Hertford and Stortford

Current MP

Josh Dean

Labour

Efficiency 6.9/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Hertford and Stortford

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

• Call a General Election6,033 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,907 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election2,119 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,136 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act856 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers674 local · 427,447 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies584 local · 158,421 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures580 local · 257,938 total
• Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media507 local · 132,102 total
• Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training502 local · 104,197 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there490 local · 257,442 total
• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas486 local · 114,605 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 463 local · 281,794 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data451 local · 260,974 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders440 local · 188,125 total
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test426 local · 150,060 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!390 local · 229,772 total
• Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND390 local · 132,789 total
• Raise statutory maternity/paternity pay to match the National Living Wage372 local · 107,966 total
• Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum370 local · 106,082 total

About Hertford and Stortford

Hertford and Stortford 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 78,915 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.