Jim Dowd (politician)

Jim Dowd
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
In office
8 May 1997  12 June 2001
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byRichard Ottaway
Succeeded byAnne McGuire
Member of Parliament
for Lewisham West and Penge
Lewisham West (1992–2010)
In office
9 April 1992  3 May 2017
Preceded byJohn Maples
Succeeded byEllie Reeves
Personal details
Born (1951-03-05) 5 March 1951
Bad Eilsen, West Germany
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse
(m. 2016; died 2023)

James Patrick Dowd (born 5 March 1951) is a former British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1992 to 2017, first for Lewisham West and following 2010 for Lewisham West and Penge. He stood down at the 2017 general election, following the announcement of Prime Minister Theresa May's snap election in June 2017.