Give parents the right to opt their child out of Relationship and Sex Education

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Popularity

This petition has 118,050 signatures in total, with signatories from all 650 constituencies. That makes it the 225th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 31% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of 69% (very high).

Signatures by Constituency

• 2,733 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 2,601 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 2,513 - Blackley and Broughton
• 2,394 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 2,062 - Bradford West
• 1,866 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 1,658 - Bradford East
• 1,576 - Blackburn
• 1,539 - Ilford South
• 1,530 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 1,450 - East Ham
• 1,367 - Leicester South
• 1,331 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 1,300 - Hendon
• 1,284 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 1,223 - Slough
• 1,220 - West Ham
• 1,205 - Manchester, Gorton
• 1,197 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 1,140 - Brent Central
• 1,119 - Leicester East
• 1,106 - Brent North
• 1,084 - Gateshead
• 979 - Luton North
• 957 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 929 - Bury South
• 875 - Barking
• 834 - Tottenham
• 824 - Batley and Spen
• 811 - Walsall South
• 808 - Luton South
• 798 - Bolton South East
• 784 - Walthamstow
• 776 - Westminster North
• 775 - Croydon North
• 767 - Dewsbury
• 758 - Derby South
• 725 - Ealing North
• 724 - Rochdale
• 720 - Manchester Central
• 717 - Harrow West
• 710 - Oldham West and Royton
• 706 - Harrow East
• 675 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 653 - Ilford North
• 633 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 631 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 626 - Bradford South
• 619 - Wycombe
• 594 - Feltham and Heston
• 590 - Hayes and Harlington
• 586 - Pendle
• 576 - Preston
• 561 - Warley
• 552 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 534 - Bolton North East
• 531 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 519 - Peterborough
• 514 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 503 - Watford
• 492 - Sheffield Central
• 488 - Manchester, Withington
• 479 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 477 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 460 - Leeds Central
• 452 - Halifax
• 442 - Stretford and Urmston
• 440 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 432 - Ealing, Southall
• 431 - Nottingham South
• 429 - Hammersmith
• 423 - Coventry North East
• 423 - Nottingham East
• 423 - Edmonton
• 416 - Huddersfield
• 405 - Leeds North East
• 395 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 394 - Mitcham and Morden
• 391 - Solihull
• 390 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 387 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 383 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 375 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 366 - Croydon Central
• 357 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 357 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 352 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 351 - Bristol West
• 350 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 348 - Burnley
• 347 - Reading East
• 341 - Keighley
• 340 - Croydon South
• 339 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 338 - Glasgow Central
• 337 - Kensington
• 335 - Vauxhall
• 331 - Tooting
• 326 - Crawley
• 325 - Sheffield South East
• 320 - Streatham
• 319 - Woking
• 312 - Milton Keynes South
• 310 - Islington North
• 306 - Hyndburn
• 303 - Leicester West
• 302 - Milton Keynes North
• 289 - Leeds East
• 289 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 286 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 285 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 284 - Bedford
• 281 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 278 - Wolverhampton South West
• 278 - Aylesbury
• 277 - Cheadle
• 276 - Reading West
• 273 - Cardiff Central
• 267 - Oxford East
• 262 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 260 - Bury North
• 256 - Battersea
• 256 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 248 - Burton
• 246 - West Bromwich East
• 245 - Chipping Barnet
• 245 - Colne Valley
• 244 - Harborough
• 242 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 242 - Thurrock
• 240 - Islington South and Finsbury
• 240 - Enfield North
• 239 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 236 - Sutton and Cheam
• 236 - Rotherham
• 229 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 221 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 219 - Ashton-under-Lyne
• 212 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 209 - Bristol East
• 207 - Enfield, Southgate
• 202 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 202 - Heywood and Middleton
• 202 - Derby North
• 200 - Northampton South
• 197 - Maidenhead
• 196 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 196 - Nottingham North
• 195 - Putney
• 194 - Hornsey and Wood Green
• 191 - Coventry South
• 191 - Bolton West
• 190 - Romford
• 187 - Lewisham East
• 181 - Wimbledon
• 177 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 177 - Salford and Eccles
• 174 - Cardiff West
• 173 - Middlesbrough
• 170 - Sutton Coldfield
• 168 - Wokingham
• 167 - Wyre and Preston North
• 164 - Leeds West
• 163 - Dudley North
• 163 - West Bromwich West
• 163 - Wakefield
• 162 - Coventry North West
• 161 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 159 - East Renfrewshire
• 159 - Richmond Park
• 157 - Shipley
• 152 - Swansea West
• 152 - South Swindon
• 151 - Glasgow South
• 151 - Southampton, Test
• 151 - Leeds North West
• 150 - Hemel Hempstead
• 150 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 149 - Glasgow South West
• 145 - Bristol North West
• 144 - Cardiff North
• 142 - Stockport
• 142 - Walsall North
• 141 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 140 - Stoke-on-Trent South
• 140 - Nuneaton
• 139 - St Albans
• 134 - Epsom and Ewell
• 134 - Eltham
• 133 - Gloucester
• 130 - Dartford
• 129 - Northampton North
• 129 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 126 - Hertsmere
• 125 - Loughborough
• 125 - Pudsey
• 124 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 123 - Hornchurch and Upminster
• 123 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 117 - Birmingham, Northfield
• 117 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 114 - Chesham and Amersham
• 114 - Twickenham
• 111 - Windsor
• 111 - South West Hertfordshire
• 108 - Newport West
• 107 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 107 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 106 - Newport East
• 106 - Bournemouth East
• 106 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 106 - Cambridge
• 106 - North Swindon
• 103 - Meriden
• 101 - Beaconsfield
• 100 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 98 - Redditch
• 97 - Epping Forest
• 97 - Wolverhampton North East
• 96 - Stourbridge
• 95 - Glasgow North
• 95 - Spelthorne
• 94 - Glasgow North East
• 94 - Dudley South
• 92 - Orpington
• 92 - Portsmouth South
• 92 - Bristol South
• 90 - South Cambridgeshire
• 90 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 89 - Worcester
• 89 - Edinburgh South West
• 89 - Beckenham
• 89 - Ipswich
• 89 - Banbury
• 89 - Stockton South
• 89 - Norwich South
• 88 - Bournemouth West
• 86 - Warrington South
• 85 - The Wrekin
• 85 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 84 - Broxtowe
• 84 - Doncaster Central
• 84 - South West Bedfordshire
• 83 - Reigate
• 83 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 82 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 82 - Darlington
• 82 - Denton and Reddish
• 81 - Edinburgh East
• 81 - Aberdeen North
• 80 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 80 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 80 - Wolverhampton South East
• 79 - Rushcliffe
• 79 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 79 - Rochford and Southend East
• 79 - Glasgow North West
• 78 - Aberdeen South
• 76 - Hove
• 75 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 74 - Broxbourne
• 74 - Southend West
• 74 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 74 - Basildon and Billericay
• 73 - Gedling
• 73 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 73 - Gravesham
• 73 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 73 - Cheltenham
• 72 - Stafford
• 71 - Edinburgh West
• 70 - Chorley
• 70 - Portsmouth North
• 70 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 70 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 70 - Southampton, Itchen
• 69 - East Surrey
• 68 - Bracknell
• 68 - Dundee West
• 67 - Huntingdon
• 67 - Basingstoke
• 66 - Mid Sussex
• 65 - Liverpool, West Derby
• 65 - Exeter
• 65 - Sevenoaks
• 65 - Chelmsford
• 64 - Aldershot
• 63 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 63 - Colchester
• 63 - Harlow
• 63 - Charnwood
• 63 - Esher and Walton
• 62 - Rochester and Strood
• 62 - Brentwood and Ongar
• 62 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 62 - North East Bedfordshire
• 61 - Surrey Heath
• 60 - Stevenage
• 59 - Rugby
• 59 - Garston and Halewood
• 59 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 59 - Edinburgh South
• 59 - Morley and Outwood
• 58 - South Northamptonshire
• 58 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 58 - Gordon
• 57 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 57 - City of Chester
• 57 - Sunderland Central
• 57 - Wealden
• 56 - Buckingham
• 56 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 54 - Lincoln
• 54 - Ashford
• 54 - York Central
• 54 - Scunthorpe
• 53 - Great Grimsby
• 53 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 53 - Wellingborough
• 52 - Bosworth
• 52 - Tatton
• 52 - Castle Point
• 52 - Warwick and Leamington
• 51 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 51 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 51 - Horsham
• 50 - Swansea East
• 50 - Kettering
• 50 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 50 - South Shields
• 50 - South Leicestershire
• 49 - Rother Valley
• 49 - Rutland and Melton
• 49 - Guildford
• 48 - Canterbury
• 48 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 47 - Stockton North
• 47 - Kingswood
• 47 - Liverpool, Walton
• 46 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 46 - East Dunbartonshire
• 46 - Livingston
• 46 - South Norfolk
• 45 - Telford
• 45 - Ribble Valley
• 45 - City of Durham
• 44 - Dundee East
• 44 - Eastbourne
• 44 - Fareham
• 43 - Corby
• 42 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 42 - Warrington North
• 42 - Worthing West
• 42 - Calder Valley
• 41 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 41 - Yeovil
• 41 - Glasgow East
• 40 - Norwich North
• 40 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 40 - North East Hertfordshire
• 39 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 39 - Wantage
• 39 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 38 - Wigan
• 38 - Lagan Valley
• 38 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 38 - Bromsgrove
• 37 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 37 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 37 - Hemsworth
• 37 - Hertford and Stortford
• 37 - South Derbyshire
• 37 - Mole Valley
• 37 - Tunbridge Wells
• 37 - Tewkesbury
• 37 - Dover
• 36 - Doncaster North
• 36 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 36 - Winchester
• 36 - Bath
• 36 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 36 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 36 - Boston and Skegness
• 36 - Leigh
• 35 - Henley
• 35 - Falkirk
• 35 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 35 - Newbury
• 35 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 34 - Gosport
• 34 - East Hampshire
• 34 - Truro and Falmouth
• 33 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 33 - North West Hampshire
• 33 - Thornbury and Yate
• 33 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 33 - Penrith and The Border
• 33 - Hazel Grove
• 33 - Skipton and Ripon
• 33 - Birkenhead
• 33 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 32 - North Wiltshire
• 32 - North Devon
• 32 - Mansfield
• 32 - Pontypridd
• 32 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 32 - Congleton
• 32 - South Ribble
• 31 - Midlothian
• 31 - North West Norfolk
• 31 - Saffron Walden
• 31 - Wyre Forest
• 31 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 31 - Bassetlaw
• 31 - Weston-super-Mare
• 31 - South West Devon
• 31 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 31 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 31 - North Tyneside
• 31 - Na h-Eileanan an Iar
• 30 - Louth and Horncastle
• 30 - Central Devon
• 30 - South Thanet
• 30 - Harwich and North Essex
• 30 - Bexhill and Battle
• 30 - South Holland and The Deepings
• 30 - St Austell and Newquay
• 30 - Cleethorpes
• 30 - West Lancashire
• 30 - Isle of Wight
• 29 - Belfast South
• 29 - Chichester
• 29 - Poole
• 29 - The Cotswolds
• 29 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 29 - Barnsley Central
• 29 - Blackpool South
• 29 - Taunton Deane
• 29 - Amber Valley
• 29 - Chippenham
• 28 - West Dorset
• 28 - East Devon
• 28 - Carlisle
• 28 - North Thanet
• 28 - St Ives
• 28 - South West Wiltshire
• 28 - Devizes
• 28 - Mid Derbyshire
• 28 - Torbay
• 28 - South Staffordshire
• 28 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 27 - Witham
• 27 - Newark
• 27 - Strangford
• 27 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 27 - Hastings and Rye
• 27 - South West Norfolk
• 27 - Halton
• 27 - Braintree
• 27 - North Shropshire
• 26 - Bury St Edmunds
• 26 - Bridgend
• 26 - Christchurch
• 26 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 26 - Grantham and Stamford
• 26 - York Outer
• 26 - Knowsley
• 26 - Eastleigh
• 26 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 26 - Makerfield
• 25 - North Antrim
• 25 - Vale of Clwyd
• 25 - Clacton
• 25 - Weaver Vale
• 25 - Salisbury
• 25 - Chesterfield
• 25 - Tynemouth
• 25 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 25 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 25 - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
• 25 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 25 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 25 - North Warwickshire
• 25 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 25 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 24 - Totnes
• 24 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 24 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 24 - Meon Valley
• 24 - Waveney
• 24 - Wirral West
• 24 - Witney
• 24 - Lewes
• 23 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 23 - Ashfield
• 23 - Belfast East
• 23 - Havant
• 23 - Don Valley
• 23 - Sherwood
• 23 - Stirling
• 23 - New Forest East
• 23 - Gower
• 22 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 22 - Aberavon
• 22 - West Suffolk
• 22 - Beverley and Holderness
• 22 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 22 - Lichfield
• 22 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 22 - North Cornwall
• 22 - Mid Worcestershire
• 22 - New Forest West
• 22 - Sedgefield
• 22 - Broadland
• 21 - High Peak
• 21 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 21 - Torfaen
• 21 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 21 - South West Surrey
• 21 - Belfast West
• 21 - North East Hampshire
• 21 - Somerton and Frome
• 21 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 21 - North Somerset
• 21 - Monmouth
• 21 - Wallasey
• 21 - Macclesfield
• 21 - Southport
• 21 - Ludlow
• 21 - Camborne and Redruth
• 20 - Arfon
• 20 - Gainsborough
• 20 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 20 - Wells
• 20 - Caerphilly
• 20 - Daventry
• 20 - East Lothian
• 20 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 20 - Thirsk and Malton
• 20 - East Yorkshire
• 20 - Hartlepool
• 20 - Maldon
• 19 - Jarrow
• 19 - East Londonderry
• 19 - Neath
• 19 - North Down
• 19 - Bolsover
• 19 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 19 - West Worcestershire
• 19 - Fylde
• 19 - Alyn and Deeside
• 18 - Clwyd West
• 18 - Copeland
• 18 - Torridge and West Devon
• 18 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 18 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 18 - St Helens North
• 18 - Suffolk Coastal
• 18 - Derbyshire Dales
• 18 - Wrexham
• 18 - Arundel and South Downs
• 18 - North West Leicestershire
• 18 - Bishop Auckland
• 18 - Erewash
• 18 - North East Somerset
• 18 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 18 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 17 - South East Cornwall
• 17 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 17 - North East Fife
• 17 - Stone
• 17 - Great Yarmouth
• 17 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 17 - Inverclyde
• 16 - East Antrim
• 16 - Tamworth
• 16 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 16 - North West Durham
• 15 - North Herefordshire
• 15 - Eddisbury
• 15 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 15 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 15 - Banff and Buchan
• 15 - North Norfolk
• 15 - Forest of Dean
• 15 - Ogmore
• 15 - Barrow and Furness
• 15 - Barnsley East
• 15 - Argyll and Bute
• 15 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 15 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 15 - Aberconwy
• 15 - Wansbeck
• 15 - Upper Bann
• 15 - Mid Norfolk
• 14 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 14 - Wirral South
• 14 - North Dorset
• 14 - South Suffolk
• 14 - Belfast North
• 14 - Rhondda
• 14 - Workington
• 14 - North East Derbyshire
• 13 - Orkney and Shetland
• 13 - Newton Abbot
• 13 - Blaydon
• 13 - Easington
• 13 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 13 - Cynon Valley
• 13 - Hexham
• 13 - South Dorset
• 13 - Islwyn
• 13 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 12 - South Down
• 12 - Moray
• 12 - Sefton Central
• 12 - Stroud
• 12 - Ceredigion
• 12 - West Dunbartonshire
• 12 - North Durham
• 12 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 12 - Montgomeryshire
• 12 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 11 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 11 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 11 - Llanelli
• 11 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 11 - Clwyd South
• 11 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 10 - Brigg and Goole
• 10 - Cannock Chase
• 10 - Delyn
• 10 - Selby and Ainsty
• 10 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 10 - South Antrim
• 9 - West Tyrone
• 9 - Blyth Valley
• 8 - Newry and Armagh
• 8 - Central Ayrshire
• 8 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 8 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 8 - Glenrothes
• 7 - Blaenau Gwent
• 7 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 7 - Angus
• 7 - Bootle
• 6 - Foyle
• 6 - Ynys Môn
• 4 - Redcar
• 3 - Mid Ulster

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

Signatures by Region

• 37,516 - London
• 17,324 - North West
• 16,867 - West Midlands
• 12,350 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 8,531 - South East
• 6,748 - East Midlands
• 6,352 - East of England
• 2,807 - South West
• 2,762 - Scotland
• 2,446 - North East
• 1,911 - Wales
• 305 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 117,400 - United Kingdom
• 174 - Israel
• 64 - United States
• 32 - Gibraltar
• 31 - United Arab Emirates
• 30 - Switzerland
• 17 - Canada
• 16 - Germany
• 15 - France
• 14 - Belgium
• 13 - Australia
• 13 - Saudi Arabia
• 13 - Ireland
• 12 - Spain
• 12 - Netherlands
• 10 - India
• 9 - Tuvalu
• 7 - South Africa
• 7 - Libya
• 7 - Italy
• 7 - Pakistan
• 7 - Qatar
• 7 - Syria
• 6 - Somalia
• 6 - Iraq
• 6 - Nigeria
• 5 - Austria
• 5 - Denmark
• 5 - Sweden
• 4 - Malawi
• 4 - Hong Kong
• 4 - Cyprus
• 4 - Thailand
• 3 - Malaysia
• 3 - Indonesia
• 3 - Norway
• 3 - Poland
• 3 - Vanuatu
• 3 - Vatican City
• 3 - Malta
• 2 - Sudan
• 2 - New Zealand
• 2 - Uruguay
• 2 - Vietnam
• 2 - Turkey
• 2 - Singapore
• 2 - Jersey
• 2 - Iran
• 2 - Guernsey
• 2 - Kuwait
• 2 - Greece
• 2 - Finland
• 2 - Tanzania
• 2 - Egypt
• 2 - British Antarctic Territory
• 1 - Turkmenistan
• 1 - Tunisia
• 1 - Czechia
• 1 - Costa Rica
• 1 - Morocco
• 1 - Uganda
• 1 - Yemen
• 1 - Wallis and Futuna
• 1 - Barbados
• 1 - Bangladesh
• 1 - British Virgin Islands
• 1 - Venezuela
• 1 - Bahrain
• 1 - Burundi
• 1 - Benin
• 1 - Algeria
• 1 - Togo
• 1 - Myanmar (Burma)
• 1 - Mexico
• 1 - Sri Lanka
• 1 - Lebanon
• 1 - Cayman Islands
• 1 - South Korea
• 1 - Oman
• 1 - Philippines
• 1 - Japan
• 1 - Portugal
• 1 - Romania
• 1 - Isle of Man
• 1 - Seychelles
• 1 - Hungary
• 1 - Russia
• 1 - Montserrat