Gavin Gamble’s e-petition 48,090 signatures

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Gavin Gamble

Congratulations to Gavin Gamble! 48,090 signatures is a massive total however you look at it (and the total will creep up a little as people click on their confirmation emails this morning). We haven’t gone away – the campaign to end driven grouse shooting continues.

And thank you to all those who promoted and supported this cause. Chris Packham and Natalie Bennett deserve particular thanks but there have been many people who have gone out of their way to provide help and support.

There are some interesting aspects of these figures, and I’ll get back to them over the next few days or couple of weeks.

Here, for now, are the constituencies which provided at least 100 signatures (and here is the link to the map of signatures for future reference):

 

  1. High Peak, Ruth George MP, 267 signatures
  2. Sheffield Hallam, Jared O’Mara, 224 signatures
  3. Sheffield Central, Paul Blomfield MP, 205 signatures
  4. Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker, 203 signatures
  5. Derbyshire Dales, Patrick McCloughlin MP, 201 signatures
  6. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP, 200 signatures
  7. Thirsk and Malton, Kevin Hollinrake MP, 191 signatures
  8. Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron MP, 189 signatures
  9. Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP, 187 signatures
  10. Shipley, Philip Davies MP, 180 signatures
  11. Ross, Skye and Lochaber, Ian Blackford MP, 178 signatures
  12. Isle of Wight, Bob Seeley MP, 178 signatures
  13. Suffolk Coastal, Therese Coffey MP, 172 signatures
  14. Stroud, David Drew MP, 171 signatures
  15. North Norfolk, Norman Lamb MP, 169 signatures
  16. Richmond (Yorks), Rishi Sunar MP, 166 signatures
  17. Brighton Pavilion, Caroline Lucas MP, 164 signatures
  18. Argyll and Bute, Brendan O’Hara MP, 163 signatures
  19. Central Devon, Mel Stride MP, 162 signatures
  20. Somerton and Frome, David Warburton MP, 159 signatures
  21. Wells, James Heappey MP, 158 signatures
  22. Bristol West, Thangam Debbonaire MP, 158 signatures
  23. Edinburgh North and Leith, Deidre Brock MP, 156 signatures
  24. South Norfolk, Richard Bacon MP, 154 signatures
  25. Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox MP, 153 signatures
  26. Norwich South, Clive Lewis MP, 152 signatures
  27. South Cambridgeshire, Heidi Allen MP, 152 signatures
  28. Mid Norfolk, George Freeman MP, 150 signatures
  29. Penrith and The Border, Rory Stewart MP, 149 signatures
  30. East Lothian, Martin Whitfield MP, 147 signatures
  31. Totnes, Sarah Woollaston MP, 147 signatures
  32. West Dorset, Oliver Letwin MP, 145 signatures
  33. Dumfries and Galloway, Alister Jack MP, 145 signatures
  34. Lewes, Maria Caulfield MP, 145 signatures
  35. St Ives, Derek Thomas MP, 143 signatures
  36. Colne Valley, Thelma Walker MP, 140 signatures
  37. Witney, Robert Courts MP, 139 signatures
  38. North Somerset, Liam Fox MP, 139 signatures
  39. Harrogate and Knaresborough, Andrew Jones MP, 137 signatures
  40. Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haigh MP, 135 signatures
  41. Ludlow, Philip Dunne MP, 135 signatures
  42. Ceredigion, Ben Lake MP, 135 signatures
  43. Edinburgh East, Tommy Sheppard MP, 134 signatures
  44. Broadland, Keith Simpson MP, 134 signatures
  45. Ochil and South Perthshire, Luke Graham MP, 132 signatures
  46. York Central, Rachael Maskell MP, 132 signatures
  47. Edinburgh South, Ian Murray MP, 131 signatures
  48. Tiverton and Honiton, Neil Parish MP, 131 signatures
  49. Waveney, Peter Aldous MP, 130 signatures
  50. Ribble Valley, Nigel Evans MP, 129 signatures
  51. Macclesfield, David Rutley MP, 129 signatures
  52. Oxford West and Abingdon, Layla Moran MP, 125 signatures
  53. Berwick on Tweed, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP, 125 signatures
  54. Taunton Deane, Rebecca Pow MP, 125 signatures
  55. Penistone and Stocksbridge, Angela Smith MP, 125 signatures
  56. East Devon, Hugo Swire MP, 124 signatures
  57. South West Surrey, Jeremy Hunt MP, 124 signatures
  58. Bridgwater and West Somerset, Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, 123 signatures
  59. South East Cambridgeshire, Lucy Frazer MP, 123 signatures
  60. Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner MP, 123 signatures
  61. Chippenham, Michelle Donelan MP, 122 signatures
  62. South West Wiltshire, Andrew Murrison MP, 122 signatures
  63. Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedsmuir, Ian Mundell MP, 121 signatures
  64. Yeovil, Marcus Fysh MP, 120 signatures
  65. Hexham, Guy Opperman MP, 120 signatures
  66. Edinburgh South West, Joanna Cherry MP, 120 signatures
  67. Rutland and Melton, Alan Duncan MP, 119 signatures
  68. The Cotswolds, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, 119 signatures
  69. Stirling, Stephen Kerr MP, 118 signatures
  70. North Dorset, Simon Hoare MP, 117 signatures
  71. York Outer, Julian Sturdy MP, 117 signatures
  72. Truro and Falmouth, Sarah Newton MP, 117 signatures
  73. Hove, Peter Kyle MP, 116 signatures
  74. Perth and North Perthshire, Pete Wishart MP, 116 signatures
  75. Salisbury, John Glen MP, 116 signatures
  76. North West Hampshire, Kit Malthouse MP, 116 signatures
  77. West Worcestershire, Harriett Baldwin MP, 116 signatures
  78. Montgomeryshire, Glyn Davies MP, 115 signatures
  79. Scarborough and Whitby, Robert Goodwill MP, 115 signatures
  80. Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert MP, 114 signatures
  81. North East Bedfordshire, Alistair Burt MP, 114 signatures
  82. North Herefordshire, Bill Wiggin MP, 114 signatures
  83. Henley, John Howell MP, 113 signatures
  84. Wantage, Edward Vaizey MP, 113 signatures
  85. Lancaster and Fleetwood, Cat Smith MP, 113 signatures
  86. Exeter, Ben Bradshaw MP, 113 signatures
  87. Keighley, John Grogan MP, 112 signatures
  88. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, Andrew Bowie MP, 112 signatures
  89. Sleaford and North Hykeham, Caroline Johnson MP, 112 signatures
  90. Twickenham, Vince Cable MP, 111 signatures
  91. Banbury, Victoria Prentis MP, 111 signatures
  92. Newbury, Richard Benyon MP, 110 signatures
  93. Congleton, Fiona Bruce MP, 110 signatures
  94. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, Dan Poulter MP, 110 signatures
  95. New Forest East, Julian Lewis MP, 110 signatures
  96. North East Derbyshire, Lee Rowley MP, 110 signatures
  97. Bury St Edmunds, Jo Churchill MP, 110 signatures
  98. Leeds North East, Fabian Hamilton MP, 110 signatures
  99. East Yorkshire, Greg Knight MP, 109 signatures
  100. Shrewsbury and Atcham, Daniel Kawczynski MP, 108 signatures
  101. Selby and Ainsty, Nigel Adams MP, 108 signatures
  102. North Wiltshire, James Gray MP, 108 signatures
  103. Leeds North West, Alex Sobel MP, 108 signatures
  104. Ipswich, Sandy Martin MP, 108 signatures
  105. Reading East, Matt Rodda MP, 108 signatures
  106. Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart MP, 107 signatures
  107. Newton Abbot, Ann Marie Morris MP, 106 signatures
  108. Hornsey and Wood Green, Catherine West MP, 106 signatures
  109. East Worthing and Shoreham, Tim Loughton MP, 106 signatures
  110. North West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara MP, 106 signatures
  111. North Shropshire, Owen Paterson MP, 105 signatures
  112. Mid Dorset and North Poole, Michael Tomlinson MP, 105 signatures
  113. Manchester, Withington, Jeff Smith MP, 105 signatures
  114. North East Fife, Stephen Gethins MP, 105 signatures
  115. Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk, John Lamont MP, 104 signatures
  116. South Dorset, Richard Drax, 104 signatures
  117. South Suffolk, James Cartlidge MP, 104 signatures
  118. East Hampshire, Damian Hinds MP, 104 signatures
  119. North Devon, Heaton-Jones MP, 103 signatures
  120. Forest of Dean, Mark Harper MP, 103 signatures
  121. Moray, Douglas Ross 103 signatures
  122. Preseli Pembrokeshire, Stephen Crabb MP, 103 signatures
  123. Romsey and Southampton North, Caroline Nokes MP, 102 signatures
  124. Chesterfield, Toby Perkins MP, 102 signatures
  125. Monmouth, David C Davies MP, 102 signatures
  126. South Northamptonshire, Andrea Leadsom MP, 101 signatures
  127. Hastings and Rye, Amber Rudd MP, 101 signatures
  128. Stratford on Avon, Nadhim Zahawi MP, 101 signatures
  129. Brecon and Radnorshire, Chris Davies MP, 101 signatures
  130. South West Norfolk, Liz Truss MP, 101 signatures
  131. Amber Valley, Nigel Mills MP, 101 signatures
  132. North West Norfolk, Henry Bellingham MP, 101 signatures
  133. Chorley, Lindsay Hoyle MP, 101 signatures
  134. Meon Valley, George Hollingbery MP, 100 signatures
  135. Tatton, Esther McVey MP, 100 signatures
  136. Cheltenham, Alex Chalk MP, 100 signatures

 

 

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2 Replies to “Gavin Gamble’s e-petition 48,090 signatures”

  1. Very interesting to note that High Peak, together with two other nearby constituencies in Sheffield, occupy the top three places. I am currently reading “In Search of Nature’, the memoirs of the late Derek Ratcliffe. He attended Sheffield University for three years or so from 1947 and spent a lot of time on the Peak District moors. The dearth of raptors appears to have been the same then as it is today, described as follows:
    ‘ I was disappointed not to encounter Peregrines in the Peak. I reckoned they should be there, and examined likely cliffs, but saw nothing of them. Long afterwards I learned that a pair had nested in the years before, and that the female was shot by a keeper in the spring of 1947, just before I arrived. I had been to the very crag, in a large landslip, but it was deserted. The eggs of the dead bird were taken by a Sheffield man, Wally Gibbs, who showed me them and told me of their history. He also had a clutch from a Hen Harrier, similarly shot from its nest on the Peak heather moors. Curiously, I had fleetingly glimpsed a harrier, in that same year and same area, as this failed nesting attempt. There was never sight nor sound of Ravens or Buzzards and, if they reached the district, they did not survive long’.
    This is a strong indication that the absence from the Peak of these key moorland species is nothing new.

  2. Well done Gavin!

    I now look forward to the RSPB smashing that total with their petition… or else changing their position!

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