Give unmarried widows equal rights in registering paternity of their children

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Popularity

This petition has 2,690 signatures in total, with signatories from 528 constituencies. That makes it the 4,780th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 36% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 56% (very high).

Signatures by Constituency

• 379 - Walthamstow
• 66 - Eddisbury
• 66 - Wantage
• 50 - Bridgend
• 37 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 35 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 34 - Copeland
• 24 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 24 - Hornsey and Wood Green
• 24 - Islington North
• 20 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 19 - South Ribble
• 19 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 16 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 16 - West Suffolk
• 15 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 15 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 15 - Vauxhall
• 14 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 14 - Cambridge
• 14 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 13 - Guildford
• 12 - West Ham
• 12 - Lincoln
• 12 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 12 - Basingstoke
• 11 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 11 - Tottenham
• 11 - Tooting
• 11 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 11 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 11 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 11 - Newark
• 10 - North West Hampshire
• 10 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 9 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 9 - Sheffield Central
• 9 - Islington South and Finsbury
• 9 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 8 - Epsom and Ewell
• 8 - East Surrey
• 8 - Weaver Vale
• 8 - St Albans
• 8 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 8 - Windsor
• 8 - South West Surrey
• 8 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 8 - Orpington
• 8 - Streatham
• 8 - Gloucester
• 8 - Stone
• 8 - Dartford
• 8 - Chipping Barnet
• 8 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 8 - Ilford North
• 8 - Bracknell
• 8 - Somerton and Frome
• 8 - Thurrock
• 7 - Wycombe
• 7 - Reigate
• 7 - Aylesbury
• 7 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 7 - Ogmore
• 7 - Shipley
• 7 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 7 - Twickenham
• 7 - Woking
• 7 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 7 - Birkenhead
• 7 - Kensington
• 7 - Esher and Walton
• 7 - Reading East
• 7 - Henley
• 7 - Hammersmith
• 7 - Bristol North West
• 7 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 7 - Broxbourne
• 7 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 6 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 6 - Battersea
• 6 - South West Hertfordshire
• 6 - Arundel and South Downs
• 6 - Ealing, Southall
• 6 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 6 - Wells
• 6 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 6 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 6 - Enfield, Southgate
• 6 - Witney
• 6 - Lewisham East
• 6 - Watford
• 6 - Ashford
• 6 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 6 - Eltham
• 6 - Grantham and Stamford
• 6 - Norwich South
• 6 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 6 - Bury St Edmunds
• 6 - Gainsborough
• 6 - Tunbridge Wells
• 6 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 6 - Stretford and Urmston
• 6 - South Northamptonshire
• 6 - Richmond Park
• 6 - Horsham
• 6 - Surrey Heath
• 6 - Oxford East
• 6 - Preston
• 5 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 5 - Stoke-on-Trent South
• 5 - Manchester, Gorton
• 5 - Huntingdon
• 5 - Thirsk and Malton
• 5 - Mid Sussex
• 5 - Enfield North
• 5 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 5 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 5 - Newbury
• 5 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 5 - Harlow
• 5 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 5 - Maidenhead
• 5 - Hertsmere
• 5 - Stevenage
• 5 - North Wiltshire
• 5 - Croydon Central
• 5 - South West Norfolk
• 5 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 5 - Broxtowe
• 5 - Bournemouth East
• 5 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 5 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 5 - Putney
• 5 - Oldham West and Royton
• 5 - Chesham and Amersham
• 5 - Worthing West
• 5 - Glasgow North
• 5 - Ealing North
• 5 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 5 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 5 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 5 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 5 - Worcester
• 5 - Romford
• 4 - Hornchurch and Upminster
• 4 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 4 - Mid Worcestershire
• 4 - Wansbeck
• 4 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 4 - Swansea East
• 4 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 4 - Warrington South
• 4 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 4 - Hemel Hempstead
• 4 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 4 - Hove
• 4 - Barking
• 4 - Sheffield South East
• 4 - Caerphilly
• 4 - Luton South
• 4 - Bassetlaw
• 4 - Salford and Eccles
• 4 - Beckenham
• 4 - Torbay
• 4 - Totnes
• 4 - Saffron Walden
• 4 - Manchester Central
• 4 - Neath
• 4 - Sutton and Cheam
• 4 - Milton Keynes North
• 4 - Basildon and Billericay
• 4 - Clwyd West
• 4 - Reading West
• 4 - Cardiff West
• 4 - Spelthorne
• 4 - South Norfolk
• 4 - Northampton North
• 4 - South West Devon
• 4 - Colchester
• 4 - York Outer
• 4 - North Thanet
• 4 - Wimbledon
• 4 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 4 - Croydon South
• 4 - Epping Forest
• 4 - Winchester
• 4 - Doncaster Central
• 4 - Wirral West
• 4 - Gateshead
• 4 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 4 - Bristol West
• 4 - Canterbury
• 4 - Selby and Ainsty
• 4 - South Cambridgeshire
• 4 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 4 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 4 - Mitcham and Morden
• 4 - Buckingham
• 4 - Aldershot
• 4 - Gosport
• 4 - Warwick and Leamington
• 4 - Brentwood and Ongar
• 4 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 3 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 3 - Salisbury
• 3 - Louth and Horncastle
• 3 - North East Hampshire
• 3 - Southend West
• 3 - North East Hertfordshire
• 3 - Milton Keynes South
• 3 - Rugby
• 3 - Rochford and Southend East
• 3 - Stroud
• 3 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 3 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 3 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 3 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 3 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 3 - Rutland and Melton
• 3 - South Thanet
• 3 - Maldon
• 3 - Suffolk Coastal
• 3 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 3 - Aberdeen South
• 3 - Belfast East
• 3 - Yeovil
• 3 - Derby North
• 3 - Doncaster North
• 3 - East Ham
• 3 - East Hampshire
• 3 - East Yorkshire
• 3 - Arfon
• 3 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 3 - Erewash
• 3 - Bexhill and Battle
• 3 - City of Chester
• 3 - Dundee West
• 3 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 3 - Gordon
• 3 - Glenrothes
• 3 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 3 - Cardiff Central
• 3 - Glasgow East
• 3 - Bolton West
• 3 - Bolton North East
• 3 - Edinburgh West
• 3 - Edinburgh South
• 3 - East Lothian
• 3 - East Dunbartonshire
• 3 - Feltham and Heston
• 3 - Westminster North
• 3 - Coventry North West
• 3 - Lichfield
• 3 - Hendon
• 3 - Hertford and Stortford
• 3 - The Cotswolds
• 3 - Wallasey
• 3 - Leicester West
• 3 - Ipswich
• 3 - Bath
• 3 - Kettering
• 3 - West Dorset
• 3 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 3 - Leeds North East
• 3 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 3 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 3 - Bedford
• 3 - Fylde
• 3 - Gravesham
• 3 - Bolton South East
• 3 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 3 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 3 - Forest of Dean
• 3 - Hayes and Harlington
• 3 - Hazel Grove
• 3 - Beaconsfield
• 2 - Gower
• 2 - South Derbyshire
• 2 - Swansea West
• 2 - Solihull
• 2 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 2 - Aberavon
• 2 - Cardiff North
• 2 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 2 - Ceredigion
• 2 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 2 - Newport West
• 2 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 2 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 2 - Newport East
• 2 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 2 - Skipton and Ripon
• 2 - Islwyn
• 2 - Rhondda
• 2 - Cynon Valley
• 2 - Llanelli
• 2 - Wirral South
• 2 - Stockport
• 2 - Stockton North
• 2 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 2 - Weston-super-Mare
• 2 - West Worcestershire
• 2 - Stourbridge
• 2 - Telford
• 2 - West Bromwich East
• 2 - Sunderland Central
• 2 - Truro and Falmouth
• 2 - Tatton
• 2 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 2 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 2 - Wyre and Preston North
• 2 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 2 - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
• 2 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 2 - Glasgow North West
• 2 - Glasgow Central
• 2 - South Dorset
• 2 - Falkirk
• 2 - South Leicestershire
• 2 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 2 - South Swindon
• 2 - York Central
• 2 - Wyre Forest
• 2 - Taunton Deane
• 2 - Sevenoaks
• 2 - Chichester
• 2 - Mid Derbyshire
• 2 - Burton
• 2 - Exeter
• 2 - Manchester, Withington
• 2 - Fareham
• 2 - Loughborough
• 2 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 2 - Bury South
• 2 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 2 - Mole Valley
• 2 - Braintree
• 2 - North Dorset
• 2 - Brent Central
• 2 - Newton Abbot
• 2 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 2 - Eastleigh
• 2 - Bristol East
• 2 - Bristol South
• 2 - Christchurch
• 2 - Halton
• 2 - Harrow West
• 2 - Central Devon
• 2 - Cheadle
• 2 - Huddersfield
• 2 - High Peak
• 2 - Chelmsford
• 2 - Chippenham
• 2 - Hastings and Rye
• 2 - Castle Point
• 2 - Keighley
• 2 - Harborough
• 2 - Leeds East
• 2 - Camborne and Redruth
• 2 - Knowsley
• 2 - Kingswood
• 2 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 2 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 2 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 2 - North East Bedfordshire
• 2 - Bournemouth West
• 2 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 2 - Darlington
• 2 - Northampton South
• 2 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 2 - Croydon North
• 2 - Crawley
• 2 - Nottingham East
• 2 - Nottingham North
• 2 - Nottingham South
• 2 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 2 - Portsmouth South
• 2 - Corby
• 2 - Amber Valley
• 2 - Ribble Valley
• 2 - Rochester and Strood
• 2 - Barnsley East
• 2 - Banbury
• 2 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 2 - North West Durham
• 2 - Daventry
• 2 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 2 - Cleethorpes
• 2 - Derbyshire Dales
• 2 - Blaydon
• 2 - Blackpool South
• 2 - North East Derbyshire
• 2 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 2 - North Somerset
• 2 - Blackley and Broughton
• 2 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 2 - Bradford South
• 2 - North Tyneside
• 1 - North East Somerset
• 1 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 1 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 1 - East Renfrewshire
• 1 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 1 - City of Durham
• 1 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 1 - Foyle
• 1 - Newry and Armagh
• 1 - North Down
• 1 - South Antrim
• 1 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 1 - South Down
• 1 - Central Ayrshire
• 1 - Dundee East
• 1 - North Antrim
• 1 - Clacton
• 1 - Chorley
• 1 - Chesterfield
• 1 - South Staffordshire
• 1 - Bradford East
• 1 - Boston and Skegness
• 1 - Bolsover
• 1 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 1 - Vale of Clwyd
• 1 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 1 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 1 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 1 - Birmingham, Northfield
• 1 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 1 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 1 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 1 - Batley and Spen
• 1 - Barrow and Furness
• 1 - Barnsley Central
• 1 - West Dunbartonshire
• 1 - Brent North
• 1 - Edinburgh South West
• 1 - Cheltenham
• 1 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 1 - Glasgow North East
• 1 - Carlisle
• 1 - Inverclyde
• 1 - Calder Valley
• 1 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 1 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 1 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 1 - Midlothian
• 1 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 1 - Bromsgrove
• 1 - North East Fife
• 1 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 1 - Broadland
• 1 - Ashfield
• 1 - Sefton Central
• 1 - South West Wiltshire
• 1 - Southampton, Itchen
• 1 - Southport
• 1 - St Austell and Newquay
• 1 - St Helens North
• 1 - St Ives
• 1 - North Durham
• 1 - North Devon
• 1 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 1 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 1 - New Forest West
• 1 - New Forest East
• 1 - Morley and Outwood
• 1 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 1 - Meriden
• 1 - Makerfield
• 1 - Tamworth
• 1 - North Herefordshire
• 1 - North Norfolk
• 1 - Rushcliffe
• 1 - Rother Valley
• 1 - Sherwood
• 1 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 1 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 1 - Pudsey
• 1 - Slough
• 1 - Portsmouth North
• 1 - Poole
• 1 - South East Cornwall
• 1 - Norwich North
• 1 - North West Leicestershire
• 1 - South Shields
• 1 - South Suffolk
• 1 - North Warwickshire
• 1 - South West Bedfordshire
• 1 - North Swindon
• 1 - Liverpool, Walton
• 1 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 1 - Hartlepool
• 1 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 1 - Gedling
• 1 - Garston and Halewood
• 1 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 1 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 1 - Edmonton
• 1 - Eastbourne
• 1 - Witham
• 1 - Dudley South
• 1 - Wokingham
• 1 - Wolverhampton South East
• 1 - Denton and Reddish
• 1 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 1 - Coventry South
• 1 - Congleton
• 1 - Colne Valley
• 1 - Harwich and North Essex
• 1 - Wealden
• 1 - Lewes
• 1 - The Wrekin
• 1 - Leicester South
• 1 - Leicester East
• 1 - Leeds West
• 1 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 1 - Tynemouth
• 1 - Isle of Wight
• 1 - Ilford South
• 1 - Wakefield
• 1 - Hyndburn
• 1 - Walsall North
• 1 - Hexham
• 1 - Warley
• 1 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 1 - Havant
• 1 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 1 - East Antrim

This petition was submitted under the Parliamentary boundaries prior to June 2024, so the names may not be current constituency names

Signatures by Region

• 978 - London
• 404 - South East
• 264 - North West
• 224 - East of England
• 137 - South West
• 132 - Wales
• 116 - East Midlands
• 103 - West Midlands
• 100 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 87 - Scotland
• 35 - North East
• 11 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 2,648 - United Kingdom
• 11 - Australia
• 6 - New Zealand
• 4 - United States
• 4 - France
• 3 - Spain
• 3 - Italy
• 2 - Germany
• 2 - Canada
• 2 - Ireland
• 1 - Portugal
• 1 - Brazil
• 1 - Niger
• 1 - Malaysia
• 1 - United Arab Emirates