Forest of Dean

Current MP

Matt Bishop

Labour

Efficiency 6.6/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Forest of Dean

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

• Call a General Election5,320 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,521 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,711 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,142 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act733 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers588 local · 427,447 total
• Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses507 local · 122,952 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions463 local · 209,956 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 441 local · 281,794 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures429 local · 257,938 total
• Don't change inheritance tax relief for working farms408 local · 154,005 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data403 local · 260,974 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.387 local · 181,597 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!371 local · 229,772 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge368 local · 203,824 total
• Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND365 local · 132,789 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!356 local · 221,477 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels349 local · 184,376 total
• Make it an offence for a person's dog to kill another pet and prosecute owners333 local · 61,701 total
• Make all forms of 'geo-engineering' affecting the environment illegal330 local · 160,631 total

About Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean 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 72,857 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.