Taunton and Wellington

Current MP

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat

Efficiency 3.8/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Taunton and Wellington

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

• Call a General Election5,235 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards4,731 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,784 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,182 local · 720,772 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act860 local · 550,136 total
• Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training740 local · 104,197 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers633 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 541 local · 281,794 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders533 local · 244,450 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures504 local · 257,938 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders478 local · 188,125 total
• Protect Northern Ireland Veterans from Prosecutions474 local · 209,956 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data429 local · 260,974 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!384 local · 221,477 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.383 local · 181,597 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!371 local · 229,772 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there355 local · 257,442 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal344 local · 106,570 total
• Don't change inheritance tax relief for working farms343 local · 154,005 total
• Introduce Licensing and Regulation for Dog and Cat Rescues to Protect Welfare 329 local · 109,647 total

About Taunton and Wellington

Taunton and Wellington 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 78,680 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.