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.

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.

He was a councillor for Derby from 1991 to 2003, before he moved to St Oswalds ward (covering Netherton and Marion Square).

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

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