MP for Bootle
“A centrist Labour MP for Bootle with high attendance who occasionally rebels on welfare reform and major infrastructure decisions.”
Peter Dowd is the Labour (Co-op) MP for Bootle, first elected in 2015. He currently serves on the Intelligence and Security Committee and the Panel of Chairs, and has a long record of service on various parliamentary committees.
Dowd shows high party loyalty (100%) and above-average attendance for his party (68%). He has five rebel votes. With a centrist positioning (47/100), his voting on key issues is mixed: he has supported NHS funding and bus services regulation, but has opposed harsher prison sentences and the Rwanda deportation scheme, and his votes on immigration and asylum are less consistent.
Declared financial interests include one overseas visit (1 entry).
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Labour (Co-op) average: 33%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Labour (Co-op) average: 99%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
15 positions
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
Since Dec 2024
Panel of Chairs
Since Jul 2024
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]
Feb 2024 - Mar 2024
Pet Abduction Bill
Jan 2024 - Jan 2024
Criminal Justice Bill
Dec 2023 - Jan 2024
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
Child Support (Enforcement) Bill
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Opposition Day Motion: Defence
NOOpposition Day Motion: Oil and Gas
NONational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6
AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5
AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3
AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2
AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1
AYENational Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill
Opposition day motion: student loans
NOOpposition day motion: fuel duty
NODraft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading
AYEFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11
NOFinance (No. 2) Bill
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
NOCourts and Tribunals Bill
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
