Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Current MP

Dr Peter Prinsley

Labour

Efficiency 5.1/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

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

• Call a General Election5,495 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,784 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,970 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,184 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act904 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers670 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 456 local · 281,794 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data436 local · 260,974 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures429 local · 257,938 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies385 local · 167,092 total
• Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses381 local · 122,952 total
• Remove power to cancel local government elections 376 local · 154,829 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there370 local · 257,442 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge367 local · 204,129 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!360 local · 229,772 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions343 local · 209,956 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison340 local · 191,591 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!331 local · 221,477 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels331 local · 184,376 total
• Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill325 local · 166,495 total

About Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket 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 78,479 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.