Ban driven grouse shooting petition – 75,000 signatures

Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition has reached the important milestone of 75,000 signatures. 25,000 more signatures, by 22 May, will secure a parliamentary debate.

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, 2,533 petitions have been submitted of which 1,421 have been rejected as not meeting the criteria for such petitions and 1,112 petitions have been published. Of those 1,112 petitions, only 63 have so far passed the 10,000 signature threshold which generates a response from government (see below for more on this).

Of those 1,112 published petitions (and of the current top 63 which have passed 10,000 signatures) the ‘Ban driven grouse shooting’ petition is 14th most signed. Here are the top 14 and three more environmental petitions further down the list;

  • 1. Call a general election 3million signatures
  • 2. Ban use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures 228,000 signatures
  • 3. Suspend all immigration for 5 years 221,000 signatures
  • 4. Raise the income tax allowance threshold 175,000 signatures
  • 5. WASPI women 159,000 signatures
  • 6. Don’t change inheritance tax on farms 153,000 signatures
  • 7. Tighten rules on political donations 140,000 signatures
  • 8. Apply to join EU 131,000 signatures
  • 9. Make 16 years the minimum age for children to have social media 130,000 signatures
  • 10. Don’t apply VAT to independent school fees 115,000 signatures
  • 11. Decriminalise abortion 101,000 signatures
  • 12. Allow parents to take children out of school for 10 days 100,000 signatures
  • 13. License use of fireworks 87,000 signatures
  • 14. Ban driven grouse shooting 75,000 signatures
  • 16. End the Badger cull 66,000 signatures
  • 22. Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship 41,000 signatures
  • 31. 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 a while before 75,000 was reached):

Here are the 55 top-scoring constituencies with over 200 signatures each:

Derbyshire Dales (Lab) 441 signatures

High Peak (Lab) 394 signatures

Skipton and Ripon (Con) 383 signatures

Sheffield Hallam (Lab) 375 signatures

Westmorland and Lonsdale (LibDem) 342 signatures

Thirsk and Malton (Con) 326 signatures

South Devon (LibDem) 328 signatures

Ceredigion Preseli (Plaid) 314 signatures

Central Devon (Con) 333 signatures

Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (LibDem) 297 signatures

West Dorset (LibDem) 294 signatures

Hexham (Lab) 290 signatures

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey (SNP) 286 signatures

Argyll, Bute and Lochaber (SNP) 278 signatures

St Ives (LibDem) 278 signatures

Stroud (Lab) 277 signatures

Calder Valley (Lab) 274 signatures

North Herefordshire (Green) 272 signatures

Keighley and Ilkley (Con) 272 signatures

Suffolk Coastal (Lab) 266 signatures

Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr (Lab) 266 signatures

Angus and Perthshire Glens (SNP) 266 signatures

Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (LibDem) 264 signatures

Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (LibDem) 263 signatures

South Shropshire (Con) 261 signatures

North Northumberland (Lab) 260 signatures

North Norfolk (LibDem) 259 signatures

Torridge and Tavistock (Con) 259 signatures

Penrith and Solway (Lab) 258 signatures

Richmond and Northallerton (Con) 256 signatures

Waveney Valley (Green) 255 signatures

Morecambe and Lunesdale (Lab) 255 signatures

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (Con) 250 signatures

Wells and Mendip Hills (LibDem) 248 signatures

Brighton Pavilion (Green) 244 signatures

Sheffield Central (Lab) 240 signatures

Glastonbury and Somerton (LibDem) 239 signatures

Lewes (LibDem) 232 signatures

West Worcestershire (Con) 228 signatures

Broadland and Fakenham (Con) 224 signatures

Dumfries and Galloway (Con) 222 signatures

Perth and Kinross-shire (SNP) 221 signatures

Dwyfor Meirionnedd (Plaid) 220 signatures

Scarborough and Whitby (Lab) 219 signatures

Tiverton and Minehead (LibDem) 218 signatures

Honiton and Sidmouth (Libdem) 217 signatures

Stirling and Strathallan (Lab) 214 signatures

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Con) 210 signatures

Bangor Aberconwy (Lab) 209 signatures

Colne Valley (Lab) 207 signatures

Norwich South (Lab) 205 signatures

Hastings and Rye (Lab) 205 signatures

Southwest Norfolk (Lab) 203 signatures

North Shropshire (LibDem) 200 signatures

Ely and East Cambridgeshire (LibDem) 200 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 75,000 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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