The supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 20,700 signatures ahead of the forces of conservatism who wish this unsustainable hobby of shooting birds for fun and profit to continue. We’ve pushed on by another 1000 signatures in the last week.
But it’s not quite as simple as that, as there are three e-petitions including Ed Hutchings’s e-petition, supported by the RSPB, which suggests that there is a middle way of licensing grouse shooting.
And, the three petitions all started at different times and so have been running for different lengths of time and have different times remaining until they close.
Three e-petitions - how do they compare?
| Position | Signatures | Signs in last week | Days left | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Gamble | Ban | 35,700 | c1000 | 27 |
| Jane Griggs | Pro | 15,000 | hardly any | 80 |
| Ed Hutchings | License | 14,100 | 1700 | 102 |
It looks as though by the time Gavin Gamble’s e-petition closes, Ed Hutchings’s e-petition will have overtaken the Jane Griggs e-petition. That might happen over the next couple of weeks, as might the government’s response to Ed Hutchings’s e-petition. Let’s see what the grouse shooters’ moll comes up with this time.
Here, for interest, is a list of constituencies with over 100 signatures in favour of Gavin Gamble’s e-petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. It’s becoming quite a long list and with four weeks to go it will get much longer in the sprint to the finish.
Here are the leading constituencies supporting a ban of driven grouse shooting so far – those with more than 100 signatures.
- High Peak, Ruth George MP, 181 signatures
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP, 168 signatures
- Sheffield Hallam, Jared O’Mara, 161 signatures
- Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker, 157 signatures
- Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron MP, 151 signatures
- Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP, 147 signatures
- Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford MP, 146 signatures
- Derbyshire Dales, Patrick McCloughlin MP, 143 signatures
- Isle of Wight, Bob Seeley MP, 143 signatures
- North Norfolk, Norman Lamb MP, 140 signatures
- Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield MP, 139 signatures
- Stroud, David Drew MP, 137 signatures
- Suffolk Coastal, Therese Coffey MP, 132 signatures
- Thirsk and Malton, Kevin Hollinrake MP, 131 signatures
- Argyll and Bute, Brendan O’Hara MP, 129 signatures
- Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunar MP, 126 signatures
- Wells, James Heappey MP, 125 signatures
- Somerton and Frome, David Warburton MP, 123 signatures
- South Norfolk, Richard Bacon MP, 121 signatures
- Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas MP, 119 signatures
- Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart MP, 118 signatures
- Central Devon, Mel Stride MP, 117 signatures
- South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen MP, 117 signatures
- Ceredigion, Ben Lake MP, 117 signatures
- Dumfries and Galloway, Alister Jack MP, 115 signatures
- Mid Norfolk, George Freeman MP, 114 signatures
- Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire MP, 114 signatures
- Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP, 113 signatures
- East Lothian, Martin Whitfield MP, 111 signatures
- Lewes, Maria Caulfield MP, 110 signatures
- Ludlow, Philip Dunne MP, 107 signatures
- Ochil and South Perthsire, Luke Graham MP, 105 signatures
- West Dorset, Oliver Letwin MP, 105 signatures
- Norwich South, Clive Lewis MP, 105 signatures
- Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner MP, 104 signatures
- Bridgwater and West Somerset, Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, 101 signatures
- Edinburgh South, Ian Murray MP, 100 signatures
- Broadland, Keith Simpson MP, 100 signatures
If you want to see more sustainable land managment in the uplands and an end to wildlife crime then the outcome that will deliver that is certainly a ban on driven grouse shooting – so please sign Gavin Gamble’s e-petition which calls for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
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Brilliant!