Gainsborough

Current MP

Sir Edward Leigh

Conservative

Efficiency 2.5/1043 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Gainsborough

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

• Call a General Election6,722 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,114 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election2,154 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,483 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act927 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers818 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 521 local · 281,794 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!516 local · 221,477 total
• Don't change inheritance tax relief for working farms512 local · 154,005 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions500 local · 209,956 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data493 local · 260,974 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!478 local · 229,772 total
• Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses435 local · 122,952 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge421 local · 203,824 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures419 local · 257,938 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison410 local · 191,591 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only395 local · 195,930 total
• Remove power to cancel local government elections 385 local · 154,829 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there377 local · 257,442 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office377 local · 203,445 total

About Gainsborough

Gainsborough 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 75,836 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.