Update on Gavin Gamble’s e-petition

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Yesterday another eight Westminster constituencies joined the ‘100 signatures’ club taking the total past 100 to 102 constituencies.

And the last 24 hours delivered 600 signatures in total – a very good day.  The total is now 43,886 signatures in favour of banning driven grouse shooting.

Another 38 constituencies are in the 90s and many look poised to join the ‘100 signatures’ club before midnight on Monday. Well, I assume it is midnight on Monday rather than midnight on Sunday! It makes quite a bit of difference whether there are two days remaining or three days – a difference to the total and therefore a difference to those who guessed what the final total would be (see at foot of this post for details).

Here are the constituencies which have at least 100 signatures with those 8 which are yesterday’s additions not emboldened and at the ens of the list. There then follows a list of cosntituencies in the 90s and then the league table of your guesses.

How about emailing your friends, even if you don’t have many, and asking them to consider signing Gavin Gamble’s e-petition calling on governments to ban driven grouse shooting.

  1. High Peak, Ruth George MP, 236 signatures
  2. Sheffield Hallam, Jared O’Mara, 203 signatures
  3. Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker, 189 signatures
  4. Derbyshire Dales, Patrick McCloughlin MP, 186 signatures
  5. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP, 186 signatures
  6. Thirsk and Malton, Kevin Hollinrake MP, 182 signatures
  7. Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron MP, 179 signatures
  8. Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield MP, 177 signatures
  9. Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP, 172 signatures
  10. Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford MP, 167 signatures
  11. Isle of Wight, Bob Seeley MP, 165 signatures
  12. North Norfolk, Norman Lamb MP, 160 signatures
  13. Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunar MP, 160 signatures
  14. Suffolk Coastal, Therese Coffey MP, 158 signatures
  15. Stroud, David Drew MP, 157 signatures
  16. Argyll and Bute, Brendan O’Hara MP, 152 signatures
  17. Wells, James Heappey MP, 151 signatures
  18. Central Devon, Mel Stride MP, 150 signatures
  19. South Norfolk, Richard Bacon MP, 144 signatures
  20. Somerton and Frome, David Warburton MP, 143 signatures
  21. Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire MP, 143 signatures
  22. Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox MP, 143 signatures
  23. Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas MP, 142 signatures
  24. South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen MP, 140 signatures
  25. Mid Norfolk, George Freeman MP, 140 signatures
  26. Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart MP, 140 signatures
  27. Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP, 139 signatures
  28. Dumfries and Galloway, Alister Jack MP, 138 signatures
  29. East Lothian, Martin Whitfield MP, 138 signatures
  30. Lewes, Maria Caulfield MP, 133 signatures
  31. Norwich South, Clive Lewis MP, 132 signatures
  32. Harrogate and Knaresborough, Andrew Jones MP, 131 signatures
  33. St Ives, Derek Thomas MP, 128 signatures
  34. Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haigh MP, 128 signatures
  35. Witney, Robert Courts MP, 127 signatures
  36. West Dorset, Oliver Letwin MP, 127 signatures
  37. North Somerset, Liam Fox MP, 126 signatures
  38. Ludlow, Philip Dunne MP, 126 signatures
  39. Ceredigion, Ben Lake MP, 126 signatures
  40. Totnes, Sarah Woollaston MP, 126 signatures
  41. Colne Valley, Thelma Walker MP, 126 signatures
  42. York Central, Rachael Maskell MP, 124 signatures
  43. Edinburgh East, Tommy Sheppard MP, 124 signatures
  44. Ribble Valley, Nigel Evans MP, 123 signatures
  45. Tiverton and Honiton, Neil Parish MP, 122 signatures
  46. Broadland, Keith Simpson MP, 122 signatures
  47. Waveney, Peter Aldous MP, 120 signatures
  48. Ochil and South Perthshire, Luke Graham MP, 119 signatures
  49. Penistone and Stocksbridge, Angela Smith MP, 118 signatures
  50. East Devon, Hugo Swire MP, 117 signatures
  51. Berwick on Tweed, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, 117 signatures
  52. Hexham, Guy Opperman MP, 116 signatures
  53. Oxford West and Abingdon, Layla Moran MP, 115 signatures
  54. Bridgwater and West Somerset, Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, 115 signatures
  55. Edinburgh South, Ian Murray MP, 114 signatures
  56. Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner MP, 114 signatures
  57. York Outer, Julian Sturdy MP, 114 signatures
  58. Macclesfield, David Rutley MP, 114 signatures
  59. South West Surrey, Jeremy Hunt MP, 113 signatures
  60. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedsmuir, Ian Mundell MP, 113 signatures
  61. Chippenham, Michelle Donelan MP, 113 signatures
  62. Taunton Deane, Rebecca Pow MP, 113 signatures
  63. Edinburgh South West, Joanna Cherry MP, 111 signatures
  64. Perth and North Perthshire, Pete Wishart MP, 110 signatures
  65. Rutland and Melton, Alan Duncan MP, 110 signatures
  66. South West Wiltshire, Andrew Murrison MP, 109 signatures
  67. North East Bedfordshire, Alistair Burt MP, 109 signatures
  68. Hove, Peter Kyle MP, 108 signatures
  69. North Dorset, Simon Hoare MP, 108 signatures
  70. Yeovil, Marcus Fysh MP, 108 signatures
  71. Shipley, Philip Davies MP, 108 signatures
  72. The Cotswolds, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, 107 signatures
  73. Salisbury, John Glen MP, 107 signatures
  74. South East Cambridgeshire, Lucy Frazer MP, 106 signatures
  75. Stirling, Stephen Kerr MP, 106 signatures
  76. Montgomeryshire, Glyn Davies MP, 106 signatures
  77. North East Derbyshire, Lee Rowley MP, 105 signatures
  78. West Worcestershire, Harriett Baldwin MP, 105 signatures
  79. Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert MP, 104 signatures
  80. North Herefordshire, Bill Wiggin MP, 104 signatures
  81. Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart MP, 104 signatures
  82. Wantage, Edward Vaizey MP, 104 signatures
  83. Newbury, Richard Benyon MP, 103 signatures
  84. Scarborough and Whitby, Robert Goodwill MP, 103 signatures
  85. Henley, John Howell MP, 103 signatures
  86. North West Hampshire, Kit Malthouse MP, 103 signatures
  87. North Wiltshire, James Gray MP, 103 signatures
  88. New Forest East, Julian Lewis MP, 103 signatures
  89. Twickenham, Vince Cable MP, 103 signatures
  90. North East Fife, Stephen Gethins MP, 103 signatures
  91. Lancaster and Fleetwood, Cat Smith MP, 103 signatures
  92. Keighley, John Grogan MP, 103 signatures
  93. Exeter, Ben Bradshaw MP, 102 signatures
  94. East Yorkshire, Greg Knight MP, 102 signatures
  95. Ipswich, Sandy Martin MP, 103 signatures
  96. Truro and Falmouth, Sarah Newton MP, 102 signatures
  97. North West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara MP, 102 signatures
  98. Leeds North West, Alex Sobel MP, 101 signatures
  99. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dan Poulter MP, 100 signatures
  100. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Andrew Bowie MP, 100 signatures
  101. Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, John Lamont MP, 100 signatures
  102. Banbury, Victoria Prentis MP, 100 signatures
  • Leeds North East, Fabian Hamilton MP, 94 signatures
  • Selby and Ainsty, Nigel Adams MP, 97 signatures
  • Manchester, Withington, Jeff Smith MP, 99 signatures
  • Congleton, Fiona Bruce MP, 98 signatures
  • Chesterfield, Toby Perkins MP, 93 signatures
  • Amber Valley, Nigel Mills MP, 94 signatures
  • North Shropshire, Owen Paterson MP, 98 signatures
  • Shrewsbury and Atcham, Daniel Kawczynski MP, 95 signatures
  • North West Norfolk, Henry Bellingham MP, 96 signatures
  • South West Norfolk, Liz Truss MP, 96 signatures
  • Bury St Edmunds, Jo Churchill MP, 99 signatures
  • South Suffolk, James Cartlidge MP, 97 signatures
  • Forest of Dean, Mark Harper MP, 96 signatures
  • Daventry, Chris Heaton-Harris MP, 92 signatures
  • South Dorset, Richard Drax, 99 signatures
  • New Forest West, Desmond Swayne MP, 93 signatures
  • East Hampshire, Damian Hinds MP, 92 signatures
  • Reading East, Matt Rodda MP, 98 signatures
  • Moray, Douglas Ross 94 signatures
  • Mid Sussex, Nicholas Soames MP, 92 signatures
  • Brecon and Radnorshire, Chris Davies MP, 95 signatures
  • Chorley, Lindsay Hoyle MP, 96 signatures
  • Newton Abbot, Ann Marie Morris MP, 96 signatures
  • Hastings and Rye, Amber Rudd MP, 94 signatures
  • Stratford on Avon, Nadhim Zahawi MP, 93 signatures
  • Horsham, Jeremy Quin MP, 91 signatures
  • Romsey and Southampton North, Caroline Nokes MP, 95 signatures
  • Winchester, Steve Brine MP, 94 signatures
  • Meon Valley, George Hollingbery MP, 97 signatures
  • Mid Dorset and North Poole, Michael Tomlinson MP, 95 signatures
  • Sleaford and North Hykeham, Caroline Johnson MP, 96 signatures
  • Hornsey and Wood Green, Catherine West MP, 92 signatures
  • Hereford and South Herefordshire, Jesse Norman MP, 92 signatures
  • Monmouth, David C Davies MP, 92 signatures
  • Tatton, Esther McVey MP, 92 signatures
  • Cheltenham, Alex Chalk MP, 91 signatures
  • South Northamptonshire, Andrea Leadsom MP, 91 signatures
  • Wealden, Nusrat Ghani MP, 91 signatures

And the standings of your estimates of the signature total were:

NameEstimate
Keith71604
Steven61255
Colin55155
Mike51345
Paul F47574
Jonathan45217
Adrian43527
Gerard42962
Ben42876
Paul42573
Owen42334
Alister42073
Hugh42042
Simon40107
Philip40040
Nick39987
Louise38012

If I were Jonathan I’d be pretty hopeful of winning this little competition. He commands the region of 44,372-46395 signatures and that looks like a pretty good bet. Odds on I would say. Even if the site closes tomorrow at midnight (which is possible but which I doubt) then these next two days have to be scoring at under 250 signatures a day for Adrian to scoop the prize, whereas even if there are three days remaining, the signatures would have to roll in at 800+ each day (possible, but a sttretch) for Jonathan to lose out to Paul F.  We’ll see!

Please ask a friend or relative today to sign Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting.  Thank you!

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