Reform Statutory Maternity Pay: shorten qualifying period and increase rate

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Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 6,099 signatures in total, with signatories from 629 constituencies. That makes it the 2,694th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 88% (average) and a Local Issue Rating of 10% (low).

Signatures by Constituency

• 64 - Walthamstow
• 59 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 59 - Tooting
• 51 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 49 - Streatham
• 46 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 43 - South Leicestershire
• 41 - Camberwell and Peckham
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• 39 - Battersea
• 39 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 34 - Greenwich and Woolwich
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• 33 - Putney
• 32 - Hornsey and Wood Green
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• 31 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
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• 29 - South West Hertfordshire
• 28 - Wimbledon
• 28 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 27 - Vauxhall
• 27 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 27 - Epping Forest
• 27 - Hemel Hempstead
• 26 - Banbury
• 26 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 26 - Mid Sussex
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• 26 - Sefton Central
• 26 - Altrincham and Sale West
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• 20 - Congleton
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• 20 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 20 - Reigate
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• 20 - Bosworth
• 19 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 19 - Bury South
• 19 - Southampton, Test
• 19 - Chipping Barnet
• 19 - Rugby
• 19 - Eastleigh
• 19 - Croydon Central
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• 18 - Enfield, Southgate
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• 6 - Yeovil
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• 6 - Newry and Armagh
• 6 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 6 - Barking
• 6 - North East Fife
• 6 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
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• 6 - Dagenham and Rainham
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• 6 - The Cotswolds
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• 3 - South Holland and The Deepings
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• 3 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
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• 2 - Dunfermline and West Fife
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• 1 - Dudley North
• 1 - West Dunbartonshire
• 1 - Neath
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Signatures by Region

• 1,612 - London
• 1,036 - South East
• 749 - North West
• 679 - East of England
• 438 - East Midlands
• 374 - South West
• 351 - West Midlands
• 279 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 213 - Scotland
• 124 - North East
• 121 - Wales
• 73 - Northern Ireland

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• 6,085 - United Kingdom
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