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'''Peter Christopher Dowd'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |date=19 June 2017 |page=11778}}</ref> (born 20 June 1957) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician. He was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)|Bootle]] in May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 |title=Bootle parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206063233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 |archive-date=6 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2017 to 2020, he served as the [[Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury]].
'''Peter Christopher Dowd'''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=61961 |date=19 June 2017 |page=11778}}</ref> (born 20 June 1957) is a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician who has been the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)|Bootle]] since [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 |title=Bootle parliamentary constituency - Election 2015 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=17 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206063233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 |archive-date=6 December 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 2017 to 2020, he served as the [[Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury]].


==Early life==
==Early life and education==
Dowd was born and raised in [[Bootle]] in a large [[working class|working-class]] family with a long history of activism in the Labour Party. His great-uncles, [[Simon Mahon|Simon]] and [[Peter Mahon (politician)|Peter Mahon]], served as Labour MPs. Educated at local primary and secondary schools and college, he gained undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from [[University of Liverpool|Liverpool]] and [[Lancaster University|Lancaster]] Universities, as well as other postgraduate qualifications.
Peter Dowd was born on 20 June 1957 in [[Bootle]] in a large [[working class|working-class]] family with a long history of activism in the Labour Party. His great-uncles, [[Simon Mahon|Simon]] and [[Peter Mahon (politician)|Peter Mahon]], served as Labour MPs. Dowd went to local primary and secondary schools and college, before earning an undergraduate degree from [[University of Liverpool|Liverpool University]], and then a postgraduate degree from [[Lancaster University]].


==Political career==
==Political career==
Dowd was a Merseyside County Councillor from 1981 to 1986 for Bootle number 1 ward (Hawthorne), which is around the Hawthorne road area of Bootle and Derby park area. He became a Sefton Borough councillor in 1991 when he replaced [[Joe Benton]] for the Derby ward.
Dowd was a Merseyside County Councillor from 1981 to 1986 for the Hawthorne ward.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact information for Peter Dowd - MPs and Lords |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4397/contact |publisher=parliament.uk}}</ref> He became a Sefton Borough councillor in 1991 when he replaced [[Joe Benton]] for the Derby ward.


He was a councillor for Derby from 1991 to 2003, before he moved to St Oswalds ward (covering Netherton and Marion Square). He was also chair of [[Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service|Merseyside Fire Authority]] in the 1990s. Dowd was elected Sefton Labour group leader after the death of Dave Martin, and was leader until 2015. He was consequently elected Leader of [[Sefton Council]] from 2011 to 2015.
He was a councillor for Derby from 1991 to 2003, before he moved to St Oswalds ward (covering Netherton and Marion Square). He was also chair of [[Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service|Merseyside Fire Authority]] in the 1990s. Dowd was elected Sefton Labour group leader after the death of Dave Martin, and was leader until 2015. He was consequently elected Leader of [[Sefton Council]] from 2011 to 2015.


== Parliamentary career ==
In 2015, he was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] as the Member of Parliament for [[Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)|Bootle]], which forms part of the [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton]] where Dowd was in local government. Bootle has traditionally been one of the [[Safe seat|safest]] Labour seats in the UK; Dowd succeeded Benton as the seat's MP.
At the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], Dowd was elected to Parliament as MP for [[Bootle (UK Parliament constituency)|Bootle]] with 74.5% of the vote and a majority of 28,704.<ref name="electoralcalculus2015">{{cite web |title=Election Data 2015 |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt |archive-date=17 October 2015 |access-date=17 October 2015 |publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]}}</ref><ref name="2015 result">{{cite news |title=Bootle |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 |access-date=10 May 2015 |work=BBC News}}</ref>


Dowd was one of 48 Labour MPs to vote against the [[second reading]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government's Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which included £12bn in welfare cuts, on 20 July 2015. In doing so they defied the party's leadership, which had ordered MPs to abstain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33604287 |title=Welfare cuts backed amid Labour revolt |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=17 December 2015 |date=21 July 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150830043638/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-33604287 |archive-date=30 August 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Dowd was one of 48 Labour MPs to vote against the [[second reading]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government's Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which included £12 billion in welfare cuts, on 20 July 2015. In doing so they defied the party's leadership, which had ordered MPs to abstain.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33604287 |title=Welfare cuts backed amid Labour revolt |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=17 December 2015 |date=21 July 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150830043638/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-33604287 |archive-date=30 August 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In February 2017, [[Jeremy Corbyn]], the [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|leader of the Labour Party]], appointed him to the position of [[Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury]].<ref>{{Cite twitter|
In February 2017, [[Jeremy Corbyn]], the [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|leader of the Labour Party]], appointed him to the position of [[Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury]].<ref>{{Cite twitter|
|title=I’m pleased to announce appointments to Labour’s Shadow Cabinet @RLong_Bailey @SueHayman1 @Rees4Neath @Peter_Dowd
|title=I'm pleased to announce appointments to Labour's Shadow Cabinet @RLong_Bailey @SueHayman1 @Rees4Neath @Peter_Dowd
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Dowd was re-elected as MP for Bootle at the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]] with an increased vote share of 84% and an increased majority of 36,200.<ref>{{cite news |date=11 May 2017 |title=General Election 2017: who is standing for election |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/general-election-2017-who-standing-13023168 |work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> He was again re-elected at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], with a decreased vote share of 79.4% and a decreased majority of 34,556.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bootle Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000581 |access-date=25 November 2019 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref> He was again re-elected at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] with a decreased vote share of 68.7% and a decreased majority of 21,983.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001113 Bootle]</ref>

In November 2024, Dowd voted in favour of the [[Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill]], which proposes to legalise [[Assisted suicide in the United Kingdom|assisted suicide]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading |url=https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1877 |website=Votes in Parliament |date=29 November 2024}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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For the Australian professor of mining engineering, see Peter Dowd (academic).

Peter Dowd
MP
Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
9 February 2017 – 6 April 2020
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byRebecca Long-Bailey
Succeeded byBridget Phillipson
Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
6 October 2016 – 9 February 2017
LeaderJeremy Corbyn
Preceded byRob Marris
Succeeded byAnneliese Dodds
Member of Parliament
for Bootle
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2015
Preceded byJoe Benton
Majority21,983 (56.5%)
Personal details
Born
Peter Christopher Dowd

(1957-06-20) 20 June 1957 (age 67)
Bootle, Lancashire, England
Political partyLabour
Alma materHugh Baird College
University of Liverpool
Lancaster University
Websitepeterdowd.com

Peter Christopher Dowd[1] (born 20 June 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bootle since 2015.[2] From 2017 to 2020, he served as the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Early life and education

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Peter Dowd was born on 20 June 1957 in Bootle in a large working-class family with a long history of activism in the Labour Party. His great-uncles, Simon and Peter Mahon, served as Labour MPs. Dowd went to local primary and secondary schools and college, before earning an undergraduate degree from Liverpool University, and then a postgraduate degree from Lancaster University.

Political career

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Dowd was a Merseyside County Councillor from 1981 to 1986 for the Hawthorne ward.[3] He became a Sefton Borough councillor in 1991 when he replaced Joe Benton for the Derby ward.

He was a councillor for Derby from 1991 to 2003, before he moved to St Oswalds ward (covering Netherton and Marion Square). He was also chair of Merseyside Fire Authority in the 1990s. Dowd was elected Sefton Labour group leader after the death of Dave Martin, and was leader until 2015. He was consequently elected Leader of Sefton Council from 2011 to 2015.

Parliamentary career

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At the 2015 general election, Dowd was elected to Parliament as MP for Bootle with 74.5% of the vote and a majority of 28,704.[4][5]

Dowd was one of 48 Labour MPs to vote against the second reading of the Conservative government's Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which included £12 billion in welfare cuts, on 20 July 2015. In doing so they defied the party's leadership, which had ordered MPs to abstain.[6]

In February 2017, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, appointed him to the position of Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury.[7]

Dowd was re-elected as MP for Bootle at the snap 2017 general election with an increased vote share of 84% and an increased majority of 36,200.[8] He was again re-elected at the 2019 general election, with a decreased vote share of 79.4% and a decreased majority of 34,556.[9] He was again re-elected at the 2024 general election with a decreased vote share of 68.7% and a decreased majority of 21,983.[10]

In November 2024, Dowd voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which proposes to legalise assisted suicide.[11]

Personal life

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On 6 October 2020, Dowd's daughter, Jennie, died at the age of 31 following a cycling collision.[12] The driver was sentenced to 12 months in prison.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 61961". The London Gazette. 19 June 2017. p. 11778.
  2. ^ "Bootle parliamentary constituency - Election 2015". BBC News. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Contact information for Peter Dowd - MPs and Lords". parliament.uk.
  4. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Bootle". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Welfare cuts backed amid Labour revolt". BBC News. 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ^ @jeremycorbyn (9 February 2017). "I'm pleased to announce appointments to Labour's Shadow Cabinet @RLong_Bailey @SueHayman1 @Rees4Neath @Peter_Dowd" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ "General Election 2017: who is standing for election". Liverpool Echo. 11 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Bootle Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  10. ^ Bootle
  11. ^ "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading". Votes in Parliament. 29 November 2024.
  12. ^ O'Reilly, Luke (14 October 2020). "Sir Keir Starmer leads tributes to daughter of Labour MP killed in crash on Merseyside". Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Liverpool MP tells of 'unbearable' loss after daughter Jennie killed". BBC News. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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