Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Current MP

Nick Smith

Labour

Efficiency 1.8/1016 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,926 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,722 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,862 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,549 local · 720,772 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers779 local · 427,447 total
• Formal support framework for families of murdered British citizens overseas763 local · 22,092 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act749 local · 550,136 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data560 local · 260,974 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!458 local · 229,772 total
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test454 local · 150,060 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there428 local · 257,442 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures417 local · 257,938 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only388 local · 195,930 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison335 local · 191,591 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 320 local · 281,794 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local · 203,445 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!294 local · 221,477 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge288 local · 203,824 total
• Reduce the school week to four days a week277 local · 126,014 total
• Make all forms of 'geo-engineering' affecting the environment illegal251 local · 160,631 total

About Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney

Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney 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 Wales and has a registered electorate of 70,153 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.