28000+

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 28000

28,000 signatures and we are still in the first month. Hmmm! Pretty good. Very encouraging indeed.

The 10 most productive constituencies at the moment are as follows:

 

Calder Valley 165 signatures – Craig Whittaker MP, CON

Ross, Skye, Lochaber 149 signatures – Ian Blackford MP, SNP

Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 129 signatures –  Drew Hendry MP, SNP

High Peak 116 signatures – Andrew Bingham MP, CON

North Norfolk 116 signatures – Norman Lamb MP, LIB

Brighton Pavilion 110 signatures – Caroline Lucas MP, GREEN

Argyll and Bute 109 signatures – Brendan O’Hara MP, SNP

Skipton and Ripon 108 signatures – Julian Smith MP CON

Totnes 101 signatures – Sarah Wollaston MP CON

Central Devon 97 signatures – Mel Stride CON

 

 

In these 10 constituencies:

5 CON, 3 SNP, 1 Green, 1 LibDem

7 England, 3 Scotland

6 in grouse shooting areas, 4 not in grouse shooting areas

1 urban, 9 rural

 

 

There’s a long way to go to 21 September – over five months – and a lot can happen in that time.

There probably won’t be floods – but you never know, do you: the Hebden Bridge floods of 2012 were in July?

Will Leicester City win the premiership?

Will shed loads of male Hen Harriers disappear from active nest like they did last year?

Will satellite-tagged Hen Harriers be found dead on grouse moors?

Will we vote to stay in the EU?

Will government come out in support of a more wooded upland environment in order to reduce flood risk?

Will Sadiq Khan be elected London Mayor?

Will the RSPB complaint to the EU against Defra over Walshaw Moor ever be resolved – or at least published?

Will the UK win an unprecedented number of medals at the Olympics?

Will someone owning a grouse moor say something really daft?

 

Who knows? We will see. But already, it is clear that the momentum is behind this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting.

 

 

 

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9 Replies to “28000+”

  1. A few Labour held constituencies are closing in on the 100 mark now too;

    Bristol West: 98
    Sheffield Central: 95
    Norwich South: 93

  2. Some of the less popular areas are interesting:

    University towns and cities are not particularly strongly represented.
    Nor inner cities.
    Areas with green enclaves are doing quite well – Stroud, Brighton, Calder V, Bristol.
    Rural Areas with alot of retirees are doing OK.
    The sorts of midland marginals where elections are fought less so.

  4. Quite a mixed bag there John;

    Green vote 2015

    Brighton, Pavilion – 1st place, 41.8%
    Bristol West – 2nd place, 28.6%
    Sheffield Central – 2nd place, 15.8%
    Norwich South – 3rd place, 13.9%
    Stroud – 4th place, 4.6%
    Calder Valley – 5th place, 3.9%

  5. Skipton and Ripon – 5th place, 5.7%
    High Peak – 5th place, 3.6%
    North Norfolk – 5th place, 3%

  6. Great stuff Mark. When this was launched I was worried that there might be a sense of ‘petition fatigue’, coming fairly quickly after the last one, but there appears to be no sign of that.

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