Leicester West

Current MP

Liz Kendall

Labour

Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

16 years as MPCabinet

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Leicester West

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,310 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,517 local · 3,084,713 total
• Call an immediate general election1,363 local · 1,059,229 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders1,350 local · 244,450 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act911 local · 550,136 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders891 local · 188,125 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants804 local · 720,772 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal648 local · 106,570 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers484 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 414 local · 281,794 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold343 local · 189,887 total
• Fund a scheme for 20 Years’ service Medals for PCSOs.330 local · 3,461 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.320 local · 181,597 total
• Reduce the ILR qualifying period from 5 years to 3 years for legal immigrants312 local · 47,087 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!296 local · 229,772 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data294 local · 260,974 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there289 local · 257,442 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only288 local · 195,930 total
• Reduce the school week to four days a week287 local · 126,014 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels273 local · 184,376 total

About Leicester West

Leicester West 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 74,102 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.