Government to stop using the word 'SHOPLIFTING' and call it what it is 'THEFT'.

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Popularity

This petition has 1,356 signatures in total, with signatories from 499 constituencies. That makes it the 6,025th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 46% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of 39% (high).

Signatures by Constituency

• 38 - Cambridge
• 33 - South Cambridgeshire
• 30 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 29 - Bury St Edmunds
• 9 - West Suffolk
• 9 - Bromsgrove
• 9 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 8 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 8 - Louth and Horncastle
• 8 - Winchester
• 7 - Eastleigh
• 7 - Rutland and Melton
• 7 - East Yorkshire
• 7 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 7 - South West Norfolk
• 7 - Harborough
• 7 - Witham
• 7 - Wycombe
• 7 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 7 - Tatton
• 7 - North East Bedfordshire
• 6 - Taunton Deane
• 6 - Peterborough
• 6 - Strangford
• 6 - New Forest West
• 6 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 6 - North Shropshire
• 6 - Waveney
• 6 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 6 - North Devon
• 5 - Broadland
• 5 - Scunthorpe
• 5 - Saffron Walden
• 5 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 5 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 5 - Thornbury and Yate
• 5 - South Down
• 5 - Huntingdon
• 5 - Cheadle
• 5 - Weston-super-Mare
• 5 - Doncaster Central
• 5 - Stafford
• 5 - Thirsk and Malton
• 5 - Erewash
• 5 - Stevenage
• 5 - Moray
• 5 - East Hampshire
• 5 - Mid Sussex
• 5 - Basingstoke
• 5 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 5 - Blyth Valley
• 5 - Suffolk Coastal
• 5 - Surrey Heath
• 5 - Bosworth
• 5 - Southampton, Itchen
• 5 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 5 - Southport
• 5 - Ashford
• 4 - Chorley
• 4 - South Norfolk
• 4 - Colchester
• 4 - High Peak
• 4 - Rotherham
• 4 - Christchurch
• 4 - Tewkesbury
• 4 - Stockton North
• 4 - Havant
• 4 - Wansbeck
• 4 - Hemel Hempstead
• 4 - Spelthorne
• 4 - Totnes
• 4 - Halifax
• 4 - Dartford
• 4 - East Surrey
• 4 - Wealden
• 4 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 4 - Crawley
• 4 - Don Valley
• 4 - West Dorset
• 4 - South Holland and The Deepings
• 4 - North East Somerset
• 4 - Rugby
• 4 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 4 - Rother Valley
• 4 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 4 - Reading West
• 4 - Swansea East
• 4 - Banff and Buchan
• 4 - Boston and Skegness
• 4 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 4 - Bolsover
• 4 - Mid Norfolk
• 4 - Penrith and The Border
• 4 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 4 - Norwich North
• 4 - New Forest East
• 4 - Gower
• 4 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 4 - Lewes
• 4 - Belfast South
• 4 - North Norfolk
• 4 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 4 - Sheffield South East
• 4 - Burton
• 4 - North Antrim
• 4 - Central Devon
• 4 - Chichester
• 4 - Kingswood
• 3 - Great Yarmouth
• 3 - Northampton North
• 3 - Somerton and Frome
• 3 - North West Norfolk
• 3 - South Derbyshire
• 3 - Gosport
• 3 - Maldon
• 3 - North West Hampshire
• 3 - North Cornwall
• 3 - North Dorset
• 3 - North Thanet
• 3 - North East Hampshire
• 3 - Milton Keynes South
• 3 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 3 - South Ribble
• 3 - South Suffolk
• 3 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 3 - Hexham
• 3 - Maidenhead
• 3 - South West Surrey
• 3 - South Northamptonshire
• 3 - Knowsley
• 3 - Harwich and North Essex
• 3 - North West Leicestershire
• 3 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 3 - Skipton and Ripon
• 3 - Middlesbrough
• 3 - Henley
• 3 - Sutton and Cheam
• 3 - Bracknell
• 3 - York Central
• 3 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 3 - Castle Point
• 3 - Worthing West
• 3 - Chesham and Amersham
• 3 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 3 - North Down
• 3 - West Dunbartonshire
• 3 - Weaver Vale
• 3 - Watford
• 3 - Warwick and Leamington
• 3 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 3 - Falkirk
• 3 - Camborne and Redruth
• 3 - Brent Central
• 3 - West Tyrone
• 3 - Upper Bann
• 3 - South Antrim
• 3 - Bristol West
• 3 - Broxbourne
• 3 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 3 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 3 - Dundee East
• 3 - East Londonderry
• 3 - Edmonton
• 3 - Derby North
• 3 - Tamworth
• 3 - Truro and Falmouth
• 3 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 3 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 3 - Eastbourne
• 3 - Aberdeen North
• 3 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 3 - Dudley South
• 3 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 3 - Telford
• 3 - Esher and Walton
• 3 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 3 - Bassetlaw
• 3 - Wantage
• 3 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 3 - Doncaster North
• 3 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 3 - Dudley North
• 2 - Caerphilly
• 2 - Poole
• 2 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 2 - Portsmouth North
• 2 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 2 - North Warwickshire
• 2 - Clwyd West
• 2 - Alyn and Deeside
• 2 - Pudsey
• 2 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 2 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 2 - Pontypridd
• 2 - North Somerset
• 2 - Montgomeryshire
• 2 - Bridgend
• 2 - Nottingham East
• 2 - Midlothian
• 2 - Nottingham North
• 2 - Cardiff North
• 2 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 2 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 2 - Northampton South
• 2 - Delyn
• 2 - East Renfrewshire
• 2 - Blaenau Gwent
• 2 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 2 - Livingston
• 2 - Angus
• 2 - Cardiff West
• 2 - Warrington North
• 2 - South West Hertfordshire
• 2 - South Thanet
• 2 - West Bromwich East
• 2 - West Ham
• 2 - Windsor
• 2 - Witney
• 2 - Woking
• 2 - Vauxhall
• 2 - Southampton, Test
• 2 - Stone
• 2 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 2 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 2 - The Cotswolds
• 2 - The Wrekin
• 2 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 2 - Torridge and West Devon
• 2 - Tynemouth
• 2 - Wolverhampton North East
• 2 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 2 - Salford and Eccles
• 2 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 2 - Newry and Armagh
• 2 - Rushcliffe
• 2 - Rochester and Strood
• 2 - Richmond Park
• 2 - Ribble Valley
• 2 - Redcar
• 2 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 2 - East Antrim
• 2 - Yeovil
• 2 - Slough
• 2 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 2 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 2 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 2 - Sevenoaks
• 2 - Belfast North
• 2 - Selby and Ainsty
• 2 - Stourbridge
• 2 - Heywood and Middleton
• 2 - Brentwood and Ongar
• 2 - Enfield North
• 2 - Leeds West
• 2 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 2 - Leigh
• 2 - Birkenhead
• 2 - Eltham
• 2 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 2 - Grantham and Stamford
• 2 - Chesterfield
• 2 - Aldershot
• 2 - Hayes and Harlington
• 2 - Ludlow
• 2 - Luton North
• 2 - Beverley and Holderness
• 2 - East Devon
• 2 - Epping Forest
• 2 - Chelmsford
• 2 - Fareham
• 2 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 2 - Hertford and Stortford
• 2 - Cannock Chase
• 2 - Huddersfield
• 2 - Hyndburn
• 2 - Blackburn
• 2 - Canterbury
• 2 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 2 - Isle of Wight
• 2 - Fylde
• 2 - Carlisle
• 2 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 2 - Bolton North East
• 2 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 2 - Gloucester
• 2 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 2 - Chippenham
• 2 - Sheffield Central
• 2 - Macclesfield
• 2 - Darlington
• 2 - Mole Valley
• 2 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 2 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 2 - Croydon South
• 2 - Hemsworth
• 2 - Banbury
• 2 - Aylesbury
• 2 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 2 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 2 - Arundel and South Downs
• 2 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 2 - North Durham
• 2 - Croydon North
• 2 - Bristol East
• 2 - North East Hertfordshire
• 2 - Basildon and Billericay
• 2 - Daventry
• 2 - Chipping Barnet
• 2 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 2 - Dover
• 2 - Bradford East
• 2 - Mansfield
• 2 - Buckingham
• 2 - Braintree
• 2 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 2 - Lichfield
• 2 - Mid Worcestershire
• 2 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 2 - Halton
• 2 - Milton Keynes North
• 2 - Congleton
• 2 - Brigg and Goole
• 1 - Lagan Valley
• 1 - Burnley
• 1 - Mid Ulster
• 1 - Bristol North West
• 1 - Bristol South
• 1 - Corby
• 1 - Bury North
• 1 - West Lancashire
• 1 - West Worcestershire
• 1 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 1 - Colne Valley
• 1 - Cleethorpes
• 1 - Wirral South
• 1 - Wirral West
• 1 - City of Durham
• 1 - Wolverhampton South East
• 1 - Wolverhampton South West
• 1 - Cheltenham
• 1 - Wokingham
• 1 - Wyre and Preston North
• 1 - Wyre Forest
• 1 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 1 - Calder Valley
• 1 - Bury South
• 1 - Coventry North East
• 1 - Torbay
• 1 - Beaconsfield
• 1 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 1 - Llanelli
• 1 - Wrexham
• 1 - Ceredigion
• 1 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 1 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 1 - Ynys Môn
• 1 - Stirling
• 1 - Bexhill and Battle
• 1 - Aberavon
• 1 - Battersea
• 1 - Torfaen
• 1 - Islwyn
• 1 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 1 - Neath
• 1 - Barking
• 1 - Barnsley Central
• 1 - Barnsley East
• 1 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 1 - Batley and Spen
• 1 - Aberconwy
• 1 - Monmouth
• 1 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 1 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 1 - Dundee West
• 1 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 1 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 1 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 1 - Central Ayrshire
• 1 - Bolton South East
• 1 - Bolton West
• 1 - Bournemouth East
• 1 - Bradford West
• 1 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 1 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 1 - East Lothian
• 1 - Edinburgh East
• 1 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 1 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 1 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 1 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 1 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 1 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 1 - Gordon
• 1 - Glasgow North West
• 1 - Glasgow East
• 1 - Edinburgh West
• 1 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 1 - Horsham
• 1 - Leeds North West
• 1 - Salisbury
• 1 - Leicester West
• 1 - Lewisham East
• 1 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 1 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 1 - Liverpool, West Derby
• 1 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 1 - Loughborough
• 1 - Rochford and Southend East
• 1 - Leeds Central
• 1 - Sedgefield
• 1 - Sefton Central
• 1 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 1 - Ilford South
• 1 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 1 - Ipswich
• 1 - Jarrow
• 1 - Shipley
• 1 - Sherwood
• 1 - Keighley
• 1 - North Herefordshire
• 1 - Kettering
• 1 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 1 - Luton South
• 1 - Reigate
• 1 - Nottingham South
• 1 - Mitcham and Morden
• 1 - Norwich South
• 1 - Newark
• 1 - Newbury
• 1 - North Wiltshire
• 1 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 1 - North West Durham
• 1 - Newton Abbot
• 1 - North Swindon
• 1 - Nuneaton
• 1 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 1 - Orpington
• 1 - Redditch
• 1 - Makerfield
• 1 - Reading East
• 1 - Manchester Central
• 1 - Manchester, Withington
• 1 - Meon Valley
• 1 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 1 - Mid Derbyshire
• 1 - Pendle
• 1 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 1 - North East Derbyshire
• 1 - Coventry South
• 1 - Ealing North
• 1 - Easington
• 1 - Eddisbury
• 1 - Thurrock
• 1 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 1 - Epsom and Ewell
• 1 - Feltham and Heston
• 1 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 1 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 1 - Forest of Dean
• 1 - Tunbridge Wells
• 1 - Twickenham
• 1 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 1 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 1 - Wells
• 1 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 1 - Denton and Reddish
• 1 - Derby South
• 1 - Derbyshire Dales
• 1 - Devizes
• 1 - Walsall South
• 1 - Walsall North
• 1 - Dewsbury
• 1 - Stroud
• 1 - Streatham
• 1 - Gainsborough
• 1 - Harrow West
• 1 - Hartlepool
• 1 - South West Wiltshire
• 1 - Hazel Grove
• 1 - South West Devon
• 1 - South West Bedfordshire
• 1 - Hendon
• 1 - Hertsmere
• 1 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 1 - South Leicestershire
• 1 - Southend West
• 1 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 1 - St Albans
• 1 - Garston and Halewood
• 1 - Gedling
• 1 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 1 - Stockton South
• 1 - Stockport
• 1 - Gravesham
• 1 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 1 - Guildford
• 1 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 1 - St Ives
• 1 - Hornchurch and Upminster

Signatures by Region

• 306 - East of England
• 234 - South East
• 113 - West Midlands
• 113 - South West
• 107 - North West
• 97 - East Midlands
• 95 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 71 - Scotland
• 60 - London
• 50 - Wales
• 44 - Northern Ireland
• 41 - North East

Signatures by Country

• 1,345 - United Kingdom
• 3 - Ireland
• 2 - Isle of Man
• 2 - Channel Islands
• 1 - Australia
• 1 - Spain
• 1 - New Zealand
• 1 - United States