Orpington

Current MP

Gareth Bacon

Conservative

Efficiency 1.6/106 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Orpington

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

• Call a General Election5,358 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,251 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,758 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,051 local · 720,772 total
• Make it an offence to carry a catapult in public without lawful defence806 local · 41,238 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers735 local · 427,447 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act707 local · 550,136 total
• Make the sale of catapults/ammunition and carrying catapults in public illegal.691 local · 24,521 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 474 local · 281,794 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there448 local · 257,442 total
• Put the dangers of methanol poisoning on the school curriculum444 local · 12,442 total
• Change the ‘grey belt’ definition in the National Planning Policy Framework428 local · 42,142 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures427 local · 257,938 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!400 local · 229,772 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data358 local · 260,974 total
• Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media349 local · 132,102 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders344 local · 188,125 total
• Ban social media for under-16s to protect children340 local · 83,242 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels329 local · 184,376 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!323 local · 221,477 total

About Orpington

Orpington 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 71,284 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.