We are 23,000 signatures ahead with 2 weeks to go

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The supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 23,000 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 1400 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?

PositionSignaturesSigns in last weekDays left
Gavin GambleBan38,000c150014
Jane GriggsPro15,050hardly any67
Ed HutchingsLicense14,60030089

 

Here is the fast-growing list of constituencies with over 100 signatures in favour of Gavin Gamble’s e-petition. It’s becoming quite a long list, 11 constituencies have been added in the last week, and with two weeks to go it will get even longer in the sprint to the finish.

  1. High Peak, Ruth George MP, 208 signatures
  2. Sheffield Hallam, Jared O’Mara, 178 signatures
  3. Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker, 170 signatures
  4. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP, 169 signatures
  5. Thirsk and Malton, Kevin Hollinrake MP, 159 signatures
  6. Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield MP, 156 signatures
  7. Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron MP, 154 signatures
  8. Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP, 154 signatures
  9. Derbyshire Dales, Patrick McCloughlin MP, 151 signatures
  10. Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford MP, 150 signatures
  11. Isle of Wight, Bob Seeley MP, 146 signatures
  12. Stroud, David Drew MP, 144 signatures
  13. North Norfolk, Norman Lamb MP, 143 signatures
  14. Central Devon, Mel Stride MP, 141 signatures
  15. Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunar MP, 141 signatures
  16. Suffolk Coastal, Therese Coffey MP, 134 signatures
  17. Argyll and Bute, Brendan O’Hara MP, 134 signatures
  18. Wells, James Heappey MP, 130 signatures
  19. Somerton and Frome, David Warburton MP, 127 signatures
  20. South Norfolk, Richard Bacon MP, 127 signatures
  21. Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox MP, 126 signatures
  22. South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen MP, 124 signatures
  23. Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas MP, 124 signatures
  24. Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart MP, 123 signatures
  25. Dumfries and Galloway, Alister Jack MP, 120 signatures
  26. Ceredigion, Ben Lake MP, 120 signatures
  27. Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire MP, 120 signatures
  28. Mid Norfolk, George Freeman MP, 119 signatures
  29. Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP, 117 signatures
  30. Harrogate and Knaresborough, Andrew Jones MP, 116 signatures
  31. East Lothian, Martin Whitfield MP, 115 signatures
  32. Lewes, Maria Caulfield MP, 114 signatures
  33. Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haigh MP, 114 signatures
  34. Ludlow, Philip Dunne MP, 113 signatures
  35. Norwich South, Clive Lewis MP, 111 signatures
  36. East Devon, Hugo Swire MP, 109 signatures
  37. North Somerset, Liam Fox MP, 108 signatures
  38. St Ives, Derek Thomas MP, 108 signatures
  39. Ochil and South Perthsire, Luke Graham MP, 108 signatures
  40. York Central, Rachael Maskell MP, 108 signatures
  41. Penistone and Stocksbridge, Angela Smith MP, 107 signatures
  42. Tiverton and Honiton, Neil Parish MP, 107 signatures
  43. West Dorset, Oliver Letwin MP, 107 signatures
  44. Edinburgh East, Tommy Sheppard MP, 106 signatures
  45. Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner MP, 105 signatures
  46. Broadland, Keith Simpson MP, 104 signatures
  47. Totnes, Sarah Woollaston MP, 104 signatures
  48. Ribble Valley, Nigel Evans MP, 104 signatures
  49. Bridgwater and West Somerset, Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, 103 signatures
  50. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedsmuir, Ian Mundell MP, 102 signatures
  51. Perth and North Perthsire, Pete Wishart MP, 102 signatures
  52. South West Surrey, Jeremy Hunt MP, 102 signatures
  53. Edinburgh South, Ian Murray MP, 100 signatures
  54. North East Bedfordshire, Alistair Burt 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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