Ban driven grouse shooting petition – 10 February update

Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition is flying with very nearly 62,000 signatures.

Thank you to all who have signed – here is the link https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700036

Since the Westminster petitions process reopened after the general election, 1,638 petitions have been submitted of which 844 have been rejected as not meeting the criteria for such petitions and 794 petitions have been published. Of those 794 petitions, only 47 have so far passed the 10,000 signature threshold which generates a response from government (see below for more on this).

Of those 794 published petitions (and of the current top 47 which have passed 10,000 signatures) the ‘Ban driven grouse shooting’ petition is 12th most signed. Here are the top 12 and three more environmental petitions further down the list;

  • 1. Call a general election 3million signatures
  • 2. Suspend all immigration for 5 years 213,000 signatures
  • 3. WASPI women 156,000 signatures
  • 4. Don’t change inheritance tax on farms 149,000 signatures
  • 5. Tighten rules on political donations signatures 136,000
  • 6. Make 16 years the minimum age for children to have social media 126,000 signatures
  • 7. Don’t apply VAT to independent school fees 114,000 signatures
  • 8. Decriminalise abortion 90,000 signatures
  • 9. License use of fireworks 86,000 signatures
  • 10. Apply to join EU 88,000 signatures
  • 11. Raise the income tax allowance threshold 65,000 signatures
  • 12. Ban driven grouse shooting 62,000 signatures
  • 14. End the Badger cull 54,000 signatures
  • 21. Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship 36,000 signatures
  • 28. Run a public information campaign on climate crisis 23,000 signatures

Thanks to you, the ban driven grouse shooting petition is currently the highest-ranking environmental petition and is up there with issues such as taxation, immigration, social media, Brexit and, yes, fireworks. Wild Justice aims to keep that petition racing along (with occasional pauses while we do other things) and reach 100,000 signatures by 22 May.

Here’s the signature map, by Westminster constituency, which shows where the signatures come from (as of this morning):

Here are the 38 top-scoring constituencies with over 200 signatures each:

Derbyshire Dales (Lab) 376 signatures

Skipton and Ripon (Con) 333 signatures

High Peak (Lab) 320 signatures

Sheffield Hallam (Lab) 316 signatures

Westmorland and Lonsdale (LibDem) 285 signatures

Thirsk and Malton (Con) 284 signatures

South Devon (LibDem) 274 signatures

Ceredigion Preseli (Plaid) 272 signatures

Central Devon (Con) 271 signatures

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (LibDem) 250 signatures

Hexham (Lab) 248 signatures

Stroud (Lab) 237 signatures

West Dorset (LibDem) 236 signatures

Argyll, Bute and Lochaber (SNP) 236 signatures

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (LibDem) 234 signatures

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (SNP) 233 signatures

North Herefordshire (Green) 232 signatures

Calder Valley (Lab) 227 signatures

Suffolk Coastal (Lab) 226 signatures

St Ives (LibDem) 225 signatures

Keighley and Ilkley (Lab) 224 signatures

Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr (Lab) 223 signatures

Waveney Valley (Green) 220 signatures

North Norfolk (LibDem) 220 signatures

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (LibDem) 220 signatures

Angus and Perthshire Glens (SNP) 220 signatures

Torridge and Tavistock (Con) 215 signatures

South Shropshire (Con) 215 signatures

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (Con) 215 signatures

Penrith and Solway (Lab) 215 signatures

Richmond and Northallerton (Con) 211 signatures

Morecambe and Lunesdale (Lab) 210 signatures

Sheffield Central (Lab) 210 signatures

North Northumberland (Lab) 205 signatures

Glastonbury and Somerton (LibDem) 206 signatures

Wells and Mendip Hills (LibDem) 203 signatures

Broadland and Fakenham (Con) 201 signatures

Dumfries and Galloway (Con) 201 signatures

These constituencies cross most borders (though Northern Ireland constituencies are always low ranking in these Westminster petitions). They represent constituencies with and without driven grouse shooting inside their borders, of many political parties and rural and urban.

Over 60,000 people have signed our government petition calling for a ban so far. Help us reach 100,000 and secure a parliamentary debate:

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