Bootle: MP, 2024 result and local figures
The MP for Bootle is Peter Dowd (Labour), returned on 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Peter Dowd (Labour) won 26,729 votes, 68.7% of the valid vote; Darren Burns (Reform UK) came second with 4,746. 38,880 valid votes were cast by an electorate of 73,037, 53.2% of those registered. The majority was 21,983.
Key figures
What the figures show
Compared with other constituencies, Bootle has the 63rd highest economic inactivity rate of the 632 constituencies with this figure (28.6%).
Survey estimates for April 2025 to March 2026 have 67.6% of working-age residents in employment, within a margin of 6.6 points. 28.6% were economically inactive.
HM Land Registry sales put the middle house price at £180,000 for the year to March 2026. Ten years earlier, in the year to March 2016, it was £115,000. It is the highest March-year median in the series, which starts in 1996. It ranks 64th lowest of 575 constituencies. 872 sales were registered in the period, against 1,060 in the year to March 2025.
Workplaces in Bootle accounted for 38,000 jobs in 2024; the business register lists 3,075 local units for March 2026.
Median annual pay for full-time work was £34,109 for jobs in Bootle and £34,670 for its residents (April 2025, ASHE). In April 2024 the residents' figure was £32,324. The residents' figure ranks 118th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
In 2024/25, 30.8% of children under 16 in Bootle (6,108) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. On the before-housing-costs measure it rose from 23.5% in 2021/22 to 24.9% in 2024/25.
In mid-2024 the ONS put the number of residents at 104,269; the estimate for 2014 was 98,775. Children under 16 numbered 19,840; people aged 65 and over, 18,493.
Bootle counted 44,869 households on Census day 2021; 19.5% of adults were retired and 25.3% of those in work were mostly working from home.
The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits stood at 3,560 in September 2026, a claimant rate of 5.4%. September 2025 had 3,425.
MP
Peter Dowd, Labour
- MP for Bootle since 4 July 2024
- In the House of Commons since 7 May 2015
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Peter Dowd on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Peter Dowd in Hansard, from 30 June 2026 to 15 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 170 spoken contributions by Peter Dowd since 4 July 2024.
I thank the Minister for setting out in a clear and unambiguous fashion the nature and content of the Bill’s 104 clauses and three schedules. I know that the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon.
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My hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield (Tim Roca) referred to Winston Churchill. I often like to refer to Shakespeare, because I think that goes a little above that. Shakespeare said: “no legacy is so rich as honesty.” Does my hon.
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In recent weeks, the Argentine Government have increased their economic aggression towards the Falkland Islands. Given that, will the Prime Minister update the House on the actions that the Government are taking in response to that belligerence?
The petition states: The petition of residents of the United Kingdom, Declares that current laws and procedures relating to drink driving, drug driving, and dangerous driving are failing to protect the public, as delays between arrest and prosecution allow suspected high-risk …
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The NHS will carry out screening and evaluation of newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, which causes spinal cord deterioration. It is a devastating genetic condition. The evaluation will start in October in England, but not in Northern Ireland or anywhere else.
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Read from the Hansard API on 26 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Dowd | Labour | 26,729 | 68.7% | −10.7 |
| Darren Burns | Reform UK | 4,746 | 12.2% | +6.9 |
| Neil Doolin | Green Party | 3,904 | 10.0% | +7.7 |
| Rowena Bass | Conservative | 1,674 | 4.3% | −4.9 |
| John Gibson | Liberal Democrat | 1,301 | 3.3% | −0.4 |
| Ian Smith | Workers Party of Britain | 526 | 1.4% |
Result summary as published: Lab hold. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 68.8% | Reform UK 12.2% | 21,983 | 53.2% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Labour 79.4% | Conservative 9.2% | 34,556 | 65.4% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Bootle lies within Sefton.
- Sefton E08000014
Who has power over Bootle
Every body that makes decisions for Bootle, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Bootle this page: Peter Dowd (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | mid-2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median house price | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Homes sold | the year to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Households | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents per square kilometre | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Workers mainly working from home | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Residents aged 16+ who are retired | Census 2021 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Bootle?
Peter Dowd (Labour), elected on 4 July 2024, according to UK Parliament records.
What was the 2024 general election result in Bootle?
The House of Commons Library records 26,729 votes for Peter Dowd of Labour and a majority of 21,983; 53.2% of the electorate cast a valid vote.
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Bootle?
The ONS claimant count for September 2026 is 3,560, 5.4% of the 16 to 64 population.
What is the average house price in Bootle?
£180,000: the middle price of homes sold in the year to March 2026, published by the ONS from Land Registry records.
What is the average salary in Bootle?
For full-time employees living here the ONS puts median annual pay at £34,670 (April 2025).
How many children in Bootle live in low income families?
6,108 children under 16, 30.8%, after housing costs in 2024/25, according to the Department for Work and Pensions.
What is the population of Bootle?
104,269 in mid-2024, the latest ONS estimate.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.