Barking

Current MP

Nesil Caliskan

Labour

Comptroller (HM Household) (Whip, House of Commons)

Efficiency 3.8/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Barking

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,878 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,677 local · 3,084,713 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders2,162 local · 244,450 total
• Call an immediate general election1,062 local · 1,059,229 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders916 local · 188,125 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners763 local · 114,026 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act666 local · 550,136 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants570 local · 720,772 total
• Add Sickle Cell Disease to NHS Prescription Charge Exemption List457 local · 34,448 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.412 local · 181,597 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal392 local · 106,570 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 386 local · 281,794 total
• Reduce the school week to four days a week376 local · 126,014 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza346 local · 198,966 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers346 local · 427,447 total
• Reduce the ILR qualifying period from 5 years to 3 years for legal immigrants326 local · 47,087 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations255 local · 144,783 total
• Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill252 local · 166,495 total
• Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis250 local · 109,025 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy248 local · 118,874 total

About Barking

Barking 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 79,822 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.