Bristol East

Current MP

Kerry McCarthy

Labour

Efficiency 1.4/1021 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Bristol East

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,164 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,025 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,193 local · 1,059,229 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,185 local · 550,136 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza1,085 local · 198,966 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants763 local · 720,772 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.526 local · 128,749 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders465 local · 244,450 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers449 local · 427,447 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations443 local · 144,783 total
• Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza407 local · 67,305 total
• Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum404 local · 106,082 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold399 local · 189,887 total
• Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship389 local · 110,519 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy380 local · 118,874 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 370 local · 281,794 total
• Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND367 local · 132,789 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures354 local · 257,938 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders354 local · 188,125 total
• Raise statutory maternity/paternity pay to match the National Living Wage352 local · 107,966 total

About Bristol East

Bristol East 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 75,917 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.