Watford

Current MP

Matt Turmaine

Labour

Efficiency 7.7/102 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Watford

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

• Call a General Election3,781 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards3,734 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election1,150 local · 1,059,229 total
• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders874 local · 244,450 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act782 local · 550,136 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants743 local · 720,772 total
• Keep the 5-Year ILR pathway for existing Skilled Worker visa holders683 local · 188,125 total
• Keep 5-year ILR terms to Hong Kong British National (Overseas) visas559 local · 114,605 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers459 local · 427,447 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 447 local · 281,794 total
• Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza431 local · 198,966 total
• Ban social media for under-16s to protect children404 local · 83,242 total
• Reduce the school week to four days a week385 local · 126,014 total
• Protect Legal Migrants: do not implement the 10-Year ILR proposal371 local · 106,570 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.341 local · 181,597 total
• Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND293 local · 132,789 total
• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels290 local · 184,376 total
• Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill289 local · 166,495 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures280 local · 257,938 total
• Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners275 local · 114,026 total

About Watford

Watford 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 73,100 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.