Smethwick

Current MP

Gurinder Singh Josan

Labour

Efficiency 3.6/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Smethwick

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

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,697 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call a General Election3,099 local · 3,084,713 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders1,221 local · 244,450 total
• Call an immediate general election1,135 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants719 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act650 local · 550,136 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers509 local · 427,447 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders431 local · 188,125 total
• Reduce the school week to four days a week372 local · 126,014 total
• Reduce the ILR qualifying period from 5 years to 3 years for legal immigrants363 local · 47,087 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!318 local · 229,772 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 309 local · 281,794 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal300 local · 106,570 total
• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only286 local · 195,930 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there268 local · 257,442 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners266 local · 114,026 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels266 local · 184,376 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR route for refugees. Do not extend it to 10 or 20 years258 local · 53,155 total
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office254 local · 203,445 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data250 local · 260,974 total

About Smethwick

Smethwick 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 72,863 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.