Rayleigh and Wickford

Current MP

Mr Mark Francois

Conservative

Efficiency 6.8/1025 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Rayleigh and Wickford

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

• Call a General Election7,398 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,994 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election2,950 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,839 local · 720,772 total
• Introduce Licensing and Regulation for Dog and Cat Rescues to Protect Welfare 1,526 local · 109,647 total
• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses1,445 local · 7,020 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers1,036 local · 427,447 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act814 local · 550,136 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures695 local · 257,938 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data640 local · 260,974 total
• Change the ‘grey belt’ definition in the National Planning Policy Framework638 local · 42,142 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there632 local · 257,442 total
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test620 local · 150,060 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!598 local · 229,772 total
• Remove power to cancel local government elections 564 local · 154,829 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 532 local · 281,794 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!530 local · 221,477 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.524 local · 181,597 total
• Make it an offence to carry a catapult in public without lawful defence514 local · 41,238 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions498 local · 209,956 total

About Rayleigh and Wickford

Rayleigh and Wickford 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 76,576 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.