Trending Parliament Petitions

Anyone may start or sign a petition on the official UK Parliament site. At 10,000 signatures the government must respond; at 100,000 a petition is considered for debate. These are the petitions currently gathering the most support.

Most-signed open petitions

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership — 242,810 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Do not ban social media for under 16s — 217,543 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office — 205,150 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership — 164,087 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test — 151,298 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth — 112,815 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills — 110,410 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases — 104,782 signatures (past the debate threshold).
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance — 95,447 signatures (government response due).
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals — 54,019 signatures (government response due).
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks — 53,732 signatures (government response due).
• Ban non-stun & recoverable stun slaughter of animals — 51,242 signatures (government response due).

Our guide explains what the 10,000 and 100,000 thresholds do — and what they do not guarantee. See also the weekly From Westminster roundup.

Source: UK Parliament open data (Commons Votes, Bills and Petitions services), used under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Figures reflect the public record at the time of the last site update.