I don't know about Jim Dowd's domestic arrangements but the News Shopper has put together a list of MP's expenses.
Jim Dowd as with the other Lewisham MP's cannot claim the 2nd home allowance and reportedly claimed a total of ?131,165, the other two each claimed over ?130,000.
In comparison Greenwich & Woolwich MP Nick Raynsford only claimed ?117,562.
Interestingly Jacqui Lait the MP for Beckenham who has a second home allowance claimed less than Jim Dowd ?128,892.