Peter Dowd’s voting in Parliament

Peter Dowd is a Labour MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour MPs.

However, Peter Dowd sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

• Peter Dowd generally voted for higher taxes on banks, while most Labour MPs generally voted against. Show votes

We have lots more plain English analysis of Peter Dowd’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Peter Dowd’s full vote analysis page for more.

Peter Dowd

Last updated: 19 Apr 2017

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — HM Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits 27 Jun 2017

  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for personal tax credits in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

• Written Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Allowances: Charities 27 Jun 2017

  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax exemption for the income of charities in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

• Written Answers — HM Treasury: Tax Allowances: Landlords 27 Jun 2017

  To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for wear and tear allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

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Profile

Labour MP for Bootle

Entered the House of Commons on 8 May 2015 — General election

• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @peter_dowd

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Education
• Department for Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Department of Health
• Department for Culture
• Media and Sport
• Probate
• Further Education
• Social Services: Finance
• Cafcass
• Sportsgrounds: Disability

Currently held offices

• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (since 9 Feb 2017)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Financial Secretary (Treasury) (6 Oct 2016 to 9 Feb 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)

• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Savings (Government Contributions) Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
• Criminal Finances Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Welfare Reform and Work Bill Committee (3 out of 11)
• Housing and Planning Bill Committee (15 out of 20)

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• Has spoken in 45 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Peter Dowd’s speeches
• Has received answers to 13 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 88 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Peter Dowd’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 86 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)