43,000

That’s another thousand in the bag and we still aren’t half way in time yet. And it comes only two days after 42,000 was reached. That was a successful over!  Thanks everyone!

Take a look at the map which you will see is still dominated by rural constituencies, many of them in grouse moor areas:

It’s a while since I gave you the list of the ‘100 Club’ which now stands at 10% of all UK parliamentary constituencies (and we still aren’t half way through our time yet!).  In fact I last tabulated them on 3 June when they numbered only 55.

This list is even more dominated by rural Conservative constituencies and they will soon be joined by a lot more including (and he will, I’m sure, be thrilled) that of Owen Paterson (93 signatures).

1. Calder Valley 263 signatures – Craig Whittaker MP, CON
2. Ross, Skye, Lochaber 206 signatures – Ian Blackford MP, SNP
3. High Peak 182 signatures – Andrew Bingham MP, CON
4. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 175 signatures –  Drew Hendry MP, SNP
5. Skipton and Ripon 164 signatures – Julian Smith MP, CON
6. North Norfolk 163 signatures – Norman Lamb MP, LIB
7. Isle of Wight 161 signatures – Andrew Turner MP, CON
8. Brighton Pavilion 160 signatures – Caroline Lucas MP, GREEN
9. Bristol West 159 signatures – Thangan Debonnaire MP, LAB
10. Derbyshire Dales 154 signatures – Patrick McLoughlin MP, CON
11. Argyll and Bute 154 signatures – Brendan O’Hara MP, SNP
12. Sheffield Central 152 signatures –  Paul Blomfield MP, LAB
13. Westmorland and Lonsdale 141 signatures – Tim Farron MP, LIB
14. Penrith and The Border 141 signatures – Rory Stewart MP, CON
15. Central Devon 137 signatures – Mel Stride MP, CON
16. Torridge and West Devon 136 signatures – Geoffrey Cox MP, CON
17. South Norfolk 134 signatures – Richard Bacon MP, CON
18. Dumfries and Galloway 134 signatures – Richard Arkless MP, SNP
19. Bridgwater and West Somerset 133 signatures – Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, CON
20. Sheffield Hallam 132 signatures – Nick Clegg MP, LIB
21. Totnes 131 signatures – Sarah Wollaston MP, CON
22. Norwich South 128 signatures – Clive Lewis MP, LAB
23. Suffolk Coastal 134 signatures – Theresa Coffey MP, CON
24. Scarborough and Whitby 131 signatures – Robert Goodwill MP, CON
25. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 128 signatures – Stuart Blair Donaldson MP, SNP
26. York Central 132 signatures –  Rachael Maskell MP, LAB
27. Thirsk and Malton 131 signatures – Kevin Hollinrake MP, CON
28. Wells 127 signatures – James Heappey MP, CON
29. Cambridge 126 signatures – Daniel Zeichnar MP, LAB
30. South Cambridgeshire 124 signatures – Heidi Allen MP, CON
31. Edinburgh North and Leith 124 signatures – Deidre Brock MP, SNP
32. Ochil and South Perthshire 122 signatures – Tasmina Ahmad-Sheikh MP, SNP
33. West Dorset 119 signatures – Oliver Letwin MP, CON
34. Arundel and South Downs 118 signatures – Nick Herbert MP, CON
35. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 116 signatures – David Mundell MP, CON
36. Richmond (Yorks) 116 signatures – Rishi Sunak MP, CON
37. St. Ives 115 signatures – Derek Thomas MP, CON
38. North Somerset 115 signatures – Liam Fox MP, CON
39. Stirling 114 signatures – Steven Paterson MP, SNP
40. Perth and North Perthshire 114 signatures – Pete Wishart MP, SNP
41. Waveney 113 signatures – Peter Aldous MP, CON
42. Exeter 113 signatures – Ben Bradshaw MP, LAB
43. North Wiltshire 113 signatures – James Gray MP, CON
44. Stroud 112 signatures – Neil Carmichael MP, CON
45. South West Surrey 112 signatures – Jeremy Hunt MP, CON
46. Mid Norfolk 112 signatures – George Freeman MP, CON
47. Lewes 112 signatures – Maria Caulfield MP, CON
48. Edinburgh South 111 signatures – Ian Murray MP, LAB
49. East Lothian 111 signatures – George Kerevan MP, SNP
50. Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 111 signatures – Callum Kerr MP, SNP
51. Lancaster and Fleetwood 110 signatures – Cat Smith MP, LAB
52. East Devon 109 signatures – Hugo Swire MP, CON
53. Ceredigion 108 signatures – Mark Williams MP, LIB
54. Edinburgh East 108 signatures – Tommy Shepherd MP, SNH
55. North East Bedfordshire 108 signatures – Alistair Burt MP, CON
56. Brighton Kemptown 107 signatures – Simon Kirby MP, CON
57. Bath 105 signatures – Ben Howlett MP, CON
58. Taunton Deane 105 signatures – Rebecca Pow MP, CON
59. Tiverton and Honiton 104 signatures – Neil Parish MP, CON
60. South East Cambridgeshire 104 signatures – Lucy Frazer MP, CON
61. Richmond Park 104 signatures – Zac Goldsmith MP, CON
62. South Dorset 102 signatures – Richard Drax MP, CON
63. Forest of Dean 101 signatures – Rt Hon Mark Harper MP, CON
64. Berwick-upon-Tweed 100 signatures – Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, CON
65. The Cotswolds 100 signatures – Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, CON

If the whole of the UK acted like Conservative-held seats then it would be a stroll to get to 100,000 signatures by 20 September – as it is, it’s tough but possible. And we are going to give it our very best shot (as it were!).

Ask a friend to sign the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting – and if you can’t find a friend that you haven’t asked, then ask an enemy (you never know, do you!). Thank you for all your support.

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