The UK legal definition of rape should change to the US version.

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Popularity

This petition has 180 signatures in total, with signatories from 136 constituencies. That makes it the 14,984th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 29% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 18% (average).

Signatures by Constituency

• 4 - Epsom and Ewell
• 3 - Wokingham
• 3 - Portsmouth South
• 3 - Portsmouth North
• 3 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 3 - Cambridge
• 2 - Sevenoaks
• 2 - Tewkesbury
• 2 - Warrington North
• 2 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 2 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 2 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 2 - Feltham and Heston
• 2 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 2 - Gloucester
• 2 - Reading East
• 2 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 2 - Peterborough
• 2 - North Tyneside
• 2 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 2 - Northampton North
• 2 - Manchester, Gorton
• 2 - Bournemouth East
• 2 - Beaconsfield
• 2 - Beckenham
• 2 - Battersea
• 2 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 2 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 2 - Bridgend
• 2 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 2 - Bracknell
• 1 - Nottingham South
• 1 - Nottingham East
• 1 - North West Durham
• 1 - Witney
• 1 - Redcar
• 1 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 1 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 1 - Meriden
• 1 - Workington
• 1 - Monmouth
• 1 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 1 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 1 - New Forest East
• 1 - Wyre Forest
• 1 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 1 - Northampton South
• 1 - Winchester
• 1 - North Shropshire
• 1 - North Swindon
• 1 - Rugby
• 1 - Wimbledon
• 1 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 1 - Streatham
• 1 - Suffolk Coastal
• 1 - Sutton and Cheam
• 1 - Swansea East
• 1 - Tatton
• 1 - York Outer
• 1 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 1 - Totnes
• 1 - Tottenham
• 1 - Warley
• 1 - Stockport
• 1 - St Helens North
• 1 - St Austell and Newquay
• 1 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 1 - West Ham
• 1 - Telford
• 1 - West Dunbartonshire
• 1 - Shipley
• 1 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 1 - South Northamptonshire
• 1 - Stafford
• 1 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 1 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 1 - Wealden
• 1 - Aberavon
• 1 - Central Ayrshire
• 1 - Central Devon
• 1 - Chesham and Amersham
• 1 - Chipping Barnet
• 1 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 1 - Clacton
• 1 - Colchester
• 1 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 1 - Darlington
• 1 - Delyn
• 1 - Dudley North
• 1 - Dudley South
• 1 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 1 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 1 - Cardiff North
• 1 - Ashton-under-Lyne
• 1 - Bassetlaw
• 1 - Batley and Spen
• 1 - Belfast North
• 1 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 1 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 1 - Beverley and Holderness
• 1 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 1 - Blackburn
• 1 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 1 - Bootle
• 1 - Bristol South
• 1 - Dundee East
• 1 - Ealing North
• 1 - East Londonderry
• 1 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 1 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 1 - Leeds North West
• 1 - Leeds West
• 1 - Leicester South
• 1 - Lewes
• 1 - Brent Central
• 1 - Lichfield
• 1 - Lincoln
• 1 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 1 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 1 - Macclesfield
• 1 - Kensington
• 1 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 1 - Hove
• 1 - Edinburgh West
• 1 - Edmonton
• 1 - Enfield, Southgate
• 1 - Exeter
• 1 - Gedling
• 1 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 1 - Harrow West
• 1 - Havant
• 1 - Hazel Grove
• 1 - Heywood and Middleton
• 1 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 1 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 1 - Meon Valley

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

Signatures by Region

• 35 - London
• 35 - South East
• 20 - North West
• 13 - South West
• 12 - West Midlands
• 12 - East of England
• 11 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 11 - Wales
• 10 - East Midlands
• 7 - North East
• 6 - Scotland
• 2 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 175 - United Kingdom
• 4 - Pakistan
• 1 - Portugal