Require employers to offer career breaks for parents with a seriously ill child

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Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 102,316 signatures in total, with signatories from all 650 constituencies. That makes it the 421st most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 82% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of 18% (average).

Signatures by Constituency

• 2,096 - Rayleigh and Wickford
• 1,480 - Sittingbourne and Sheppey
• 1,324 - Maldon
• 1,304 - Castle Point
• 1,066 - East Surrey
• 1,048 - Ashford
• 1,034 - Basildon and Billericay
• 978 - Reigate
• 917 - Mid Sussex
• 900 - Wantage
• 894 - Rochester and Strood
• 893 - Southend West
• 876 - Southampton, Itchen
• 851 - Gillingham and Rainham
• 840 - Chorley
• 839 - Banbury
• 838 - Witham
• 822 - Braintree
• 818 - Beckenham
• 780 - Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• 737 - Rochford and Southend East
• 736 - Batley and Spen
• 736 - Hornchurch and Upminster
• 729 - Hertsmere
• 721 - Dartford
• 716 - South West Surrey
• 702 - Carshalton and Wallington
• 692 - Aldershot
• 679 - Poole
• 672 - Paisley and Renfrewshire South
• 648 - Kingston and Surbiton
• 646 - Canterbury
• 635 - Crawley
• 633 - Chatham and Aylesford
• 606 - Orpington
• 601 - Epping Forest
• 588 - Nuneaton
• 578 - Solihull
• 570 - Basingstoke
• 569 - South Basildon and East Thurrock
• 565 - Chelmsford
• 561 - Folkestone and Hythe
• 558 - Gosport
• 557 - Bromley and Chislehurst
• 552 - Paisley and Renfrewshire North
• 548 - Dover
• 537 - North East Hampshire
• 529 - Mid Worcestershire
• 522 - Epsom and Ewell
• 517 - Sutton and Cheam
• 510 - Brentwood and Ongar
• 500 - Romford
• 492 - Wansbeck
• 490 - Lewisham West and Penge
• 482 - Wyre Forest
• 476 - Chippenham
• 458 - Birmingham, Erdington
• 456 - Saffron Walden
• 450 - Harlow
• 437 - Broxbourne
• 435 - Guildford
• 432 - Esher and Walton
• 424 - Bexleyheath and Crayford
• 422 - Huntingdon
• 398 - Old Bexley and Sidcup
• 391 - Meon Valley
• 390 - Birmingham, Northfield
• 387 - Stevenage
• 387 - Gravesham
• 375 - Eltham
• 372 - Croydon Central
• 368 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 361 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 361 - Lewisham East
• 358 - Meriden
• 358 - Ribble Valley
• 354 - Bury St Edmunds
• 349 - Eastleigh
• 348 - North West Norfolk
• 341 - Thurrock
• 341 - Spelthorne
• 340 - Milton Keynes South
• 340 - Sunderland Central
• 337 - Croydon South
• 336 - Maidenhead
• 334 - Bournemouth East
• 330 - Bradford South
• 329 - Havant
• 322 - Birmingham, Edgbaston
• 321 - Dudley South
• 320 - Dewsbury
• 319 - Uxbridge and South Ruislip
• 317 - Tonbridge and Malling
• 310 - Milton Keynes North
• 308 - Daventry
• 307 - Arundel and South Downs
• 298 - Chipping Barnet
• 298 - North Cornwall
• 296 - Hendon
• 296 - Ilford North
• 291 - Windsor
• 289 - Birmingham, Yardley
• 288 - Surrey Heath
• 283 - Worcester
• 282 - Exeter
• 281 - North Thanet
• 277 - Dulwich and West Norwood
• 276 - Rochdale
• 274 - Fareham
• 273 - Faversham and Mid Kent
• 271 - Maidstone and The Weald
• 271 - Richmond Park
• 268 - Redditch
• 268 - Bournemouth West
• 266 - Sevenoaks
• 265 - Bath
• 260 - West Dorset
• 259 - Waveney
• 256 - Dagenham and Rainham
• 255 - Mid Norfolk
• 255 - Clacton
• 253 - Wokingham
• 247 - Horsham
• 244 - Bromsgrove
• 241 - Mitcham and Morden
• 240 - Watford
• 239 - Blackpool South
• 237 - South Ribble
• 236 - Halifax
• 235 - West Worcestershire
• 230 - Beaconsfield
• 229 - North Down
• 227 - South Northamptonshire
• 227 - Finchley and Golders Green
• 225 - Camberwell and Peckham
• 224 - Lewes
• 223 - Croydon North
• 222 - Mole Valley
• 221 - Thornbury and Yate
• 218 - Chichester
• 214 - Salisbury
• 214 - Calder Valley
• 214 - Hertford and Stortford
• 212 - Islington South and Finsbury
• 212 - Suffolk Coastal
• 212 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 205 - Brentford and Isleworth
• 203 - East Worthing and Shoreham
• 199 - Lewisham, Deptford
• 197 - Perth and North Perthshire
• 196 - Runnymede and Weybridge
• 194 - Twickenham
• 194 - Erith and Thamesmead
• 190 - South Cambridgeshire
• 189 - Forest of Dean
• 188 - North Swindon
• 188 - North West Cambridgeshire
• 185 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 184 - Southampton, Test
• 183 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 183 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 183 - North Wiltshire
• 183 - East Hampshire
• 182 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 182 - North Herefordshire
• 181 - Ipswich
• 177 - Oxford East
• 175 - South Dorset
• 171 - North Warwickshire
• 169 - Sutton Coldfield
• 168 - Bradford East
• 168 - North Devon
• 166 - Islington North
• 165 - North West Hampshire
• 164 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 161 - Woking
• 157 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 157 - Stourbridge
• 156 - Christchurch
• 155 - Colchester
• 155 - Fylde
• 155 - South Swindon
• 154 - South Thanet
• 153 - South West Norfolk
• 153 - St Albans
• 150 - Bracknell
• 148 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 148 - South West Hertfordshire
• 147 - Worthing West
• 147 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 143 - North East Hertfordshire
• 140 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 138 - Shipley
• 138 - North East Somerset
• 135 - Barking
• 135 - Buckingham
• 131 - Norwich North
• 130 - Colne Valley
• 129 - South Shields
• 128 - Preston
• 128 - Wyre and Preston North
• 127 - Portsmouth North
• 127 - Norwich South
• 126 - North Dorset
• 126 - Heywood and Middleton
• 125 - Bishop Auckland
• 125 - West Dunbartonshire
• 124 - Henley
• 123 - Chesham and Amersham
• 122 - Streatham
• 122 - Warley
• 122 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 121 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 121 - City of Chester
• 121 - Torridge and West Devon
• 120 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 120 - Ealing North
• 119 - Tooting
• 117 - North East Bedfordshire
• 117 - Bradford West
• 117 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 117 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 117 - Harwich and North Essex
• 116 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 116 - Wealden
• 115 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 115 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 114 - Hove
• 113 - Hartlepool
• 110 - Ealing, Southall
• 109 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 109 - Hemel Hempstead
• 108 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 108 - Battersea
• 107 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 107 - South Suffolk
• 105 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 105 - Harrow East
• 105 - Newbury
• 104 - Witney
• 103 - Central Devon
• 103 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 102 - East Devon
• 101 - Tunbridge Wells
• 101 - East Renfrewshire
• 101 - Glasgow South West
• 100 - Putney
• 99 - Hornsey and Wood Green
• 98 - Wycombe
• 96 - Morley and Outwood
• 95 - Eastbourne
• 95 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 95 - Blyth Valley
• 95 - Hayes and Harlington
• 94 - New Forest East
• 94 - Tewkesbury
• 93 - Wimbledon
• 93 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 93 - Torbay
• 91 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 91 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 90 - Dudley North
• 90 - Broadland
• 90 - Jarrow
• 89 - West Ham
• 88 - South West Wiltshire
• 88 - South Norfolk
• 88 - Huddersfield
• 87 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 87 - Portsmouth South
• 86 - Enfield, Southgate
• 86 - Reading East
• 85 - Devizes
• 85 - Slough
• 85 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 84 - Hexham
• 84 - Cannock Chase
• 84 - Aylesbury
• 83 - South Staffordshire
• 82 - Bexhill and Battle
• 82 - Bristol South
• 81 - Keighley
• 81 - Wellingborough
• 81 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 80 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 80 - South West Devon
• 80 - Rushcliffe
• 79 - Wakefield
• 79 - Tamworth
• 78 - Amber Valley
• 77 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 77 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 76 - Pudsey
• 76 - Walthamstow
• 75 - Brent Central
• 75 - Great Yarmouth
• 75 - South Leicestershire
• 75 - North Durham
• 75 - Bosworth
• 75 - West Suffolk
• 74 - Gloucester
• 74 - Ilford South
• 73 - Wolverhampton South East
• 73 - Hastings and Rye
• 73 - Newton Abbot
• 73 - Winchester
• 73 - Feltham and Heston
• 72 - South West Bedfordshire
• 72 - Harrow West
• 72 - New Forest West
• 69 - North West Durham
• 69 - Enfield North
• 69 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 69 - Rugby
• 67 - Blaydon
• 66 - Erewash
• 66 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 66 - Warwick and Leamington
• 66 - Falkirk
• 66 - Gainsborough
• 66 - Vauxhall
• 66 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 66 - Bury South
• 65 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 65 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 64 - Cambridge
• 64 - Dundee East
• 64 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 64 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 64 - Wolverhampton South West
• 63 - East Ham
• 63 - Somerton and Frome
• 62 - South Holland and The Deepings
• 62 - Edinburgh West
• 62 - North East Derbyshire
• 61 - South East Cornwall
• 61 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 61 - Leigh
• 60 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 59 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 59 - Leeds East
• 58 - St Austell and Newquay
• 58 - Stockton North
• 57 - Kingswood
• 57 - Bolton West
• 57 - Tynemouth
• 57 - Lichfield
• 57 - North Norfolk
• 57 - Wolverhampton North East
• 56 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 56 - Wells
• 56 - Newport East
• 55 - High Peak
• 55 - Nottingham North
• 55 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 55 - Newry and Armagh
• 55 - Ludlow
• 54 - Reading West
• 54 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 54 - Makerfield
• 54 - Yeovil
• 53 - Totnes
• 53 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 53 - Wigan
• 53 - Corby
• 52 - Taunton Deane
• 52 - Northampton South
• 52 - Glasgow East
• 52 - Isle of Wight
• 52 - Hammersmith
• 52 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 52 - Brent North
• 51 - Cheltenham
• 51 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 51 - North West Leicestershire
• 51 - Walsall North
• 50 - The Cotswolds
• 50 - Sherwood
• 50 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 50 - Kettering
• 49 - West Bromwich West
• 49 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 49 - Coventry North West
• 48 - Wrexham
• 48 - Eddisbury
• 48 - Livingston
• 48 - Leeds West
• 47 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 47 - Easington
• 47 - North Tyneside
• 47 - Midlothian
• 47 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 46 - Tottenham
• 46 - Cheadle
• 46 - Kensington
• 46 - Coventry North East
• 46 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 46 - West Bromwich East
• 46 - Bolton South East
• 46 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 46 - Tatton
• 46 - Camborne and Redruth
• 46 - Newark
• 45 - Upper Bann
• 45 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 45 - Walsall South
• 45 - Dundee West
• 44 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 44 - Glasgow North West
• 44 - Alyn and Deeside
• 44 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 44 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 44 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 44 - South Derbyshire
• 43 - Warrington South
• 42 - Bolton North East
• 42 - Aberdeen North
• 42 - Peterborough
• 42 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 42 - Bassetlaw
• 42 - Telford
• 42 - Gedling
• 41 - Hemsworth
• 41 - Skipton and Ripon
• 41 - Northampton North
• 41 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 41 - North Somerset
• 41 - Truro and Falmouth
• 40 - Stafford
• 40 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 40 - Bristol East
• 40 - Charnwood
• 40 - Bristol North West
• 40 - East Lothian
• 39 - Coventry South
• 39 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 39 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 39 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 38 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 38 - Leeds North East
• 38 - Stroud
• 38 - Weaver Vale
• 38 - Great Grimsby
• 38 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 38 - Westminster North
• 38 - West Lancashire
• 37 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 37 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 37 - Edmonton
• 37 - Newport West
• 37 - Harborough
• 37 - Glasgow North East
• 37 - York Outer
• 37 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 37 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 37 - Boston and Skegness
• 36 - Weston-super-Mare
• 36 - Mid Derbyshire
• 36 - Liverpool, Walton
• 36 - Luton South
• 36 - Wallasey
• 36 - Nottingham East
• 36 - Ceredigion
• 36 - Bolsover
• 36 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 36 - Gateshead
• 36 - Beverley and Holderness
• 36 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 36 - Bedford
• 36 - Thirsk and Malton
• 35 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 35 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 35 - Oldham West and Royton
• 35 - Inverclyde
• 35 - Congleton
• 35 - Bury North
• 35 - South Down
• 35 - Stockton South
• 35 - City of Durham
• 34 - Darlington
• 34 - Cardiff North
• 34 - Bootle
• 34 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 34 - Warrington North
• 34 - Glenrothes
• 34 - Selby and Ainsty
• 34 - Edinburgh East
• 33 - The Wrekin
• 33 - Salford and Eccles
• 33 - Glasgow Central
• 33 - Lincoln
• 33 - Grantham and Stamford
• 33 - Denton and Reddish
• 33 - Manchester Central
• 33 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 33 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 33 - East Yorkshire
• 33 - Broxtowe
• 33 - Ashfield
• 32 - Edinburgh South
• 32 - Rutland and Melton
• 32 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 32 - Gower
• 32 - Leeds Central
• 32 - Hazel Grove
• 32 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 32 - Chesterfield
• 32 - Louth and Horncastle
• 31 - Strangford
• 31 - Blackley and Broughton
• 31 - Clwyd South
• 31 - North Shropshire
• 31 - Sefton Central
• 31 - Loughborough
• 31 - Hyndburn
• 31 - Bristol West
• 30 - Argyll and Bute
• 30 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 30 - East Dunbartonshire
• 30 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 30 - Wirral South
• 30 - Luton North
• 30 - Garston and Halewood
• 30 - Knowsley
• 30 - Derby North
• 30 - Birkenhead
• 30 - Caerphilly
• 30 - Stirling
• 29 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 29 - Rother Valley
• 29 - Edinburgh South West
• 29 - St Ives
• 29 - Barnsley Central
• 29 - Aberdeen South
• 29 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 29 - Sheffield Central
• 29 - Nottingham South
• 29 - Ashton-under-Lyne
• 29 - Burton
• 29 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 29 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 29 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 29 - Belfast East
• 29 - Derby South
• 29 - Leeds North West
• 29 - Mansfield
• 28 - Neath
• 28 - Clwyd West
• 28 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 28 - Llanelli
• 28 - Ynys Môn
• 28 - Redcar
• 28 - Sheffield South East
• 28 - Barnsley East
• 28 - Stretford and Urmston
• 28 - Stone
• 27 - Stockport
• 27 - Glasgow South
• 27 - Don Valley
• 27 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 27 - Bridgend
• 27 - Cardiff West
• 27 - Angus
• 27 - Doncaster North
• 26 - Aberconwy
• 26 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 26 - Scunthorpe
• 26 - Lagan Valley
• 26 - Cleethorpes
• 26 - York Central
• 26 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 25 - Liverpool, West Derby
• 25 - Halton
• 25 - Swansea West
• 25 - Penrith and The Border
• 25 - Moray
• 25 - Pontypridd
• 25 - Central Ayrshire
• 25 - Southport
• 25 - South Antrim
• 25 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 24 - Montgomeryshire
• 24 - Belfast West
• 24 - Leicester West
• 24 - Gordon
• 24 - Macclesfield
• 24 - St Helens North
• 24 - Rotherham
• 24 - Sedgefield
• 24 - Glasgow North
• 23 - Derbyshire Dales
• 23 - Vale of Clwyd
• 23 - Workington
• 23 - Cynon Valley
• 23 - Belfast North
• 23 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 23 - Monmouth
• 23 - Cardiff Central
• 22 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 22 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 22 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 22 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 22 - Pendle
• 22 - Manchester, Withington
• 21 - Stoke-on-Trent South
• 21 - Burnley
• 21 - North East Fife
• 21 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 21 - Manchester, Gorton
• 21 - North Antrim
• 21 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 20 - Ogmore
• 20 - Islwyn
• 19 - Barrow and Furness
• 19 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 19 - Wirral West
• 19 - Doncaster Central
• 19 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 19 - Middlesbrough
• 18 - Swansea East
• 18 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 18 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 18 - Torfaen
• 18 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 18 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 17 - Blaenau Gwent
• 17 - Copeland
• 17 - Foyle
• 17 - Aberavon
• 17 - Belfast South
• 17 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 16 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 16 - Carlisle
• 16 - West Tyrone
• 16 - Delyn
• 15 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 14 - East Londonderry
• 14 - Arfon
• 14 - Mid Ulster
• 14 - Banff and Buchan
• 13 - East Antrim
• 13 - Blackburn
• 12 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 11 - Rhondda
• 11 - Leicester East
• 11 - Brigg and Goole
• 11 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 10 - Leicester South
• 9 - Orkney and Shetland
• 6 - 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

• 30,112 - South East
• 20,068 - East of England
• 15,427 - London
• 8,668 - West Midlands
• 7,356 - South West
• 5,024 - North West
• 4,192 - Yorkshire and The Humber
• 3,556 - Scotland
• 2,645 - North East
• 2,476 - East Midlands
• 1,243 - Wales
• 651 - Northern Ireland

Signatures by Country

• 101,994 - United Kingdom
• 52 - Australia
• 38 - United States
• 32 - France
• 27 - Spain
• 25 - United Arab Emirates
• 20 - Ireland
• 13 - New Zealand
• 12 - Canada
• 12 - Germany
• 11 - Gibraltar
• 8 - Italy
• 7 - Cyprus
• 7 - Netherlands
• 4 - Saudi Arabia
• 4 - Jersey
• 4 - South Africa
• 4 - Hong Kong
• 4 - Belgium
• 3 - Poland
• 3 - Switzerland
• 2 - Singapore
• 2 - Portugal
• 2 - Sweden
• 2 - Czechia
• 2 - Guernsey
• 1 - Falkland Islands
• 1 - Finland
• 1 - Thailand
• 1 - Turkey
• 1 - Taiwan
• 1 - Algeria
• 1 - Uzbekistan
• 1 - British Virgin Islands
• 1 - Denmark
• 1 - India
• 1 - Romania
• 1 - Qatar
• 1 - Japan
• 1 - Cayman Islands
• 1 - Luxembourg
• 1 - Libya
• 1 - Mexico
• 1 - Isle of Man
• 1 - Israel
• 1 - Indonesia
• 1 - Greece
• 1 - Zambia