Make closed book GCSE English Literature OPTIONAL for 16 year olds in the UK

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Popularity

This petition has 282 signatures in total, with signatories from 199 constituencies. That makes it the 12,162nd most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 32% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of 22% (average).

Signatures by Constituency

• 5 - Northampton South
• 5 - Warley
• 5 - South Northamptonshire
• 4 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 4 - Bolton South East
• 4 - East Devon
• 4 - Fareham
• 3 - Dover
• 3 - Manchester Central
• 3 - Hyndburn
• 3 - Mitcham and Morden
• 3 - Christchurch
• 3 - Barrow and Furness
• 2 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 2 - Doncaster North
• 2 - Harborough
• 2 - Selby and Ainsty
• 2 - Suffolk Coastal
• 2 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 2 - Salford and Eccles
• 2 - Meon Valley
• 2 - Leeds East
• 2 - South Leicestershire
• 2 - The Wrekin
• 2 - Solihull
• 2 - Stevenage
• 2 - Ilford North
• 2 - Hexham
• 2 - South West Bedfordshire
• 2 - Gateshead
• 2 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 2 - Southampton, Test
• 2 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 2 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 2 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 2 - Easington
• 2 - Ealing, Southall
• 2 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 2 - Daventry
• 2 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 2 - Boston and Skegness
• 2 - Witham
• 2 - Meriden
• 2 - Workington
• 2 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 2 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 2 - Forest of Dean
• 2 - Batley and Spen
• 2 - Ashford
• 2 - North Thanet
• 2 - Preston
• 2 - Redcar
• 2 - Rotherham
• 2 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 2 - Rochdale
• 2 - Tynemouth
• 1 - Northampton North
• 1 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 1 - North Wiltshire
• 1 - Slough
• 1 - North West Norfolk
• 1 - North West Hampshire
• 1 - Rugby
• 1 - Romford
• 1 - Norwich North
• 1 - Ribble Valley
• 1 - Saffron Walden
• 1 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 1 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 1 - Peterborough
• 1 - Skipton and Ripon
• 1 - Rochford and Southend East
• 1 - Pendle
• 1 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 1 - North West Durham
• 1 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 1 - Surrey Heath
• 1 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 1 - Wolverhampton South East
• 1 - Witney
• 1 - Wirral West
• 1 - Wigan
• 1 - West Ham
• 1 - West Dorset
• 1 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 1 - Worthing West
• 1 - Wyre and Preston North
• 1 - Newport West
• 1 - Monmouth
• 1 - Torfaen
• 1 - Glenrothes
• 1 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 1 - West Tyrone
• 1 - North Antrim
• 1 - Wyre Forest
• 1 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 1 - Warrington South
• 1 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 1 - Stafford
• 1 - St Ives
• 1 - South Swindon
• 1 - South West Hertfordshire
• 1 - South Thanet
• 1 - South Suffolk
• 1 - South Ribble
• 1 - Stretford and Urmston
• 1 - Sutton Coldfield
• 1 - Bradford South
• 1 - Walthamstow
• 1 - Wallasey
• 1 - Twickenham
• 1 - Totnes
• 1 - Torridge and West Devon
• 1 - The Cotswolds
• 1 - Telford
• 1 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 1 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 1 - Dudley North
• 1 - Charnwood
• 1 - Central Devon
• 1 - Camborne and Redruth
• 1 - Calder Valley
• 1 - Bury South
• 1 - Buckingham
• 1 - Broxtowe
• 1 - Broadland
• 1 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 1 - Chelmsford
• 1 - Doncaster Central
• 1 - Denton and Reddish
• 1 - Dartford
• 1 - Croydon Central
• 1 - Coventry North West
• 1 - Cleethorpes
• 1 - City of Durham
• 1 - Chorley
• 1 - Bristol South
• 1 - Bristol East
• 1 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 1 - Bexhill and Battle
• 1 - Beverley and Holderness
• 1 - Bedford
• 1 - Beaconsfield
• 1 - Banbury
• 1 - Aylesbury
• 1 - Ashfield
• 1 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 1 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 1 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 1 - Brent North
• 1 - Bosworth
• 1 - Bolton West
• 1 - Bolton North East
• 1 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 1 - Blackley and Broughton
• 1 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 1 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 1 - Aldershot
• 1 - North Tyneside
• 1 - Manchester, Withington
• 1 - Manchester, Gorton
• 1 - Maldon
• 1 - Luton North
• 1 - Liverpool, Walton
• 1 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 1 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 1 - Lewisham East
• 1 - Mansfield
• 1 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 1 - North Swindon
• 1 - North Norfolk
• 1 - North Dorset
• 1 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 1 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 1 - Newbury
• 1 - Mole Valley
• 1 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 1 - Leigh
• 1 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 1 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 1 - Great Grimsby
• 1 - Grantham and Stamford
• 1 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 1 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 1 - Epping Forest
• 1 - East Yorkshire
• 1 - East Surrey
• 1 - East Hampshire
• 1 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 1 - Halifax
• 1 - Keighley
• 1 - Ipswich
• 1 - Huntingdon
• 1 - Heywood and Middleton
• 1 - Hertsmere
• 1 - Henley
• 1 - Hendon
• 1 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 1 - Dulwich and West Norwood

Signatures by Region

• 49 - North West
• 43 - South East
• 29 - West Midlands
• 29 - East of England
• 27 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 27 - East Midlands
• 25 - London
• 22 - South West
• 17 - North East
• 6 - Wales
• 2 - Scotland
• 2 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 282 - United Kingdom