E-petition to ban driven grouse shooting – update

The total has passed 111,111 signatures and the prospect of a general election campaign (which would close all such petitions on the UK Parliament website) keeps approaching and receding, more often than the movement of the tides it seems to me. It’s unclear whether the time for ‘one last big push’ is today or in February! Well, the petition is well and truly over 100,000 signatures (which it reached in 20 days) and still has not reached the half way point in its life.

The ‘recent missing’ brood-meddled Hen Harriers ceased transmitting in the Bishop Auckland constituency (yet to reach the list below), and the other two birds in the neighbouring constituency of Richmond (well-established on this list).

Here’s the ever-growing list of constituencies with more than 200 signatures already:

Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP (SNP), 504 signatures

Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker MP (Con), 504 signatures

High Peak, Ruth George MP (Lab), 475 signatures

Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire MP (Lab), 434 signatures

Sheffield Hallam, Jared O’Mara MP (Ind), 420 signatures

Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP (SNP), 415 signatures

Isle of Wight, Bob Seely MP (Con),411 signatures

Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas MP (Green), 398 signatures

Derbyshire Dales, Patrick McLoughlin MP (Con), 397 signatures

Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford MP (SNP), 388 signatures

Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP (Con), 385 signatures

Stroud, David Drew MP (Lab), 382 signatures

Argyll and Bute, Brendan O’Hara (SNP), 370 signatures

Somerton and Frome, David Warburton MP (Con), 347 signatures

Suffolk Coastal, Therese Coffey MP (Con), 344 signatures

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, John Lamont MP (Con), 343 signatures

East Lothian, Martin Whitfield MP (Lab), 341 signatures

Thirsk and Malton, Kevin Hollinrake MP (Con), 340 signatures

Central Devon, Mel Stride MP (Con), 338 signatures

Edinburgh East, Tommy Sheppard MP (SNP), 337 signatures

South Norfolk, Richard Bacon MP (Con), 335 signatures

Ochill and South Perthshire, Luke Graham MP (Con), 330 signatures

Wells, James Heappey MP (Con), 329 signatures

Truro and Falmouth, Sarah Newton MP (Con), 323 signatures

Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron MP (LibDem), 320 signatures

St Ives, Derek Thomas MP (Con), 317 signatures

York Central, Rachael Maskell MP (Lab), 316 signatures

Bridgwater and West Somerset, Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, 315 signatures

Totnes, Sarah Wollaston MP (Lib Dem), 313 signatures

Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner MP (Lab), 312 signatures

Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield MP (Lab), 312 signatures

Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox MP (Con), 309 signatures

South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen MP (Ind), 307 signatures

Tiverton and Honiton, Neil Parish MP (Con), 307 signatures

West Dorset, Oliver Letwin MP (Ind), 307 signatures

Hove, Peter Kyle MP (Lab), 305 signatures

Northeast Fife, Stephen Gethins MP (SNP), 304 signatures

Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart MP (Ind), 304 signatures

North Norfolk, Norman Lamb MP (LibDem), 300 signatures

Perth and North Perthshire, Pete Wishart MP (SNP), 297 signatures

South West Surrey, Jeremy Hunt MP (Con), 291 signatures

North Dorset, Simon Hoare MP (Con), 290 signatures

Stirling, Stephen Kerr MP (Con), 288 signatures

Richmond, Rishi Sunak MP (Con), 285 signatures

Broadland, Keith Simpson MP (Con), 284 signatures

Mid Norfolk, George Freeman MP (Con), 284 signatures

Moray, Douglas Ross MP (Con), 283 signatures

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Andrew Bowie MP (Con), 282 signatures

Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haigh MP (Lab), 282 signatures

Edinburgh South, Ian Murray MP (Lab), 279 signatures

Witney, Robert Courts MP (Con), 278 signatures

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedale, David Mundell MP (Con), 276 signatures

West Worcestershire, Harriet Baldwin MP (Con), 276 signatures

Cambourne and Redruth, George Eustice MP (Con), 276 signatures

Brighton Kemptown, Lloyd Russel-Moyle MP (Lab), 271 signatures

Bristol South, Karin Smith MP (Lab), 271 signatures

South Dorset, Richard Drax MP (Con), 271 signatures

Lewes, Maria Caulfield MP (Con), 271 signatures

Hexham, Guy Opperman MP (Con), 271 signatures

Southeast Cambridgeshire, Lucy Frazer MP (Con), 270 signatures

Rushcliffe, Kenneth Clarke MP (Ind), 269 signatures

York Outer, Julian Sturdy MP (Con), 269 signatures

North Somerset, Liam Fox MP (con), 267 signatures

Keighley, John Grogan MP (Lab), 265 signatures

Exeter, Ben Bradshaw MP (Lab), 266 signatures

Sleaford and North Hykeham, Caroline Johnson MP (Con), 264 signatures

Lancaster and Fleetwood, Cat Smith MP (Lab), 263 signatures

Scarborough and Whitby, Robert Goodwill MP (Con), 263 signatures

Edinburgh South West, Joanna Cherry MP (SNP), 262 signatures

Wantage, Ed Vaizey MP (Ind), 262 signatures

Ludlow, Philip Dunne MP (Con), 261 signatures

Colne Valley, Thelma Walker MP (Lab), 261 signatures

Rutland and Melton, Alan Duncan MP (Con), 260 signatures

North Cornwall, Scott Mann MP (Con), 260 signatures

Ceredigion, Ben Lake MP (Plaid), 259 signatures

Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert MP (Con), 258 signatures

Oxford West and Abingdon, Layla Moran MP (LibDem), 256 signatures

South East Cornwall, Sheryll Murray MP (Con), 256 signatures

Midlothian, Danielle Rowley MP (Lab), 255 signatures

North East Bedfordshire, Alistair Burt MP (Ind), 255 signatures

Macclesfield, David Rutley MP (Con), 254 signatures

North Shropshire, Owen Paterson MP (Con), 254 signatures

Chippenham, Michelle Donelan MP (Con), 254 signatures

North Herefordshire, Bill Wiggin MP (Con), 254 signatures

Bath, Wera Hobhouse MP (LibDem), 252 signatures

Hastings and Rye, Amber Rudd MP (Ind), 251 signatures

Shrewsbury and Atcham, Daniel Kawczynski MP (Con), 250 signatures

Newton Abbott, Ann Marie Morris MP (Con), 249 signatures

Berwick-upon-Tweed, Ann-Marie Trevelyan MP (Con), 247 signatures

Manchester Withington, Jeff Smith MP (Lab), 246 signatures

Henley, John Howell MP (Con), 244 signatures

Harrogate and Knaresborough, Andrew Jones MP (Con), 243 signatures

North Devon, Peter Heaton-Jones MP (Con), 241 signatures

East Worthing and Shoreham, Tim Loughton MP (Con), 239 signatures

Mid Derbyshire, Pauline Latham MP (Con), 239 signatures

New Forest West, Desmond Swayne MP (Con), 236 signatures

Chichester, Gillian Keegan MP (Con), 236 signatures

East Devon, Hugo Swire MP (Con), 240 signatures

City of Chester, Christian Matheson MP (Lab), 237 signatures

Waveney, Peter Aldhous MP (Con), 236 signatures

Mid Dorset and North Poole, Michael Tomlinson MP (Con), 238 signatures

South Thanet, Craig Mackinley MP (Con), 236 signatures

Richmond Park, Zac Goldsmith MP (Con), 235 signatures

North East Hertfordshire, Oliver Heald MP (Con), 234 signatures

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dan Poulter MP (Con), 233 signatures

Romsey and Southampton North, Caroline Nokes MP (Ind), 233 signatures

Canterbury, Rosie Duffield MP (Lab), 233 signatures

Bury St Edmunds, Jo Churchill MP (Con), 233 signatures

North West Cambridgeshire, Shalesh Vara MP (Con), 234 signatures

Banbury, Victoria Prentis MP (Con), 233 signatures

North East Somerset, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP (Con), 235 signatures

East Yorkshire, Greg Knight MP (Con), 234 signatures

North Wiltshire, James Gray MP (Con), 231 signatures

Leeds North West, Alex Sobel MP (Lab), 230 signatures

Twickenham, Vince Cable MP (LibDem), 228 signatures

Tynemouth, Alan Campbell MP (Lab), 228 signatures

North East Derbyshire, Lee Rowley MP (Con), 226 signatures

South West Norfolk, Liz Truss MP, (Con), 226 signatures

Buckingham, John Bercow MP (Speaker), 226 signatures

Folkestone and Hythe, Damin Collins MP (Con), 226 signatures

Wealden, Nusrat Ghani MP (Con), 225 signatures

East Hampshire, Damian Hinds MP (Con), 225 signatures

Fareham, Suella Braverman MP (Con), 225 signatures

Harwich and North Essex, Bernard Jenkin MP (Con), 224 signatures

Oxford East, Anneliese Dodds MP (Lab), 223 signatures

Corby, Tom Pusglove MP (Con), 223 signatures

Amber Valley, Nigel Mills MP (Con), 222 signatures

South Suffolk, James Cartlidge MP (Con), 222 signatures

North West Norfolk, Henry Bellingham MP (Con), 222 signatures

Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart MP (Con), 221 signatures

Mole Valley, Paul Beresford MP (Con), 221 signatures

Selby and Ainstey, Nigel Adams MP (Con), 221 signatures

Montgmeryshire, Glyn Davies MP (Con), 220 signatures

Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy MP (Lab), 220 signatures

Huntingdon, Jonathan Djanogly MP (Con), 220 signatures

Congleton, Fiona Bruce MP, (Con), 220 signatures

Daventry, Chris Heaton-Harris MP (Con), 220 signatures

Yeovil, Marcus Fish MP (Con), 219 signatures

St Austell and Newquay, Steve Double MP (Con), 219 signatures

Crewe and Nantwich, Laura Smith MP (Lab), 219 signatures

Broxtowe, Anna Soubry MP (Independent), 218 signatures

Louth and Horncastle, Victoria Atkins MP (Con), 218 signatures

Hereford and South Herefordshire, Jesse Norman MP (Con), 218 signatures

Leeds North East, Peter Hamilton MP (Lab), 218 signatures

Glasgow North, Patrick Grady MP (SNP), 217 signatures

Hitchin and Harpenden, Bin Afolomi MP (Con), 217 signatures

Saffron Walden, Kemi Badenoch MP (Con), 217 signatures

Brecon and Radnorshire, Jane Dodds MP (LibDem), 216 signatures

Dover, Charlie Elphicke MP (Ind), 214 signatures

South West Wiltshire, Andrew Murrison MP (Con), 214 signatures

Devizes, Claire Perry MP (Con), 214 signatures

Dunfermline and West Fife, Douglas Chapman MP (SNP), 213 signatures

Newark, Robert Jenrick MP (Con), 213 signatures

Milton Keynes North, Mark Lancaster MP (Con), 212 signatures

Worthing West, Peter Bottomley MP (Con), 212 signatures

Shipley, Philip Davies MP (Con), 211 signatures

Angus, Kirstene Hair MP (Con), 211 signatures

Bristol North West, Darren Jones MP (Lab), 209 signatures

Bournemouth East, Tobias Elwood MP (Con), 209 signatures

Hornsey and Wood Green, Catherine West MP (Lab), 209 signatures

Gainsborough, Edward Leigh MP (Con), 209 signatures

Eddisbury, Antoinnette Sandbach MP (Ind), 209 signatures

Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine MP (LibDem), 208 signatures

Newbury, Richard Benyon MP (Ind), 208 signatures

Forest of Dean, Mark Harper MP (Con), 208 signatures

North East Hampshire, Ranil Jayawardena MP (Con), 208 signatures

Lincoln, Karen Lee MP (Lab), 207 signatures

Penistone and Stocksbridge, Angela Smith MP (LibDem), 206 signatures

Horsham, Jeremy Quin MP (Conm), 206 signatures

Bexhill and Battle, Huw Merriman MP (Con), 205 signatures

Ribble Valley, Nigel Evans MP (Con), 205 signatures

Linlithgow and East Falkirk, Martyn Day MP (SNP), 204 signatures

Monmouth, David Davies MP (Con), 203 signatures

Staffordshire Moorlands, Karen Bradley MP (Con), 203 signatures

Glasgow South, Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP (SNP), 202 signatures

Holborn and St Pancras, Keir Starmer MP (Lab), 202 signatures

Preseli Pembrokeshire, Stephen Crabb MP (Con), 202 signatures

Colchester, Will Quince MP (Con), 202 signatures

Aylesbury, David Lidington MP (Con), 200 signatures

Stafford, Jeremy Lefroy MP (Con), 200 signatures

Chorley, Lindsay Hoyle MP (Lab), 200 signatures

Winchester, Steve Brine MP (Ind), 200 signatures

The e-petition is still open and welcomes more signatures – and more constituencies in this list.

Please sign this e-petition by Chris Packham calling for a ban of driven grouse shooting.

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