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Member of Parliament

Peter Dowd

Lab Labour Bootle ID 4397
Parliamentary Parliamentary Constituency
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Peter has voted in 68.9% of eligible Commons divisions, compared with a Commons average of 72.6%. Peter has voted against the party's recorded majority 5 times.

A non-vote is not necessarily an absence, it may reflect ministerial duty, pairing, illness, or acting as a teller.

Voting record

Commons division votes from the official Commons Votes API.

Voted in 1,637 of 2,376 eligible divisions (68.9%). Commons average: 72.6%.

1637

Total votes

916

Aye

721

No

5

Against party

Aye / No split Ayes 916 / Noes 721

Divisions

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Division Vote
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1
Trade
No
Opposition Day: Access to remote education and the quality of free school meals
Education
Aye
Opposition Day: Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit
Benefits Tax
Aye
Financial Services Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 Aye
Financial Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Aye
Financial Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 Aye
Public Health (S.I. No. 8)
NHS / Health
Aye
Sittings of the House No
Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 3
Tax
Aye
UK Internal Market Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendments 1F, 1G, 1H, 1K, 1L and 8M
Brexit / EU
No
UK Internal Market Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendments 48B and 48C
Brexit / EU
No
UK Internal Market Bill: motion to agree Lords Amendments 8B, 8C, 8D, 8F, 8G, 8H, 8J and 8K, disagree to 8L, insist on disagreement to 13 and 56, and make Amendment (a) in lieu of 8L, 13 and 56
Brexit / EU
No
UK Internal Market Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendments 1B, 1C and 1D
Brexit / EU
No
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (Consequential, Saving, Transitional and Transitory Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Benefits Migration
No
Taxation (Post-transition Period) Bill: Committee of the whole House: Amendment 1
Tax
Aye

Source: Commons Votes API

Topic voting

Where this MP has been most and least active across locally tagged Commons division topics.

Highest topic participation

Defence 63/71 (89%)
Work / Employment 64/77 (83%)
Environment / Climate 39/48 (81%)
Brexit / EU 171/211 (81%)
Trade 72/91 (79%)

Lowest topic participation

Cost of Living 3/10 (30%)
Democracy / Parliament 25/47 (53%)
Benefits 44/81 (54%)
Migration 93/171 (54%)
Devolution / Local Government 37/66 (56%)
Voting source Commons Votes API

Voting FAQs

How many Commons divisions has Peter Dowd voted in?

Peter Dowd has recorded votes in 1,637 of 2,376 eligible Commons divisions (68.9% participation rate). The Commons average is 72.6%. Eligible divisions are those occurring on or after the MP's Commons membership start date. Source

Has Peter Dowd voted against their party?

Peter Dowd has voted against the party majority 5 times in the imported division data. Source