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

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Peter Dowd has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Last updated: 12 Sep 2017

Recent appearances

• Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Carried-forward Losses 17 Oct 2017

  I tried to set to out as comprehensively as I could, without getting too complicated, complex or specific, why we were concerned to keep tabs on this. Trying to keep tabs on the Government’s proposals has been today’s theme, and that is why we have asked for reviews. In the current climate, when there are so many pressures on public services and a range of challenges for the...

• Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Carried-forward Losses 17 Oct 2017

  We always have to be vigilant—that is the key. Vigilance is crucial. Virtually no one had experienced anything like the banking crisis in living memory. Given that, we have to be on our guard that we do not all breathe such a sigh of relief that it was so long ago that we lose our vigilance.

• Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Carried-forward Losses 17 Oct 2017

  My hon. Friend makes another good point. The Chartered Institute of Taxation has criticised the Government—“criticise” is the word I use, although I am not sure it would say that; it would most probably say it has brought this to the Government’s attention—for not balancing “its desires to raise some modest revenue with its duty to produce legislation that...

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Profile

Labour MP for Bootle

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

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Social Media

• @peter_dowd
• https://facebook.com/PeterDowdBootle

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

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

• HM Treasury
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Defence
• Department for Education
• Department for Business
• Energy and Industrial Strategy
• Probate
• Taxation: Environment Protection
• Taxation: Domicil
• Further Education
• Corporation Tax: Northern Ireland

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 (2 out of 2)
• 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)

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• Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs. See all Peter Dowd’s speeches
• Has received answers to 76 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 95.65% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• 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.
• 86 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Peter Dowd’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 103 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)