Rochester and Strood

Current MP

Lauren Edwards

Labour

Efficiency 8.4/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Rochester and Strood

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

• Call a General Election6,089 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,377 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election2,238 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,347 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act893 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers809 local · 427,447 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures517 local · 257,938 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there466 local · 257,442 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data464 local · 260,974 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!457 local · 229,772 total
• Lower the age for invites to regular mammograms to 40 & perform annually450 local · 106,212 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!416 local · 221,477 total
• Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill414 local · 166,495 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 405 local · 281,794 total
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test386 local · 150,060 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.377 local · 181,597 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison350 local · 191,591 total
• Change the ‘grey belt’ definition in the National Planning Policy Framework333 local · 42,142 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office329 local · 203,445 total
• Remove power to cancel local government elections 326 local · 154,829 total

About Rochester and Strood

Rochester and Strood 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 74,257 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.