Poplar and Limehouse

Current MP

Apsana Begum

Labour

Efficiency 2.5/106 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Poplar and Limehouse

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,085 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election2,953 local · 3,084,713 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders2,390 local · 188,125 total
• Call an immediate general election1,398 local · 1,059,229 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act1,211 local · 550,136 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners1,209 local · 114,026 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders1,199 local · 244,450 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there1,024 local · 257,442 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza870 local · 198,966 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants591 local · 720,772 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal507 local · 106,570 total
• Prohibit publishers irrevocably disabling video games they have already sold467 local · 189,887 total
• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas467 local · 114,605 total
• Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy448 local · 118,874 total
• Tighten the rules on political donations408 local · 144,783 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 393 local · 281,794 total
• Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender.390 local · 128,749 total
• Abolish Ground Rent for Existing Residential Leasehold Properties381 local · 15,624 total
• Set out a pro-innovation strategy for blockchain and stablecoins359 local · 84,278 total
• Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza331 local · 67,305 total

About Poplar and Limehouse

Poplar and Limehouse 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 84,116 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.