Skipton and Ripon

Current MP

Sir Julian Smith

Conservative

Efficiency 4.7/1016 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Skipton and Ripon

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

• Call a General Election6,727 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,724 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,925 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,317 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act807 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers751 local · 427,447 total
• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable717 local · 109,063 total
• Don't change inheritance tax relief for working farms672 local · 154,005 total
• Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses648 local · 122,952 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data527 local · 260,974 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions506 local · 209,956 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 494 local · 281,794 total
• Ban driven grouse shooting488 local · 104,341 total
• Make all court and tribunal transcripts available free of charge462 local · 203,824 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there414 local · 257,442 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!409 local · 221,477 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!394 local · 229,772 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only380 local · 195,930 total
• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison377 local · 191,591 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels365 local · 184,376 total

About Skipton and Ripon

Skipton and Ripon 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 79,238 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.