Colchester

Current MP

Pam Cox

Labour

Efficiency 7.0/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Colchester

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

• Call a General Election5,064 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,059 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,997 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,170 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,061 local · 550,136 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders828 local · 244,450 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers713 local · 427,447 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders586 local · 188,125 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 501 local · 281,794 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures457 local · 257,938 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold448 local · 189,887 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data433 local · 260,974 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there427 local · 257,442 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions419 local · 209,956 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.349 local · 181,597 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!349 local · 229,772 total
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test343 local · 150,060 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!342 local · 221,477 total
• Remove power to cancel local government elections 338 local · 154,829 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies328 local · 158,421 total

About Colchester

Colchester 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 78,662 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.