The parliamentary petitions with the most signatures from the Weston-super-Mare constituency have been revealed.

British citizens or UK residents can create parliamentary petitions online, with the Petitions Committee checking they meet the standards to be published.

Only citizens and residents can sign these petitions and are required to provide a valid UK postcode and verify their email.

The Government must respond to petitions that gain 10,000 signatures.

And when 100,000 signatures are reached, the Government will debate the issue. However, MPs can consider a petition for debate before it reaches this target.

As of ​December 19, figures from the UK Government and Parliament show the most popular active petitions in Weston-super-Mare were:

• Do not introduce Digital ID cards — 5,270 out of 2,972,625 total signatures

• Introduce offshore detention/mass deportation for illegal migrants — 1,229 out of 671,243 total signatures

• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data — 464 out of 259,790 total signatures

• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison — 371 out of 191,566 total signatures

• Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders — 364 out of 225,428 total signatures

• Funding so all infants are offered Type 1 Diabetes Testing in routine care — 304 out of 120,871 total signatures

• Limit the sale of fireworks to those running local council approved events only — 287 out of 184,671 total signatures

• Reduce the maximum noise level for consumer fireworks from 120 to 90 decibels — 284 out of 175,860 total signatures

• Remove power to cancel local government elections — 243 out of 118,138 total signatures

• Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum — 215 out of 105,755 total signatures

Petitions with less than 25 signatures are excluded.