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Raise the legal age of consent for sex to 18 if the other partner is an adult

Submitted by Rebekah McNair on Friday 2nd December 2022

Published on Wednesday 7th December 2022

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 7th June 2023

Signatures: 209

Tagged with

17 year olds ~ Age of Consent ~ case ~ Change ~ Child ~ Grey ~ Juliet ~ Law ~ Partner ~ Raise ~ Reasonable ~ Romeo ~ Romeo and Juliet ~ Sleeping ~ Years ~ Young people

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 209 signatures in total, with signatories from 175 constituencies. That makes it the 13,961st most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 41% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of 4% (low).

Signatures by Constituency

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

Signatures by Region

Signatures by Country

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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