfer Bootle

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 8 Mai 2015 — Etholiad cyffredinol

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @peter_dowd
• Facebook
• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Peter Dowd campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department of Health and Social Care
• Treasury
• HM Treasury
• Department for Education
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Tax Avoidance
• Question
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
• Agriculture: Subsidies
• Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances

Swyddogaethau cyfredol

• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (since 11 Rha 2024)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (since 30 Gor 2024)

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill ( 8 Mai 2024 to 15 Mai 2024)
• Member, Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL] Committee (28 Chw 2024 to 7 Maw 2024)
• Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee (24 Ion 2024 to 31 Ion 2024)
• Member, Criminal Justice Bill Committee ( 6 Rha 2023 to 30 Ion 2024)
• Member, Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee ( 7 Meh 2023 to 11 Gor 2023)
• Member, Child Support (Enforcement) Bill Committee (22 Chw 2023 to 1 Maw 2023)
• Member, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (18 Ion 2023 to 25 Ion 2023)
• Member, Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill Committee (18 Ion 2023 to 25 Ion 2023)
• Member, Shark Fins Bill Committee ( 9 Tach 2022 to 16 Tach 2022)
• Member, Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee ( 1 Rha 2021 to 14 Rha 2021)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (22 Meh 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury ( 9 Chw 2017 to 6 Ebr 2020)
• Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) ( 6 Hyd 2016 to 9 Chw 2017)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Joe Benton
• Mike Carr
• Allan Roberts
• Simon Mahon
• John Kinley
• Eric Errington
• Chichester Crookshank
• John Kinley
• Vivian Henderson
• James Burnie
• Thomas Royden
• Bonar Law
• Thomas Sandys

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee (6 out of 16)
• Chairman, Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Committee (8 out of 29)
• Pet Abduction Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Criminal Justice Bill Committee (12 out of 16)
• Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Shark Fins Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Child Support (Enforcement) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Electricity and Gas Transmission (Compensation) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill Committee (3 out of 14)
• Chairman, Public Order Bill Committee (3 out of 7)
• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Chairman, Compensation (London Capital & Finance plc and Fraud Compensation Fund) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Glue Traps (Offences) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Building Safety Bill Committee (4 out of 16)
• Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No.3) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions (Termination Awards and Sporting Testimonials) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (4 out of 7)
• Savings (Government Contributions) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Criminal Finances Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (3 out of 11)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (15 out of 20)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Upcoming Business – Commons: Main Chamber 4 Jul 2025

  Multi-Storey Car Parks (Safety) Bill: Second reading – Peter Dowd. Private Members' Bills

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Rare Diseases 19 Jun 2025

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on people with rare conditions.

• Backbench Business: Humanist Marriage — [Dame Siobhain McDonagh in the Chair] 12 Jun 2025

  First of all, it is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Dame Siobhain. Secondly, it is also a pleasure to hear my hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Sarah Edwards) set out in this debate the reasons for humanist marriages and why they should be recognised. On the question of humanist marriages being recognised, I ask myself why they are not. What is the problem? My hon....

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Peter Dowd

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