Authorise open book examinations for GCSE English Literature 2017

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Popularity

This petition has 110,876 signatures in total, with signatories from 648 constituencies. That makes it the 267th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 61% (average) and a Local Issue Rating of 38% (high).

Signatures by Constituency

• 690 - Solihull
• 573 - Meriden
• 523 - Sutton Coldfield
• 523 - Portsmouth North
• 520 - Bromsgrove
• 503 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 480 - Slough
• 467 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 465 - Bradford West
• 460 - Maidenhead
• 443 - South West Hertfordshire
• 436 - Redditch
• 433 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 426 - Garston and Halewood
• 424 - Ealing North
• 413 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 413 - Watford
• 412 - Woking
• 410 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 408 - Horsham
• 404 - Brent North
• 402 - Worcester
• 401 - Southend West
• 393 - Warrington South
• 393 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 392 - Bradford East
• 390 - Wokingham
• 388 - Makerfield
• 383 - South Thanet
• 381 - Bracknell
• 380 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 380 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 378 - Gedling
• 376 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 371 - Blackburn
• 370 - Hertsmere
• 369 - Feltham and Heston
• 369 - Rochford and Southend East
• 366 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 366 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 362 - Tamworth
• 356 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 355 - Portsmouth South
• 355 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 354 - Oldham West and Royton
• 354 - Warley
• 348 - Hayes and Harlington
• 347 - South Staffordshire
• 345 - Wallasey
• 344 - Ilford North
• 342 - Milton Keynes South
• 341 - Reading East
• 341 - Stroud
• 340 - North East Hampshire
• 339 - Birkenhead
• 338 - Coventry South
• 337 - The Wrekin
• 335 - East Ham
• 331 - Mid Norfolk
• 329 - Dewsbury
• 329 - Coventry North East
• 328 - Warwick and Leamington
• 328 - Brent Central
• 327 - North Warwickshire
• 327 - South Derbyshire
• 326 - Coventry North West
• 325 - Liverpool, West Derby
• 324 - Ipswich
• 321 - Wolverhampton South West
• 321 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 319 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 318 - Gainsborough
• 318 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 316 - Knowsley
• 314 - Beaconsfield
• 314 - The Cotswolds
• 313 - Guildford
• 313 - Eastleigh
• 312 - Bradford South
• 312 - Burton
• 312 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 311 - Harrow East
• 310 - West Bromwich East
• 309 - Surrey Heath
• 308 - Reading West
• 307 - Havant
• 306 - Peterborough
• 304 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 300 - Hendon
• 300 - Meon Valley
• 300 - Wirral West
• 299 - Gloucester
• 299 - Crawley
• 299 - Ilford South
• 298 - Shipley
• 297 - Wirral South
• 296 - Aylesbury
• 293 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 292 - Derby North
• 292 - East Yorkshire
• 292 - Esher and Walton
• 291 - Bournemouth East
• 290 - Hertford and Stortford
• 289 - West Bromwich West
• 289 - Windsor
• 287 - Chipping Barnet
• 285 - Twickenham
• 285 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 284 - Ashfield
• 282 - Telford
• 281 - Harrow West
• 279 - Warrington North
• 278 - Wycombe
• 278 - Ashford
• 276 - South West Surrey
• 274 - Walsall South
• 274 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 272 - Macclesfield
• 270 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 270 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 268 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 267 - Ludlow
• 266 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 264 - Birmingham, Northfield
• 263 - Stevenage
• 262 - Bosworth
• 261 - East Hampshire
• 261 - North Shropshire
• 260 - Bury South
• 258 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 257 - West Ham
• 257 - Cannock Chase
• 256 - Redcar
• 255 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 254 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 254 - Ealing, Southall
• 253 - Castle Point
• 253 - Leigh
• 253 - Rushcliffe
• 251 - Fareham
• 249 - Luton North
• 249 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 249 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 247 - High Peak
• 247 - Epping Forest
• 247 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 247 - Stone
• 247 - Wigan
• 246 - East Devon
• 245 - Mid Worcestershire
• 243 - Huntingdon
• 243 - Great Yarmouth
• 243 - North Wiltshire
• 242 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 242 - North Thanet
• 241 - Newbury
• 240 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 240 - Carlisle
• 239 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 238 - South Swindon
• 238 - Croydon South
• 238 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 237 - Leeds North East
• 237 - Congleton
• 237 - Richmond Park
• 236 - Basildon and Billericay
• 235 - Arundel and South Downs
• 235 - Mid Derbyshire
• 233 - Tunbridge Wells
• 233 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 233 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 232 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 231 - Epsom and Ewell
• 231 - Rugby
• 230 - Wakefield
• 229 - Buckingham
• 228 - Mole Valley
• 228 - Barking
• 227 - Edmonton
• 227 - North Dorset
• 227 - Leicester East
• 226 - Bolton North East
• 224 - Lichfield
• 224 - Walthamstow
• 223 - Pudsey
• 223 - Luton South
• 223 - Cheadle
• 223 - Derby South
• 220 - Cleethorpes
• 220 - Broadland
• 220 - Charnwood
• 218 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 217 - St Albans
• 215 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 214 - South Northamptonshire
• 214 - Dudley North
• 212 - Bolton West
• 211 - Hornsey and Wood Green
• 211 - Grantham and Stamford
• 211 - Rother Valley
• 211 - Ashton-under-Lyne
• 210 - Isle of Wight
• 210 - Truro and Falmouth
• 208 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 208 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 207 - South Leicestershire
• 207 - Mid Sussex
• 207 - Sefton Central
• 206 - South Suffolk
• 206 - Broxbourne
• 205 - Wealden
• 205 - Corby
• 205 - Nuneaton
• 204 - Beckenham
• 203 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 203 - Wyre and Preston North
• 203 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 202 - Sutton and Cheam
• 201 - Worthing West
• 201 - Newark
• 200 - City of Chester
• 200 - Enfield, Southgate
• 199 - Walsall North
• 199 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 198 - Milton Keynes North
• 197 - St Ives
• 197 - Norwich North
• 196 - Blackley and Broughton
• 196 - Boston and Skegness
• 194 - Hove
• 194 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 194 - Sherwood
• 193 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 193 - Nottingham East
• 192 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 192 - Enfield North
• 192 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 191 - Tynemouth
• 190 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 190 - Liverpool, Walton
• 190 - Aldershot
• 190 - Dover
• 190 - Orpington
• 189 - Batley and Spen
• 189 - Chelmsford
• 188 - Central Devon
• 188 - Gosport
• 188 - Henley
• 187 - Denton and Reddish
• 186 - Bournemouth West
• 185 - Ribble Valley
• 184 - Chichester
• 184 - Chesham and Amersham
• 184 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 184 - St Helens North
• 184 - Derbyshire Dales
• 183 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 182 - Leeds East
• 182 - Bedford
• 182 - Thirsk and Malton
• 181 - Mansfield
• 180 - Taunton Deane
• 180 - Leeds West
• 180 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 180 - Bury North
• 179 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 178 - Braintree
• 177 - Stourbridge
• 177 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 177 - Bootle
• 177 - Stockton South
• 176 - Erewash
• 176 - South Ribble
• 176 - Bolton South East
• 176 - Westminster North
• 175 - Salisbury
• 175 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 175 - Saffron Walden
• 175 - Bexhill and Battle
• 174 - North Cornwall
• 173 - Heywood and Middleton
• 173 - Sheffield South East
• 172 - Exeter
• 172 - North East Hertfordshire
• 172 - South Holland and The Deepings
• 170 - Tewkesbury
• 170 - Leicester South
• 169 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 169 - York Outer
• 169 - West Worcestershire
• 169 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 168 - Middlesbrough
• 168 - Stafford
• 168 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 167 - Mitcham and Morden
• 167 - Nottingham South
• 167 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 167 - Broxtowe
• 167 - Halifax
• 167 - Devizes
• 167 - Stockport
• 166 - Poole
• 166 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 165 - Somerton and Frome
• 165 - Spelthorne
• 165 - Hartlepool
• 164 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 164 - Bolsover
• 164 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 164 - Witney
• 163 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 163 - North East Bedfordshire
• 163 - Lewes
• 163 - Calder Valley
• 163 - Wansbeck
• 163 - Blyth Valley
• 162 - Preston
• 162 - North Norfolk
• 161 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 161 - South West Norfolk
• 161 - Camborne and Redruth
• 161 - Blaydon
• 160 - North West Leicestershire
• 160 - Brentwood and Ongar
• 160 - Sunderland Central
• 159 - Maldon
• 159 - Wimbledon
• 159 - Islington North
• 159 - Winchester
• 158 - Bristol South
• 158 - Gateshead
• 157 - Colne Valley
• 157 - Chippenham
• 157 - Wolverhampton South East
• 157 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 157 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 157 - Rochdale
• 156 - Suffolk Coastal
• 156 - Great Grimsby
• 155 - Northampton North
• 155 - North Herefordshire
• 155 - Weston-super-Mare
• 155 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 155 - Rochester and Strood
• 155 - Hemel Hempstead
• 155 - Wolverhampton North East
• 155 - Daventry
• 155 - Loughborough
• 154 - West Suffolk
• 154 - North West Norfolk
• 154 - Croydon North
• 153 - South West Wiltshire
• 152 - South Norfolk
• 152 - Southampton, Itchen
• 152 - Hazel Grove
• 151 - North Devon
• 151 - Stretford and Urmston
• 150 - Norwich South
• 150 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 149 - Sheffield Central
• 149 - Croydon Central
• 149 - Tottenham
• 148 - Torridge and West Devon
• 147 - New Forest East
• 147 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 147 - North Swindon
• 144 - Romford
• 144 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 143 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 142 - Bassetlaw
• 142 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 142 - Leeds Central
• 142 - Hemsworth
• 141 - Harlow
• 141 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 141 - Hastings and Rye
• 141 - Keighley
• 140 - Eddisbury
• 140 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 140 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 140 - Colchester
• 139 - Pendle
• 138 - Scunthorpe
• 137 - Stoke-on-Trent South
• 137 - Manchester, Withington
• 136 - Barrow and Furness
• 136 - Barnsley Central
• 135 - Newton Abbot
• 135 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 135 - Nottingham North
• 135 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 135 - Beverley and Holderness
• 134 - Leicester West
• 134 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 134 - Bishop Auckland
• 133 - South Cambridgeshire
• 133 - Chorley
• 133 - Wellingborough
• 133 - Cheltenham
• 132 - Christchurch
• 132 - Tatton
• 132 - Dudley South
• 131 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 131 - Manchester, Gorton
• 131 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 131 - North West Hampshire
• 130 - Wyre Forest
• 130 - West Lancashire
• 130 - Darlington
• 130 - New Forest West
• 129 - Bury St Edmunds
• 128 - Rotherham
• 128 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 127 - Northampton South
• 127 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 126 - Hyndburn
• 126 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 125 - St Austell and Newquay
• 124 - West Dorset
• 124 - Skipton and Ripon
• 124 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 123 - North East Derbyshire
• 123 - Islington South and Finsbury
• 123 - Manchester Central
• 122 - Banbury
• 122 - Leeds North West
• 122 - Kensington
• 122 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 122 - Waveney
• 121 - Lincoln
• 121 - Lewisham East
• 121 - Huddersfield
• 121 - Thurrock
• 121 - Witham
• 121 - North Tyneside
• 120 - South Shields
• 119 - Chesterfield
• 118 - Bath
• 117 - Eltham
• 117 - Reigate
• 117 - Dartford
• 116 - York Central
• 116 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 116 - Eastbourne
• 115 - North East Somerset
• 114 - East Surrey
• 114 - North Somerset
• 112 - Hornchurch and Upminster
• 112 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 112 - Wells
• 111 - Sevenoaks
• 111 - Barnsley East
• 111 - Kettering
• 111 - Putney
• 110 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 110 - Louth and Horncastle
• 108 - Rutland and Melton
• 108 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 108 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 107 - Brigg and Goole
• 107 - Selby and Ainsty
• 107 - Tooting
• 105 - Jarrow
• 105 - North West Durham
• 105 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 104 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 103 - Gravesham
• 103 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 102 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 101 - Torbay
• 100 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 100 - Bristol West
• 99 - Don Valley
• 99 - South Dorset
• 99 - Salford and Eccles
• 98 - South East Cornwall
• 98 - Streatham
• 96 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 96 - Bristol East
• 96 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 95 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 93 - Hammersmith
• 93 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 93 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 93 - Workington
• 92 - Bristol North West
• 90 - Southampton, Test
• 89 - Wantage
• 88 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 88 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 87 - Yeovil
• 86 - Battersea
• 86 - Harwich and North Essex
• 86 - Stockton North
• 86 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 86 - Copeland
• 85 - City of Durham
• 85 - Morley and Outwood
• 84 - South West Bedfordshire
• 83 - Amber Valley
• 81 - Basingstoke
• 81 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 81 - Forest of Dean
• 80 - Harborough
• 80 - Penrith and The Border
• 79 - Burnley
• 77 - Vauxhall
• 76 - Halton
• 76 - Sedgefield
• 75 - Oxford East
• 75 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 74 - Southport
• 74 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 74 - Thornbury and Yate
• 71 - South West Devon
• 70 - Fylde
• 70 - North Durham
• 70 - Blackpool South
• 69 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 66 - Doncaster Central
• 65 - Kingswood
• 61 - Hexham
• 61 - Canterbury
• 60 - Totnes
• 60 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 58 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 57 - Weaver Vale
• 55 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 54 - Doncaster North
• 52 - Cambridge
• 51 - Montgomeryshire
• 49 - Easington
• 44 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 37 - Alyn and Deeside
• 35 - Clacton
• 34 - Delyn
• 33 - Wrexham
• 27 - Cardiff North
• 26 - Clwyd West
• 24 - Islwyn
• 22 - Clwyd South
• 21 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 21 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 21 - Pontypridd
• 17 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 16 - Newport West
• 15 - Bridgend
• 15 - Cardiff Central
• 15 - Edinburgh West
• 15 - Vale of Clwyd
• 15 - South Antrim
• 14 - Swansea West
• 14 - Newport East
• 13 - Belfast West
• 13 - Swansea East
• 13 - Torfaen
• 13 - Belfast South
• 13 - Cardiff West
• 13 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 12 - Ceredigion
• 12 - Aberconwy
• 11 - Neath
• 11 - Livingston
• 11 - Ogmore
• 10 - Moray
• 10 - North Down
• 10 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 10 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 10 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 9 - East Dunbartonshire
• 9 - Monmouth
• 9 - Belfast North
• 9 - Cynon Valley
• 8 - Argyll and Bute
• 8 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 8 - Banff and Buchan
• 8 - Newry and Armagh
• 8 - Lagan Valley
• 8 - Mid Ulster
• 8 - Belfast East
• 8 - Ynys Môn
• 7 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 7 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 7 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 7 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 7 - North Antrim
• 7 - Angus
• 7 - East Londonderry
• 6 - Llanelli
• 6 - Strangford
• 6 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 6 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 5 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 5 - Rhondda
• 5 - Blaenau Gwent
• 5 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 5 - Glasgow North West
• 5 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 5 - Edinburgh South West
• 5 - Caerphilly
• 5 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 5 - Glasgow East
• 5 - East Lothian
• 5 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 5 - Aberavon
• 5 - East Antrim
• 4 - Arfon
• 4 - Glasgow North East
• 4 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 4 - Edinburgh East
• 4 - Aberdeen South
• 4 - Aberdeen North
• 4 - South Down
• 4 - Glasgow South West
• 4 - Glasgow Central
• 3 - Edinburgh South
• 3 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 3 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 3 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 3 - East Renfrewshire
• 3 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 3 - Gordon
• 3 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 3 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 3 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 3 - Upper Bann
• 3 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 2 - Na h-Eileanan an Iar
• 2 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 2 - Falkirk
• 2 - North East Fife
• 2 - Midlothian
• 2 - Central Ayrshire
• 2 - Dundee West
• 2 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 1 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 1 - Dundee East
• 1 - Inverclyde
• 1 - Gower
• 1 - Foyle
• 1 - West Dunbartonshire
• 1 - Glasgow North
• 1 - Stirling
• 1 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 1 - Glasgow South
• 1 - Glenrothes
• 1 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 1 - Paisley and Renfrewshire South

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

Signatures by Region

• 18,857 - South East
• 17,081 - West Midlands
• 15,093 - North West
• 14,744 - London
• 12,182 - East of England
• 9,424 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 8,634 - East Midlands
• 8,425 - South West
• 3,639 - North East
• 610 - Wales
• 237 - Scotland
• 135 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 110,428 - United Kingdom
• 143 - United Arab Emirates
• 99 - Jersey
• 36 - United States
• 23 - Gibraltar
• 14 - France
• 11 - Australia
• 10 - Qatar
• 9 - Cyprus
• 9 - Isle of Man
• 8 - Spain
• 7 - Germany
• 7 - New Zealand
• 6 - Guernsey
• 5 - Thailand
• 5 - Ireland
• 5 - Tuvalu
• 5 - Netherlands
• 5 - Canada
• 4 - Malaysia
• 2 - Portugal
• 2 - Oman
• 2 - Bahrain
• 2 - Poland
• 2 - Malawi
• 2 - Switzerland
• 2 - South Africa
• 2 - Uruguay
• 2 - Uzbekistan
• 1 - Ukraine
• 1 - Slovenia
• 1 - Syria
• 1 - Belgium
• 1 - Cayman Islands
• 1 - Austria
• 1 - Sweden
• 1 - Saudi Arabia
• 1 - Bulgaria
• 1 - The Bahamas
• 1 - Egypt
• 1 - Iraq
• 1 - Italy
• 1 - Lithuania
• 1 - Norway
• 1 - Hong Kong
• 1 - Peru
• 1 - Finland
• 1 - Zimbabwe