Ashton-under-Lyne

Current MP

Angela Rayner

Labour

Efficiency 1.9/1011 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Ashton-under-Lyne

Petitions ranked by how many people in this constituency signed them.

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,921 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election4,661 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,814 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,262 local · 720,772 total
• Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training948 local · 104,197 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers866 local · 427,447 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act833 local · 550,136 total
• Make it a crime to abandon someone in immediate danger without seeking help627 local · 31,622 total
• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas623 local · 114,605 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 487 local · 281,794 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders469 local · 244,450 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!458 local · 229,772 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data450 local · 260,974 total
• Urgently regulate e-scooters 447 local · 31,487 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there445 local · 257,442 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office396 local · 203,445 total
• Automatically remove parental responsibility for parents convicted of abuse379 local · 13,462 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!365 local · 221,477 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison363 local · 191,591 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures359 local · 257,938 total

About Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne is one of 650 UK parliamentary constituencies that each elect a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons under the first-past-the-post system. It sits in England and has a registered electorate of 71,002 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.