Bristol South

Current MP

Karin Smyth

Labour

Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Efficiency 10.0/1011 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Bristol South

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,329 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election4,029 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,556 local · 1,059,229 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,111 local · 550,136 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,087 local · 720,772 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza718 local · 198,966 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers653 local · 427,447 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.484 local · 128,749 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.477 local · 181,597 total
• Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND448 local · 132,789 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures436 local · 257,938 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold432 local · 189,887 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies419 local · 158,421 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there417 local · 257,442 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations382 local · 144,783 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data379 local · 260,974 total
• Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship357 local · 110,519 total
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership344 local · 239,407 total
• Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media338 local · 132,102 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 335 local · 281,794 total

About Bristol South

Bristol South 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 75,533 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.