East Thanet

Current MP

Ms Polly Billington

Labour

Efficiency 3.3/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in East Thanet

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,603 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election5,557 local · 3,084,713 total
• Lower the age for invites to regular mammograms to 40 & perform annually4,533 local · 106,212 total
• Call an immediate general election2,010 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,345 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act979 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers829 local · 427,447 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!522 local · 229,772 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 510 local · 281,794 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza507 local · 198,966 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!485 local · 221,477 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data477 local · 260,974 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there438 local · 257,442 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures397 local · 257,938 total
• Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training374 local · 104,197 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge365 local · 203,824 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions358 local · 209,956 total
• Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill348 local · 166,495 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders339 local · 244,450 total
• Introduce a compensation scheme for WASPI women338 local · 161,788 total

About East Thanet

East Thanet 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 74,927 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.