Erith and Thamesmead

Current MP

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

Labour

Efficiency 7.8/106 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Erith and Thamesmead

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,383 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,253 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,198 local · 1,059,229 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders1,165 local · 244,450 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act824 local · 550,136 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants740 local · 720,772 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders607 local · 188,125 total
• Add Sickle Cell Disease to NHS Prescription Charge Exemption List550 local · 34,448 total
• Make it an offence to carry a catapult in public without lawful defence460 local · 41,238 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers422 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 385 local · 281,794 total
• Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal.340 local · 24,521 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza326 local · 198,966 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations297 local · 144,783 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold293 local · 189,887 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there293 local · 257,442 total
• Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis283 local · 109,025 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal270 local · 106,570 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!265 local · 229,772 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data255 local · 260,974 total

About Erith and Thamesmead

Erith and Thamesmead 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 78,740 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.