Dewsbury and Batley

Current MP

Iqbal Mohamed

Independent

Efficiency 8.9/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Dewsbury and Batley

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,589 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,229 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,485 local · 1,059,229 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners1,097 local · 114,026 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants931 local · 720,772 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza601 local · 198,966 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers593 local · 427,447 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act533 local · 550,136 total
• Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza472 local · 67,305 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders448 local · 244,450 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.396 local · 181,597 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data352 local · 260,974 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there326 local · 257,442 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!314 local · 229,772 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 308 local · 281,794 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge275 local · 203,824 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison258 local · 191,591 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office252 local · 203,445 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!247 local · 221,477 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy247 local · 118,874 total

About Dewsbury and Batley

Dewsbury and Batley 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 71,685 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.