Increase statutory maternity pay in line with cost of living crisis

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• Statistics

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 38,606 signatures in total, with signatories from all 650 constituencies. That makes it the 636th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 98% (high) and a Local Issue Rating of 2% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

• 270 - Wantage
• 182 - Bristol South
• 144 - Walthamstow
• 143 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 140 - South Northamptonshire
• 135 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 134 - Horsham
• 133 - Bristol East
• 130 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 130 - St Austell and Newquay
• 129 - Witney
• 126 - Warrington South
• 125 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 121 - Basingstoke
• 120 - Midlothian
• 118 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 117 - Eastleigh
• 116 - Banbury
• 115 - Salford and Eccles
• 115 - Bristol West
• 114 - East Lothian
• 113 - Edinburgh East
• 112 - Cheltenham
• 112 - Dartford
• 112 - North East Bedfordshire
• 111 - Wokingham
• 110 - Edinburgh South
• 109 - Stretford and Urmston
• 109 - North West Hampshire
• 108 - Mid Sussex
• 108 - Reigate
• 107 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 107 - Tooting
• 106 - Bristol North West
• 106 - Edinburgh West
• 106 - Hertford and Stortford
• 105 - Tynemouth
• 104 - Streatham
• 104 - Daventry
• 103 - Croydon North
• 103 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 103 - Manchester, Withington
• 103 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 102 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 101 - Weston-super-Mare
• 101 - Tewkesbury
• 101 - Garston and Halewood
• 101 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 101 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 100 - Taunton Deane
• 100 - Edinburgh South West
• 100 - South West Bedfordshire
• 99 - Saffron Walden
• 99 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 99 - Rugby
• 98 - Esher and Walton
• 98 - Wimbledon
• 98 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 97 - Chorley
• 97 - Rochester and Strood
• 97 - Putney
• 97 - Colchester
• 97 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 96 - Aylesbury
• 95 - Epsom and Ewell
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• 95 - East Surrey
• 94 - Croydon South
• 94 - Pudsey
• 94 - Hastings and Rye
• 94 - Aldershot
• 94 - Thornbury and Yate
• 94 - Dulwich and West Norwood
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• 93 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
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• 91 - Leeds North East
• 91 - Morley and Outwood
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• 90 - North East Somerset
• 90 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 90 - North East Hampshire
• 90 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 89 - Fareham
• 89 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 89 - Islington North
• 88 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 88 - Tottenham
• 88 - Stroud
• 88 - North Wiltshire
• 87 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 87 - Leigh
• 87 - Huntingdon
• 86 - Faversham and Mid Kent
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• 84 - Bethnal Green and Bow
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• 84 - Rossendale and Darwen
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• 71 - Elmet and Rothwell
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• 69 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
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• 69 - Somerton and Frome
• 69 - Lichfield
• 68 - Wealden
• 68 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
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• 66 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 66 - Poplar and Limehouse
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• 55 - Stone
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• 54 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
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• 54 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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• 54 - Makerfield
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• 54 - Cambridge
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• 54 - Torbay
• 54 - Heywood and Middleton
• 53 - City of Durham
• 53 - Belfast East
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• 45 - Kingston upon Hull North
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• 44 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
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• 37 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 37 - Neath
• 37 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 37 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 37 - Wells
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• 37 - Copeland
• 37 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
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• 30 - Walsall North
• 30 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 30 - Christchurch
• 29 - Huddersfield
• 29 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 29 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 29 - Jarrow
• 29 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 29 - New Forest West
• 29 - Mid Ulster
• 29 - Rotherham
• 29 - East Londonderry
• 29 - Feltham and Heston
• 29 - Pendle
• 29 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 29 - Clacton
• 28 - Vale of Clwyd
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• 28 - St Ives
• 28 - Hexham
• 28 - Pontypridd
• 28 - Llanelli
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• 28 - Cynon Valley
• 28 - Clwyd South
• 28 - Oldham West and Royton
• 27 - Harrow East
• 26 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 26 - Wrexham
• 26 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 26 - Glasgow North East
• 25 - Bolton South East
• 25 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 25 - Bradford South
• 25 - Bradford West
• 25 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 25 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 25 - Easington
• 24 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 24 - Birmingham, Ladywood
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• 19 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 19 - West Bromwich East
• 18 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 17 - Ceredigion
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• 16 - Rhondda
• 14 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 14 - Orkney and Shetland
• 11 - Ynys Môn
• 5 - Na h-Eileanan an Iar

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

Signatures by Region

• 6,314 - South East
• 4,891 - London
• 4,762 - North West
• 3,785 - South West
• 3,683 - East of England
• 3,103 - Scotland
• 2,933 - West Midlands
• 2,858 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 2,781 - East Midlands
• 1,313 - Wales
• 1,277 - North East
• 647 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 38,571 - United Kingdom
• 4 - Spain
• 4 - United States
• 3 - Italy
• 2 - United Arab Emirates
• 2 - Singapore
• 2 - Switzerland
• 2 - Canada
• 2 - Australia
• 2 - Isle of Man
• 1 - Sweden
• 1 - New Zealand
• 1 - Luxembourg
• 1 - Japan
• 1 - Ireland
• 1 - Hong Kong
• 1 - Gibraltar
• 1 - Finland
• 1 - Egypt
• 1 - Germany
• 1 - Belgium
• 1 - South Africa