UK Parliament · member 4397
Peter Dowd MP
- Party
- Labour — Labour Party
- Constituency
- Bootle
- Member for this seat since
- 7 May 2015
- In the records
- Every register entry that names Peter Dowd, and how each was tied to them
Declared interests
MPs must register financial interests within 28 days. This is the register’s own text, republished verbatim from the official Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Registering an interest is a requirement met, not a finding against anyone.
Visits outside the UK
- International visit to Italy between 05 October 2025 and 11 October 2025 (registered 4 November 2025)
Source: UK Parliament Register of Members’ Financial Interests API (Open Parliament Licence). Amounts are shown only where the register itself records one as a figure; nothing is parsed out of the free text.
Voting record
In the 402 recorded divisions where Peter Dowd and at least one other Labour member were recorded voting, Peter Dowd voted the same way as most voting Labour members 399 times (99.3%).
This compares Peter Dowd with other members of their own party who were recorded voting in the same division. It is not a measure of loyalty to a whip: Civometry holds no whipping records, so it cannot say which votes were whipped, and voting differently from party colleagues is not described here as a rebellion. Members not recorded in a division are excluded from the comparison rather than counted, because an absence from a division list is not a vote and does not mean the member was absent from the House.
Donations reported to the Electoral Commission
The register holds no donations reported against this name. Donations are matched on the regulated entity name exactly as the Electoral Commission publishes it; a member who reports under a different form of their name will not match here, and no similar name is substituted.
Source: Electoral Commission register of donations. Reporting thresholds apply, so this is not every sum given. A donation is a lawful, reported transaction; its presence here says nothing about why it was made and nothing about anything that followed it.
Staffing and business costs paid by IPSA
2025-26: £57,841 across 117 claim lines; 2024-25: £243,902 across 216 claim lines; 2023-24: £263,983 across 282 claim lines.
| Year | Category | Claim lines | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Staffing | 11 | £28,391 |
| 2025-26 | Accommodation | 32 | £16,018 |
| 2025-26 | Office Costs | 74 | £13,432 |
| 2024-25 | Staffing | 9 | £181,974 |
| 2024-25 | Office Costs | 161 | £30,918 |
| 2024-25 | Accommodation | 35 | £15,623 |
| 2024-25 | MP Travel | 7 | £9,218 |
| 2024-25 | Staff Travel | 2 | £4,408 |
| 2024-25 | Miscellaneous | 1 | £1,176 |
| 2024-25 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £586 |
| 2023-24 | Staffing | 8 | £207,918 |
| 2023-24 | Office Costs | 230 | £33,389 |
| 2023-24 | Accommodation | 33 | £13,227 |
| 2023-24 | MP Travel | 9 | £8,826 |
| 2023-24 | Dependant Travel | 1 | £438 |
| 2023-24 | Staff Travel | 1 | £185 |
| Date | Category | Description | Paid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2021 | Office Costs · Insurance - buildings | WWW.WRIGHTSURE.COM | £1,000 | Paid |
| 23 October 2018 | Office Costs · Furniture Purchase | Oct 18 IPSA Card — WWW.ARGOS.CO.UK | £100 | Paid |
| 20 April 2017 | Office Costs · Const Office Gas | Payment Card - 01/2017 — E.ON ENERGY SOLUTIONS | £100 | Paid |
| 31 March 2024 | MP Travel · Hotel - UK Not London | Aggregated figure for travel during 2023-24 | £100 | Paid |
| 7 January 2016 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | Office Expenses January 2016 — E.ON ENERGY SOLUTIONS Utilities-Electric, Gas, Sanitary, Water | £99 | Paid |
| 23 March 2021 | Office Costs · Utilities | Water — WATER PLUS | £99 | Paid |
| 7 March 2025 | Office Costs · Equipment - purchase | Other office equipment — TFP LTD [200011725-4240] | £98 | Paid |
| 10 April 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | NATIONAL PEN PROMOTION | £98 | Paid |
| 7 March 2025 | Office Costs · Stationery & printing | NATIONAL PEN PROMOTION [200011725-4241] | £98 | Paid |
| 8 May 2025 | Office Costs · Utilities | Gas — E.ON NEXT | £98 | Paid |
| 20 April 2017 | Office Costs · Const Office Water | Payment Card - 01/2017 — UNITED UTILITIES | £98 | Paid |
| 2 January 2025 | Office Costs · Landline phone & internet - rental & usage | Landline — WWW.FOCUS-GRP.CO.UK | £98 | Paid |
| 15 August 2016 | Office Costs · Stationery Purchase | August Card — INKS DIRECT | £98 | Paid |
| 17 October 2017 | Office Costs · Const Office Electricity | October Card 2017 — E.ON ENERGY SOLUTIONS | £97 | Paid |
| 8 February 2016 | Office Costs · Internet Usage/Rental | Jan/Feb 2016 office costs — BT BILL PAYMENT 1 Telecommunication Equipment Including Telephone Sa | £97 | Paid |
Source: IPSA, MP staffing and business costs (Open Government Licence v3), joined on IPSA’s Parliamentary ID, which is Parliament’s member id. These are the running costs of an MP’s office and staff, claimed within IPSA’s rules and paid by IPSA; they are not the member’s salary and not personal income. A claim is a claim, not a finding. Staffing costs are published by IPSA in aggregate categories, not per employee.
Sources on this page: UK Parliament Members API, Register of Members’ Financial Interests API and Commons Votes API (Open Parliament Licence); Electoral Commission register of donations; IPSA business costs. Each section links its own official record. This page assembles public registers and draws no conclusion from their appearing together.