Peter Dowd
Labour Bootle
Voting record
Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.
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Every Commons division on file for Peter Dowd — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,637 of 2,376 (69%).
Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.
Government & opposition roles
Peter Dowd doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.
Declared financial interests
From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Peter Dowd →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.
Name of donor: (1) Italian IPU Group (2) All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy (3) Italian Parliament
Address of donor: (1) Protocol Office, Chamber of Deputies, Piazza del Parlamento 24, 00186 Rome (2) House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA (3) Camera de Deputati, Palazzo Montecitorio - Piazza Montecitorio 00186, Rome
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): (1) Lunch for myself (£47.76), tour of the Colosseum for myself and a guest (£113.20), value £160.96 (2) Meals for myself and a guest (£158.78), transport for myself and a guest (£45.83), value £204.61 (3) Presentation of symbolic, parliamentary items exchanged between me, as co Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, and the various senior Italian Select Committee Chairs we met (estimated value £340), value £340
Destination of visit: Italy (Rome)
Dates of visit: 5 October 2025 to 11 October 2025
Purpose of visit: As co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Italy, the Group received an invite from the Chair of the British Friendship Group. The visit to the Italian Parliament was organised by the Italian Inter Parliament Union. The Group met with over 40 senior Italian MPs and Senators (including Chairs of Italian Parliamentary Select Committees) in both Houses of the Italian Parliament, as well as undertaking meetings with representatives of the British expat community and at the British School at Rome.
(Registered 4 November 2025)
Written questions to government
No written questions on file for Peter Dowd yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Peter Dowd has ever tabled.
Business costs (IPSA)
£305,869.74 paid out to or for Peter Dowd across 345 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Peter Dowd’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.
Early Day Motions
No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by Peter Dowd — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily Peter Dowd’s full record.
All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Peter Dowd is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.
Biggest declared funder across these groups: Together for Short Lives — about £32,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children who Need Palliative Care).
Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Peter Dowd personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Peter Dowd is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.
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