Close schools in Tier 4 areas

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Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 194,882 signatures in total, with signatories from all 650 constituencies. That makes it the 85th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 106% (high) and a Local Issue Rating of -6% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

• 1,730 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 1,632 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 1,600 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 1,579 - Rochester and Strood
• 1,551 - Ilford South
• 1,520 - North Thanet
• 1,515 - Dover
• 1,481 - Slough
• 1,450 - Barking
• 1,427 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 1,399 - East Ham
• 1,364 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 1,340 - Isle of Wight
• 1,339 - Waveney
• 1,295 - South Thanet
• 1,286 - Thurrock
• 1,278 - Wokingham
• 1,276 - Aylesbury
• 1,271 - Wycombe
• 1,253 - Hastings and Rye
• 1,217 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 1,185 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 1,175 - Great Yarmouth
• 1,160 - West Ham
• 1,156 - Canterbury
• 1,141 - Ilford North
• 1,117 - South Norfolk
• 1,115 - Dartford
• 1,112 - Gravesham
• 1,107 - Reading East
• 1,051 - Crawley
• 1,041 - Romford
• 1,024 - Hornchurch and Upminster
• 996 - Rochford and Southend East
• 983 - Ashford
• 981 - Luton North
• 978 - Reading West
• 965 - Peterborough
• 953 - Luton South
• 951 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 916 - Broadland
• 915 - Orpington
• 908 - North West Norfolk
• 898 - Chesham and Amersham
• 889 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 883 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 864 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 857 - Harrow West
• 851 - Milton Keynes South
• 846 - Eastbourne
• 839 - South Suffolk
• 814 - Norwich North
• 808 - East Surrey
• 799 - Buckingham
• 786 - Southend West
• 784 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 777 - South West Norfolk
• 776 - Bracknell
• 774 - Newbury
• 772 - Feltham and Heston
• 769 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 769 - Harwich and North Essex
• 763 - Clacton
• 761 - Bexhill and Battle
• 754 - Basingstoke
• 751 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 743 - Braintree
• 740 - Banbury
• 731 - Portsmouth North
• 728 - Spelthorne
• 728 - South West Bedfordshire
• 726 - Mid Norfolk
• 725 - North Norfolk
• 721 - Reigate
• 720 - Wealden
• 698 - Sutton and Cheam
• 687 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 685 - Colchester
• 679 - Ipswich
• 674 - Castle Point
• 674 - Chelmsford
• 670 - Suffolk Coastal
• 664 - Harrow East
• 661 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 661 - West Suffolk
• 660 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 658 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 645 - Havant
• 644 - Mid Sussex
• 642 - Stevenage
• 631 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 630 - Norwich South
• 627 - Lewes
• 625 - Windsor
• 623 - Croydon Central
• 608 - Milton Keynes North
• 607 - Witham
• 599 - Maidenhead
• 598 - Beaconsfield
• 598 - Basildon and Billericay
• 597 - North West Hampshire
• 594 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 588 - Eltham
• 586 - Horsham
• 577 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 574 - Brent North
• 567 - Hayes and Harlington
• 566 - Watford
• 566 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 566 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 561 - Brentwood and Ongar
• 558 - Woking
• 558 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 557 - North East Bedfordshire
• 550 - Croydon North
• 549 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 541 - Croydon South
• 538 - Mitcham and Morden
• 535 - Hendon
• 534 - Tunbridge Wells
• 532 - Huntingdon
• 527 - Broxbourne
• 526 - Sevenoaks
• 520 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 520 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 515 - Southampton, Itchen
• 515 - Hove
• 511 - Ealing North
• 510 - Maldon
• 510 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 508 - Bury St Edmunds
• 506 - Esher and Walton
• 504 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 502 - Walthamstow
• 501 - Portsmouth South
• 498 - Bedford
• 493 - Saffron Walden
• 486 - Chipping Barnet
• 484 - Wolverhampton North East
• 481 - Hertsmere
• 480 - Brent Central
• 479 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 463 - Surrey Heath
• 462 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 454 - Meon Valley
• 452 - Epsom and Ewell
• 450 - Harlow
• 450 - Aldershot
• 448 - Hemel Hempstead
• 448 - Lewisham East
• 441 - Edmonton
• 438 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 437 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 436 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 432 - Epping Forest
• 432 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 431 - Eastleigh
• 431 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 427 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 421 - Enfield North
• 421 - North East Hertfordshire
• 421 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 421 - Tottenham
• 421 - Southampton, Test
• 414 - Hertford and Stortford
• 413 - St Albans
• 402 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 402 - Walsall North
• 401 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 399 - Worthing West
• 394 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 393 - Fareham
• 392 - Enfield, Southgate
• 390 - Beckenham
• 390 - Carlisle
• 389 - Wantage
• 384 - South West Hertfordshire
• 375 - Ealing, Southall
• 374 - Wolverhampton South East
• 371 - West Bromwich West
• 364 - South Cambridgeshire
• 362 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 361 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 361 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 359 - North East Hampshire
• 357 - East Hampshire
• 356 - Workington
• 349 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 349 - Putney
• 345 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 344 - Henley
• 343 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 342 - Arundel and South Downs
• 341 - West Bromwich East
• 334 - Warley
• 331 - Tooting
• 330 - Taunton Deane
• 329 - Islington North
• 329 - Hornsey and Wood Green
• 326 - Lincoln
• 325 - Chichester
• 325 - Guildford
• 322 - Cambridge
• 321 - Wellingborough
• 320 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 320 - South West Surrey
• 319 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 315 - South Holland and The Deepings
• 314 - Wolverhampton South West
• 313 - Oxford East
• 312 - Gosport
• 311 - Boston and Skegness
• 309 - Mole Valley
• 309 - Grantham and Stamford
• 308 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 308 - Walsall South
• 305 - South Northamptonshire
• 303 - Yeovil
• 303 - Richmond Park
• 302 - Twickenham
• 302 - Streatham
• 297 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 296 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 295 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 289 - Hartlepool
• 285 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 284 - South Staffordshire
• 282 - Daventry
• 281 - Ashfield
• 281 - Vauxhall
• 280 - Easington
• 276 - Gloucester
• 274 - Stoke-on-Trent South
• 271 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 270 - Wimbledon
• 270 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 270 - Hammersmith
• 268 - New Forest East
• 267 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 265 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 261 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 261 - North West Durham
• 259 - Wells
• 259 - Forest of Dean
• 256 - Leicester East
• 254 - Islington South and Finsbury
• 253 - Louth and Horncastle
• 251 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 250 - Dudley North
• 250 - Harborough
• 250 - Dudley South
• 249 - North Durham
• 247 - Nuneaton
• 246 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 245 - Corby
• 245 - Cannock Chase
• 243 - Copeland
• 242 - Witney
• 242 - Birmingham, Northfield
• 241 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 240 - Penrith and The Border
• 238 - Leicester West
• 234 - Winchester
• 232 - Salford and Eccles
• 230 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 228 - Battersea
• 226 - Sedgefield
• 223 - Blackley and Broughton
• 222 - Warwick and Leamington
• 220 - North Swindon
• 217 - Derby South
• 216 - Coventry North East
• 216 - Rugby
• 214 - Solihull
• 214 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 212 - Leicester South
• 208 - Tamworth
• 208 - Loughborough
• 207 - Stroud
• 205 - Northampton North
• 205 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 203 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 202 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 201 - Charnwood
• 201 - South Swindon
• 201 - Stretford and Urmston
• 200 - Mansfield
• 199 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 194 - Kettering
• 193 - Blaydon
• 193 - Westminster North
• 192 - Bosworth
• 191 - Tewkesbury
• 189 - Bishop Auckland
• 187 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 187 - Bury North
• 186 - Stourbridge
• 185 - City of Durham
• 184 - Lichfield
• 183 - Coventry South
• 183 - Aberavon
• 183 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 182 - Bassetlaw
• 180 - Tynemouth
• 178 - Sutton Coldfield
• 178 - South Leicestershire
• 178 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 176 - Gainsborough
• 176 - Manchester Central
• 175 - Bournemouth East
• 174 - Stafford
• 173 - Chesterfield
• 173 - Rochdale
• 172 - Burton
• 171 - Coventry North West
• 170 - Nottingham North
• 170 - Stone
• 170 - Meriden
• 169 - Derby North
• 169 - Sherwood
• 169 - Blackburn
• 168 - Congleton
• 168 - Northampton South
• 168 - Poole
• 167 - South Derbyshire
• 166 - Somerton and Frome
• 164 - Bolsover
• 163 - Oldham West and Royton
• 163 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 162 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 162 - Cheltenham
• 162 - Sunderland Central
• 162 - Manchester, Gorton
• 161 - Stockton South
• 161 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 160 - Manchester, Withington
• 158 - Stockton North
• 157 - Darlington
• 155 - Gedling
• 155 - Rushcliffe
• 153 - Heywood and Middleton
• 152 - North West Leicestershire
• 149 - Bolton North East
• 149 - Wansbeck
• 147 - Bournemouth West
• 147 - Rutland and Melton
• 146 - Bolton South East
• 144 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 143 - Chorley
• 143 - Warrington South
• 143 - Middlesbrough
• 141 - Gateshead
• 141 - New Forest West
• 140 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 140 - Amber Valley
• 138 - Erewash
• 138 - Mid Derbyshire
• 138 - North Tyneside
• 138 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 138 - The Cotswolds
• 135 - Jarrow
• 135 - Cheadle
• 134 - Bolton West
• 133 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 132 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 132 - Neath
• 131 - Bury South
• 131 - Leigh
• 130 - Eddisbury
• 128 - North East Derbyshire
• 128 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 126 - North Warwickshire
• 126 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 126 - South Shields
• 124 - Burnley
• 124 - Kensington
• 123 - Nottingham East
• 122 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 122 - Newark
• 121 - Warrington North
• 121 - Wigan
• 120 - Denton and Reddish
• 119 - Nottingham South
• 118 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 118 - Pendle
• 117 - West Lancashire
• 116 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 115 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 112 - Hexham
• 112 - Weaver Vale
• 111 - Stockport
• 111 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 110 - Ribble Valley
• 110 - Broxtowe
• 109 - Ashton-under-Lyne
• 109 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 109 - Macclesfield
• 106 - Christchurch
• 105 - Hazel Grove
• 104 - Redcar
• 103 - Fylde
• 103 - Preston
• 101 - Tatton
• 100 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 98 - South Ribble
• 98 - City of Chester
• 97 - Hyndburn
• 96 - Wyre and Preston North
• 94 - Makerfield
• 89 - Blackpool South
• 88 - Blyth Valley
• 85 - Bromsgrove
• 85 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 84 - High Peak
• 82 - Barrow and Furness
• 81 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 77 - Devizes
• 76 - Derbyshire Dales
• 75 - Ogmore
• 71 - Bridgend
• 69 - Swansea East
• 68 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 67 - Llanelli
• 67 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 66 - West Dorset
• 65 - Weston-super-Mare
• 65 - Bristol West
• 64 - Bristol North West
• 63 - Gower
• 62 - Salisbury
• 62 - Bristol East
• 62 - Cardiff North
• 61 - Cardiff West
• 60 - Telford
• 60 - Mid Worcestershire
• 60 - North Dorset
• 60 - Bristol South
• 59 - Bradford East
• 59 - Ceredigion
• 59 - Sheffield Central
• 58 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 58 - South Dorset
• 58 - Redditch
• 57 - Cardiff Central
• 57 - York Central
• 56 - Leeds North East
• 56 - Alyn and Deeside
• 56 - Swansea West
• 56 - The Wrekin
• 55 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 55 - Rotherham
• 55 - Bradford West
• 55 - Newport West
• 54 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 54 - Calder Valley
• 53 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 53 - Doncaster Central
• 53 - Leeds Central
• 52 - East Devon
• 52 - Pontypridd
• 52 - Montgomeryshire
• 52 - Halton
• 52 - Torfaen
• 51 - North Wiltshire
• 51 - Torbay
• 50 - Delyn
• 50 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 49 - Newport East
• 49 - Monmouth
• 49 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 49 - North East Somerset
• 49 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 49 - Exeter
• 48 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 48 - Worcester
• 47 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 47 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 47 - Wyre Forest
• 47 - Rhondda
• 46 - North Cornwall
• 46 - Torridge and West Devon
• 46 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 46 - South West Wiltshire
• 46 - North Somerset
• 46 - West Worcestershire
• 46 - Doncaster North
• 46 - Chippenham
• 45 - Colne Valley
• 45 - Dewsbury
• 45 - Bath
• 45 - Halifax
• 45 - Southport
• 45 - Batley and Spen
• 44 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 44 - Blaenau Gwent
• 44 - Leeds East
• 44 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 44 - Camborne and Redruth
• 42 - St Austell and Newquay
• 42 - Ludlow
• 42 - Wakefield
• 42 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 42 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 41 - Pudsey
• 41 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 40 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 40 - Bootle
• 40 - Caerphilly
• 39 - Truro and Falmouth
• 39 - Hemsworth
• 39 - Thornbury and Yate
• 39 - South East Cornwall
• 39 - Leeds North West
• 39 - Wallasey
• 38 - St Helens North
• 38 - South West Devon
• 37 - Kingswood
• 37 - Totnes
• 37 - Wrexham
• 37 - Shipley
• 36 - Huddersfield
• 36 - Don Valley
• 36 - Cleethorpes
• 36 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 36 - Keighley
• 35 - Bradford South
• 35 - Scunthorpe
• 35 - Selby and Ainsty
• 35 - Rother Valley
• 35 - Knowsley
• 35 - Skipton and Ripon
• 34 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 33 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 33 - North Devon
• 32 - Vale of Clwyd
• 32 - East Yorkshire
• 32 - York Outer
• 32 - Morley and Outwood
• 32 - Beverley and Holderness
• 32 - Leeds West
• 32 - Newton Abbot
• 32 - Cynon Valley
• 31 - Central Devon
• 31 - Liverpool, West Derby
• 30 - North Herefordshire
• 30 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 30 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 30 - Edinburgh East
• 29 - Barnsley East
• 29 - Garston and Halewood
• 29 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 28 - North Shropshire
• 28 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 28 - Sheffield South East
• 28 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 27 - Clwyd West
• 27 - Sefton Central
• 27 - Thirsk and Malton
• 27 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 27 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 27 - Livingston
• 26 - Glasgow North West
• 26 - St Ives
• 26 - Aberconwy
• 25 - Clwyd South
• 25 - Wirral South
• 25 - Edinburgh South West
• 24 - Birkenhead
• 24 - Barnsley Central
• 23 - Brigg and Goole
• 22 - Glasgow South
• 22 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 21 - Liverpool, Walton
• 21 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 21 - Glasgow South West
• 21 - Great Grimsby
• 21 - Edinburgh South
• 21 - Islwyn
• 20 - Arfon
• 20 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 19 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 19 - Aberdeen North
• 19 - Ynys Môn
• 19 - Wirral West
• 19 - Glasgow Central
• 18 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 17 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 17 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 17 - Glasgow North
• 17 - East Renfrewshire
• 17 - Gordon
• 16 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 16 - Argyll and Bute
• 16 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 15 - Stirling
• 15 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 15 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 15 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 15 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 15 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 15 - Belfast North
• 15 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 14 - Central Ayrshire
• 14 - Glasgow North East
• 14 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 14 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 14 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 14 - Edinburgh West
• 13 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 13 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 13 - Belfast South
• 13 - Belfast East
• 13 - West Dunbartonshire
• 13 - Aberdeen South
• 12 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 12 - North Down
• 12 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 12 - East Lothian
• 11 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 11 - South Antrim
• 11 - East Dunbartonshire
• 11 - Glasgow East
• 11 - Dundee West
• 11 - Lagan Valley
• 11 - Strangford
• 11 - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
• 10 - North East Fife
• 10 - Dundee East
• 10 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 10 - South Down
• 10 - Newry and Armagh
• 9 - Upper Bann
• 9 - Foyle
• 9 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 9 - East Londonderry
• 9 - Moray
• 9 - Inverclyde
• 9 - Falkirk
• 8 - Angus
• 8 - Banff and Buchan
• 8 - Glenrothes
• 7 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 7 - North Antrim
• 7 - West Tyrone
• 6 - Belfast West
• 6 - Mid Ulster
• 6 - Midlothian
• 5 - Na h-Eileanan an Iar
• 4 - East Antrim
• 3 - Orkney and Shetland

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

Signatures by Region

• 60,542 - South East
• 41,510 - London
• 39,779 - East of England
• 12,215 - West Midlands
• 9,341 - North West
• 9,121 - East Midlands
• 5,572 - South West
• 4,774 - North East
• 2,167 - Wales
• 2,105 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 905 - Scotland
• 172 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 194,676 - United Kingdom
• 23 - Australia
• 23 - United States
• 15 - Spain
• 12 - France
• 12 - India
• 10 - New Zealand
• 9 - Ireland
• 7 - Tuvalu
• 7 - Netherlands
• 7 - United Arab Emirates
• 6 - Thailand
• 5 - Germany
• 5 - Jersey
• 5 - Canada
• 4 - Portugal
• 4 - Switzerland
• 3 - Italy
• 3 - Hong Kong
• 3 - Belgium
• 3 - Uzbekistan
• 2 - Kenya
• 2 - Ecuador
• 2 - Finland
• 2 - Isle of Man
• 2 - Indonesia
• 2 - Uruguay
• 2 - Guernsey
• 1 - Qatar
• 1 - Vietnam
• 1 - British Virgin Islands
• 1 - Romania
• 1 - Singapore
• 1 - Togo
• 1 - Ukraine
• 1 - Turkey
• 1 - Tunisia
• 1 - Uganda
• 1 - Pakistan
• 1 - British Antarctic Territory
• 1 - Bulgaria
• 1 - Bahrain
• 1 - Brazil
• 1 - Cyprus
• 1 - Dominica
• 1 - Gibraltar
• 1 - Greece
• 1 - British Indian Ocean Territory
• 1 - Lesotho
• 1 - Libya
• 1 - Martinique
• 1 - Malaysia
• 1 - American Samoa