Amend the British Museum Act to allow the acceptance of repatriation requests

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Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 4,471 signatures in total, with signatories from 514 constituencies. That makes it the 3,625th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 86% (average) and a Local Issue Rating of -9% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

• 161 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 87 - Westminster North
• 62 - Kensington
• 60 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 59 - Brent Central
• 55 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 52 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 47 - Ealing North
• 43 - Battersea
• 43 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 41 - Hammersmith
• 36 - Vauxhall
• 35 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 33 - Hendon
• 29 - Putney
• 29 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 28 - Brent North
• 28 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 27 - Hayes and Harlington
• 27 - Manchester Central
• 26 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 25 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 25 - Richmond Park
• 25 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 24 - Slough
• 23 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 22 - West Ham
• 21 - Sheffield Central
• 21 - Leeds Central
• 20 - Solihull
• 20 - Islington South and Finsbury
• 19 - Nottingham South
• 19 - Surrey Heath
• 18 - Chipping Barnet
• 18 - Twickenham
• 17 - Hove
• 17 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 17 - Feltham and Heston
• 16 - Wimbledon
• 16 - Harrow West
• 15 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 15 - Croydon Central
• 15 - Islington North
• 15 - Bristol West
• 15 - Windsor
• 15 - Stockton North
• 15 - Ealing, Southall
• 15 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 14 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 14 - St Albans
• 14 - Cambridge
• 14 - Coventry South
• 14 - Dartford
• 14 - Manchester, Withington
• 14 - Aberdeen South
• 14 - Manchester, Gorton
• 14 - Milton Keynes South
• 14 - Croydon South
• 14 - Barking
• 13 - Tottenham
• 13 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 13 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 13 - Sutton Coldfield
• 13 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 13 - Harrow East
• 13 - Stevenage
• 13 - Wokingham
• 13 - Mitcham and Morden
• 13 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 13 - Salford and Eccles
• 12 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 12 - Stirling
• 12 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 12 - Oxford East
• 12 - Luton South
• 12 - Portsmouth South
• 12 - Reading East
• 12 - South Cambridgeshire
• 11 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 11 - Bath
• 11 - Epsom and Ewell
• 11 - Harborough
• 11 - Ilford South
• 11 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 11 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 11 - Beaconsfield
• 10 - Tooting
• 10 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 10 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 10 - Croydon North
• 10 - Streatham
• 10 - Woking
• 10 - Gordon
• 10 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 10 - Bedford
• 10 - Aberdeen North
• 9 - Stretford and Urmston
• 9 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 9 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 9 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 9 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 9 - South West Hertfordshire
• 9 - Enfield, Southgate
• 9 - Wyre and Preston North
• 9 - Luton North
• 9 - Loughborough
• 9 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 8 - Birkenhead
• 8 - Sutton and Cheam
• 8 - Leicester South
• 8 - Rochester and Strood
• 8 - Edmonton
• 8 - Cardiff Central
• 8 - York Central
• 8 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 8 - Milton Keynes North
• 8 - Fareham
• 8 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 8 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 8 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 8 - South Antrim
• 8 - Watford
• 8 - Lincoln
• 8 - Walthamstow
• 8 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 8 - Warwick and Leamington
• 8 - Glasgow North
• 8 - Cheltenham
• 8 - Wirral West
• 7 - Leicester East
• 7 - Leeds North East
• 7 - Bournemouth East
• 7 - Ashford
• 7 - Wycombe
• 7 - Yeovil
• 7 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 7 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 7 - Nottingham East
• 7 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 7 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 7 - Romford
• 7 - Rochdale
• 7 - Glasgow North West
• 7 - Glasgow Central
• 7 - Southampton, Test
• 7 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 7 - Cheadle
• 7 - Eltham
• 7 - Spelthorne
• 7 - Esher and Walton
• 7 - East Ham
• 6 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 6 - Carlisle
• 6 - Portsmouth North
• 6 - Edinburgh South West
• 6 - Leicester West
• 6 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 6 - Colchester
• 6 - Lewisham East
• 6 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 6 - Hertsmere
• 6 - Winchester
• 6 - Burton
• 6 - Canterbury
• 6 - Reigate
• 6 - South Shields
• 6 - Basingstoke
• 6 - Preston
• 6 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 6 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 6 - Bracknell
• 6 - Stafford
• 6 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 6 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 6 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 6 - Colne Valley
• 6 - Truro and Falmouth
• 6 - Warley
• 6 - Banbury
• 6 - Great Grimsby
• 6 - Wantage
• 6 - Worcester
• 5 - Cardiff North
• 5 - Witham
• 5 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 5 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 5 - Middlesbrough
• 5 - Derby North
• 5 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 5 - City of Durham
• 5 - Newbury
• 5 - Taunton Deane
• 5 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 5 - Warrington South
• 5 - Telford
• 5 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 5 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 5 - Gloucester
• 5 - Southampton, Itchen
• 5 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 5 - East Renfrewshire
• 5 - South Norfolk
• 5 - Hemel Hempstead
• 5 - Enfield North
• 5 - Blackley and Broughton
• 5 - Rushcliffe
• 5 - Bristol East
• 5 - Gedling
• 5 - Harlow
• 5 - Bexhill and Battle
• 5 - Hornsey and Wood Green
• 5 - Doncaster Central
• 5 - Bradford West
• 5 - Huddersfield
• 5 - Edinburgh South
• 4 - Swansea West
• 4 - North Devon
• 4 - South Thanet
• 4 - Cardiff West
• 4 - Southport
• 4 - Morley and Outwood
• 4 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 4 - Wolverhampton North East
• 4 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 4 - Stone
• 4 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 4 - Northampton South
• 4 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 4 - North Thanet
• 4 - Witney
• 4 - North East Somerset
• 4 - Tunbridge Wells
• 4 - Stockport
• 4 - North East Bedfordshire
• 4 - Rugby
• 4 - Midlothian
• 4 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 4 - Wirral South
• 4 - Eastbourne
• 4 - Exeter
• 4 - Knowsley
• 4 - Bolton North East
• 4 - Dewsbury
• 4 - Chelmsford
• 4 - Aldershot
• 4 - Birmingham, Northfield
• 4 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 4 - Broxtowe
• 4 - Beckenham
• 4 - Guildford
• 4 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 4 - Aylesbury
• 4 - Denton and Reddish
• 4 - Ilford North
• 4 - Maidenhead
• 4 - Horsham
• 3 - Hertford and Stortford
• 3 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 3 - Worthing West
• 3 - West Dorset
• 3 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 3 - Hornchurch and Upminster
• 3 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 3 - Lagan Valley
• 3 - Belfast South
• 3 - Hastings and Rye
• 3 - Bournemouth West
• 3 - Belfast North
• 3 - Bootle
• 3 - West Bromwich West
• 3 - Coventry North West
• 3 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 3 - Eddisbury
• 3 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 3 - Warrington North
• 3 - Tewkesbury
• 3 - Crawley
• 3 - East Surrey
• 3 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 3 - South West Devon
• 3 - The Wrekin
• 3 - West Bromwich East
• 3 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 3 - Great Yarmouth
• 3 - Wealden
• 3 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 3 - Charnwood
• 3 - Wallasey
• 3 - South Swindon
• 3 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 3 - Barrow and Furness
• 3 - Bridgend
• 3 - Nuneaton
• 3 - Nottingham North
• 3 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 3 - Norwich South
• 3 - Arundel and South Downs
• 3 - Ceredigion
• 3 - Newport West
• 3 - North Tyneside
• 3 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 3 - North West Norfolk
• 3 - North West Hampshire
• 3 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 3 - Mid Worcestershire
• 3 - Leeds East
• 3 - Leeds West
• 3 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 3 - Blackburn
• 3 - Huntingdon
• 3 - Pudsey
• 3 - Ipswich
• 3 - Mid Sussex
• 3 - Jarrow
• 3 - Central Ayrshire
• 3 - Blackpool South
• 3 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 3 - Peterborough
• 3 - Kettering
• 3 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 3 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 3 - Dundee West
• 2 - Gower
• 2 - Congleton
• 2 - City of Chester
• 2 - Tynemouth
• 2 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 2 - Ynys Môn
• 2 - Chorley
• 2 - Thirsk and Malton
• 2 - Torbay
• 2 - Tamworth
• 2 - South West Bedfordshire
• 2 - Thurrock
• 2 - Belfast East
• 2 - Tatton
• 2 - Coventry North East
• 2 - Derby South
• 2 - Barnsley Central
• 2 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 2 - North East Fife
• 2 - Weston-super-Mare
• 2 - Bury North
• 2 - Buckingham
• 2 - Bromsgrove
• 2 - Bristol North West
• 2 - Bradford South
• 2 - Bishop Auckland
• 2 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 2 - Boston and Skegness
• 2 - Bolton West
• 2 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 2 - Newry and Armagh
• 2 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 2 - Bury South
• 2 - Chippenham
• 2 - Chichester
• 2 - Chesterfield
• 2 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 2 - Moray
• 2 - Central Devon
• 2 - Waveney
• 2 - West Lancashire
• 2 - Weaver Vale
• 2 - Batley and Spen
• 2 - Glasgow East
• 2 - Edinburgh West
• 2 - North Down
• 2 - Scunthorpe
• 2 - South Derbyshire
• 2 - South Dorset
• 2 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 2 - Gateshead
• 2 - South Northamptonshire
• 2 - Gainsborough
• 2 - Macclesfield
• 2 - Norwich North
• 2 - Gosport
• 2 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 2 - Gravesham
• 2 - North East Hampshire
• 2 - Sefton Central
• 2 - Saffron Walden
• 2 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 2 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 2 - Rochford and Southend East
• 2 - Heywood and Middleton
• 2 - Skipton and Ripon
• 2 - Liverpool, Walton
• 2 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 2 - St Austell and Newquay
• 2 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 2 - Eastleigh
• 2 - Reading West
• 2 - Stockton South
• 2 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 2 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 2 - Stroud
• 2 - Mansfield
• 2 - Epping Forest
• 2 - Redcar
• 2 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 2 - Meon Valley
• 2 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 2 - Mole Valley
• 1 - Na h-Eileanan an Iar
• 1 - Blaydon
• 1 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 1 - Orpington
• 1 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 1 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 1 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 1 - Inverclyde
• 1 - Bassetlaw
• 1 - Glasgow South
• 1 - Edinburgh East
• 1 - North Wiltshire
• 1 - North West Durham
• 1 - Oldham West and Royton
• 1 - North West Leicestershire
• 1 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 1 - Glasgow North East
• 1 - East Dunbartonshire
• 1 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 1 - Basildon and Billericay
• 1 - Clwyd West
• 1 - Vale of Clwyd
• 1 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 1 - Bolton South East
• 1 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 1 - Neath
• 1 - Blaenau Gwent
• 1 - Ogmore
• 1 - Pontypridd
• 1 - Caerphilly
• 1 - Islwyn
• 1 - Mid Norfolk
• 1 - Aberconwy
• 1 - Monmouth
• 1 - Ashfield
• 1 - North Swindon
• 1 - Leeds North West
• 1 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 1 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 1 - Leigh
• 1 - Lewes
• 1 - Barnsley East
• 1 - West Dunbartonshire
• 1 - Meriden
• 1 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 1 - Llanelli
• 1 - Newton Abbot
• 1 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 1 - Sunderland Central
• 1 - Wakefield
• 1 - South Suffolk
• 1 - Walsall North
• 1 - Walsall South
• 1 - South Staffordshire
• 1 - South East Cornwall
• 1 - Somerton and Frome
• 1 - Wellingborough
• 1 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 1 - Shipley
• 1 - Bury St Edmunds
• 1 - West Suffolk
• 1 - West Worcestershire
• 1 - Forest of Dean
• 1 - Christchurch
• 1 - Doncaster North
• 1 - Dudley South
• 1 - Easington
• 1 - East Hampshire
• 1 - East Yorkshire
• 1 - St Ives
• 1 - Thornbury and Yate
• 1 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 1 - Southend West
• 1 - Copeland
• 1 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 1 - Clacton
• 1 - South West Norfolk
• 1 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 1 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 1 - Sevenoaks
• 1 - High Peak
• 1 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 1 - East Londonderry
• 1 - Ribble Valley
• 1 - Mid Ulster
• 1 - Redditch
• 1 - North Antrim
• 1 - Upper Bann
• 1 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 1 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 1 - North East Hertfordshire
• 1 - Isle of Wight
• 1 - Keighley
• 1 - York Outer
• 1 - Henley
• 1 - Sedgefield
• 1 - Broxbourne
• 1 - Halton
• 1 - Broadland
• 1 - Bristol South
• 1 - Harwich and North Essex
• 1 - Bradford East
• 1 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 1 - Hemsworth
• 1 - Rother Valley
• 1 - Bosworth
• 1 - Wyre Forest
• 1 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 1 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill

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

Signatures by Region

• 1,567 - London
• 462 - South East
• 281 - North West
• 234 - West Midlands
• 224 - East of England
• 154 - Scotland
• 153 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 136 - South West
• 130 - East Midlands
• 74 - North East
• 67 - Wales
• 27 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 3,554 - United Kingdom
• 731 - Egypt
• 26 - United States
• 21 - United Arab Emirates
• 17 - Saudi Arabia
• 11 - Canada
• 11 - Italy
• 10 - Germany
• 10 - France
• 8 - Sweden
• 7 - Ireland
• 6 - Belgium
• 5 - Switzerland
• 5 - Netherlands
• 4 - Kuwait
• 4 - Bangladesh
• 3 - Malta
• 3 - Jordan
• 3 - New Zealand
• 3 - Australia
• 2 - Qatar
• 2 - Greece
• 2 - Zambia
• 2 - British Virgin Islands
• 2 - Spain
• 1 - Vanuatu
• 1 - Austria
• 1 - Yemen
• 1 - Turkey
• 1 - East Timor
• 1 - South Africa
• 1 - Uzbekistan
• 1 - British Antarctic Territory
• 1 - Hungary
• 1 - Isle of Man
• 1 - Ethiopia
• 1 - Western Sahara
• 1 - Algeria
• 1 - Mauritius
• 1 - Malaysia
• 1 - Norway
• 1 - Denmark
• 1 - Oman
• 1 - Sudan