We are 21,500 ahead

The supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 21,500 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 900 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	36,600	c900	21
Jane Griggs	Pro	15,050	very few	74
Ed Hutchings	License	14,300	200	96

 

It looks as though by the time Gavin Gamble’s e-petition closes, Ed Hutchings’s e-petition might have overtaken the Jane Griggs e-petition – but the RSPB ‘support’ hasn’t got that e-petition rattling along very fast yet. Maybe soon?

Some of you guessed the number of signatutres with which Gavin Gamble’s e-petition would finish. Here are your guesses:

Name	Estimate
Keith	71604
Steven	61255
Colin	55155
Mike	51345
Paul F	47574
Jonathan	45217
Adrian	43527
Gerard	42962
Ben	42876
Paul	42573
Owen	42334
Alister	42073
Hugh	42042
Simon	40107
Philip	40040
Nick	39987
Louise	38012

And here 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, five constituencies have been added in the last week, and with three weeks to go it will get much longer in the sprint to the finish.

1. High Peak, Ruth George MP, 188 signatures
2. Sheffield Hallam, Jared O’Mara, 171 signatures
3. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP, 169 signatures
4. Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker, 160 signatures
5. Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron MP, 154 signatures
6. Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP, 152 signatures
7. Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford MP, 146 signatures
8. Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield MP, 146 signatures
9. Derbyshire Dales, Patrick McCloughlin MP, 144 signatures
10. Isle of Wight, Bob Seeley MP, 145 signatures
11. North Norfolk, Norman Lamb MP, 142 signatures
12. Thirsk and Malton, Kevin Hollinrake MP, 142 signatures
13. Stroud, David Drew MP, 142 signatures
14. Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunar MP, 134 signatures
15. Suffolk Coastal, Therese Coffey MP, 133 signatures
16. rgyll and Bute, Brendan O’Hara MP, 132 signatures
17. Wells, James Heappey MP, 128 signatures
18. Somerton and Frome, David Warburton MP, 125 signatures
19. South Norfolk, Richard Bacon MP, 122 signatures
20. Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart MP, 122 signatures
21. South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen MP, 121 signatures
22. Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas MP, 120 signatures
23. Ceredigion, Ben Lake MP, 118 signatures
24. Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire MP, 118 signatures
25. Central Devon, Mel Stride MP, 117 signatures
26. Mid Norfolk, George Freeman MP, 117 signatures
27. Dumfries and Galloway, Alister Jack MP, 116 signatures
28. Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP, 116 signatures
29. East Lothian, Martin Whitfield MP, 112 signatures
30. Lewes, Maria Caulfield MP, 111 signatures
31. Ludlow, Philip Dunne MP, 109 signatures
32. Harrogate and Knaresborough, Andrew Jones MP, 109 signatures
33. Ochil and South Perthsire, Luke Graham MP, 107 signatures
34. Norwich South, Clive Lewis MP, 107 signatures
35. West Dorset, Oliver Letwin MP, 106 signatures
36. Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner MP, 104 signatures
37. Bridgwater and West Somerset, Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, 102 signatures
38. Edinburgh South, Ian Murray MP, 100 signatures
39. Broadland, Keith Simpson MP, 101 signatures
40. Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haigh MP, 104 signatures
41. North Somerset, Liam Fox MP, 102 signatures
42. Edinburgh East, Ian Murray MP, 100 signatures
43. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedsmuir, Ian Mundell 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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