Bridgwater

Current MP

Sir Ashley Fox

Conservative

Efficiency 5.4/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Bridgwater

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

• Call a General Election5,832 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,340 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election2,278 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,443 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act861 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers788 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 779 local · 281,794 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures539 local · 257,938 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there466 local · 257,442 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data461 local · 260,974 total
• Funding so all infants are offered Type 1 Diabetes Testing in routine care457 local · 121,152 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!433 local · 229,772 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!425 local · 221,477 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions381 local · 209,956 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.370 local · 181,597 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local · 203,445 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge354 local · 203,824 total
• Strengthen regulation of supported accommodations342 local · 68,937 total
• Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training336 local · 104,197 total
• Introduce Licensing and Regulation for Dog and Cat Rescues to Protect Welfare 334 local · 109,647 total

About Bridgwater

Bridgwater 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 71,571 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.