Dover and Deal

Current MP

Mike Tapp

Labour

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Efficiency 9.0/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Dover and Deal

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

• Call a General Election6,007 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,584 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election2,065 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,498 local · 720,772 total
• Lower the age for invites to regular mammograms to 40 & perform annually1,322 local · 106,212 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers1,020 local · 427,447 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act895 local · 550,136 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions534 local · 209,956 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 525 local · 281,794 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!523 local · 229,772 total
• Strengthen regulation of supported accommodations511 local · 68,937 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data491 local · 260,974 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!447 local · 221,477 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there411 local · 257,442 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures398 local · 257,938 total
• Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training381 local · 104,197 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison343 local · 191,591 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge343 local · 203,824 total
• Introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women336 local · 161,788 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office336 local · 203,445 total

About Dover and Deal

Dover and Deal 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 76,406 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.