Witham

Current MP

Priti Patel

Conservative

Efficiency 5.8/1016 years as MP

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Election history

Most-signed petitions in Witham

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

• Call a General Election7,072 local · 3,084,713 total
• Do not introduce Digital ID cards5,700 local · 2,984,191 total
• Call an immediate general election2,602 local · 1,059,229 total
• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants1,611 local · 720,772 total
• Stop financial and other support for asylum seekers886 local · 427,447 total
• Repeal the Online Safety Act867 local · 550,136 total
• Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures650 local · 257,938 total
• Introduce Licensing and Regulation for Dog and Cat Rescues to Protect Welfare 589 local · 109,647 total
• Shut the migrant hotels down now and deport illegal migrants housed there557 local · 257,442 total
• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data533 local · 260,974 total
• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 532 local · 281,794 total
• Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training517 local · 104,197 total
• Close the borders! Suspend ALL immigration for 5 years!513 local · 229,772 total
• Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses483 local · 122,952 total
• Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill469 local · 166,495 total
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test467 local · 150,060 total
• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.463 local · 181,597 total
• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies453 local · 158,421 total
• Dissolve Parliament and call a General Election now!449 local · 221,477 total
• Remove power to cancel local government elections 443 local · 154,829 total

About Witham

Witham 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 78,991 voters. Boundary reviews run on a regular cycle via the Boundary Commission — the current map was redrawn for the 2024 general election.