Bath

Current MP

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal Democrat

Efficiency 0.7/109 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Bath

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,507 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,991 local · 3,084,713 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act963 local · 550,136 total
• Call an immediate general election809 local · 1,059,229 total
• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief.626 local · 115,560 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza609 local · 198,966 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants515 local · 720,772 total
• Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship455 local · 110,519 total
• Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible415 local · 136,650 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.387 local · 128,749 total
• Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy353 local · 115,853 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold349 local · 189,887 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations341 local · 144,783 total
• Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media330 local · 132,102 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies322 local · 158,421 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers313 local · 427,447 total
• End the use of cages and crates for all farmed animals313 local · 108,277 total
• Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND311 local · 132,789 total
• By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party307 local · 129,335 total
• Ban driven grouse shooting300 local · 104,341 total

About Bath

Bath 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 69,662 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.