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 358th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 82% (average) 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 - Gravesham
• 387 - Stevenage
• 375 - Eltham
• 372 - Croydon Central
• 368 - Mid Dorset and North Poole
• 361 - Lewisham East
• 361 - Brighton, Kemptown
• 358 - Ribble Valley
• 358 - Meriden
• 354 - Bury St Edmunds
• 349 - Eastleigh
• 348 - North West Norfolk
• 341 - Spelthorne
• 341 - Thurrock
• 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 - Ilford North
• 296 - Hendon
• 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 - Clacton
• 255 - Mid Norfolk
• 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 - Birmingham, Selly Oak
• 212 - Suffolk Coastal
• 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 West Cambridgeshire
• 188 - North Swindon
• 185 - Brecon and Radnorshire
• 184 - Southampton, Test
• 183 - North Wiltshire
• 183 - Oxford West and Abingdon
• 183 - East Hampshire
• 183 - Blackpool North and Cleveleys
• 182 - North Herefordshire
• 182 - Greenwich and Woolwich
• 181 - Ipswich
• 177 - Oxford East
• 175 - South Dorset
• 171 - North Warwickshire
• 169 - Sutton Coldfield
• 168 - North Devon
• 168 - Bradford East
• 166 - Islington North
• 165 - North West Hampshire
• 164 - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
• 161 - Woking
• 157 - Stourbridge
• 157 - Birmingham, Hall Green
• 156 - Christchurch
• 155 - Fylde
• 155 - South Swindon
• 155 - Colchester
• 154 - South Thanet
• 153 - St Albans
• 153 - South West Norfolk
• 150 - Bracknell
• 148 - South West Hertfordshire
• 148 - Stratford-on-Avon
• 147 - Worthing West
• 147 - Berwick-upon-Tweed
• 143 - North East Hertfordshire
• 140 - Poplar and Limehouse
• 138 - North East Somerset
• 138 - Shipley
• 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 - West Dunbartonshire
• 125 - Bishop Auckland
• 124 - Henley
• 123 - Chesham and Amersham
• 122 - Streatham
• 122 - Welwyn Hatfield
• 122 - Warley
• 121 - Torridge and West Devon
• 121 - Hitchin and Harpenden
• 121 - City of Chester
• 120 - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
• 120 - Ealing North
• 119 - Tooting
• 117 - Bradford West
• 117 - North East Cambridgeshire
• 117 - Harwich and North Essex
• 117 - Mid Bedfordshire
• 117 - North East Bedfordshire
• 116 - Wealden
• 116 - Richmond (Yorks)
• 115 - Washington and Sunderland West
• 115 - Chingford and Woodford Green
• 114 - Hove
• 113 - Hartlepool
• 110 - Ealing, Southall
• 109 - Ealing Central and Acton
• 109 - Hemel Hempstead
• 108 - Battersea
• 108 - Houghton and Sunderland South
• 107 - South Suffolk
• 107 - Halesowen and Rowley Regis
• 105 - Birmingham, Perry Barr
• 105 - Harrow East
• 105 - Newbury
• 104 - Witney
• 103 - Romsey and Southampton North
• 103 - Central Devon
• 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 - Blyth Valley
• 95 - Hayes and Harlington
• 95 - Bethnal Green and Bow
• 94 - Tewkesbury
• 94 - New Forest East
• 93 - Wimbledon
• 93 - Bermondsey and Old Southwark
• 93 - Torbay
• 91 - South East Cambridgeshire
• 91 - Plymouth, Moor View
• 90 - Broadland
• 90 - Jarrow
• 90 - Dudley North
• 89 - West Ham
• 88 - Huddersfield
• 88 - South Norfolk
• 88 - South West Wiltshire
• 87 - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
• 87 - Portsmouth South
• 86 - Enfield, Southgate
• 86 - Reading East
• 85 - Hampstead and Kilburn
• 85 - Slough
• 85 - Devizes
• 84 - Cannock Chase
• 84 - Aylesbury
• 84 - Hexham
• 83 - South Staffordshire
• 82 - Bristol South
• 82 - Bexhill and Battle
• 81 - Keighley
• 81 - Wellingborough
• 81 - Brighton, Pavilion
• 80 - Rushcliffe
• 80 - Birmingham, Hodge Hill
• 80 - South West Devon
• 79 - Wakefield
• 79 - Tamworth
• 78 - Amber Valley
• 77 - Hereford and South Herefordshire
• 77 - Kenilworth and Southam
• 76 - Pudsey
• 76 - Walthamstow
• 75 - West Suffolk
• 75 - South Leicestershire
• 75 - Brent Central
• 75 - Great Yarmouth
• 75 - North Durham
• 75 - Bosworth
• 74 - Ilford South
• 74 - Gloucester
• 73 - Feltham and Heston
• 73 - Newton Abbot
• 73 - Wolverhampton South East
• 73 - Hastings and Rye
• 73 - Winchester
• 72 - Harrow West
• 72 - New Forest West
• 72 - South West Bedfordshire
• 69 - Leyton and Wanstead
• 69 - North West Durham
• 69 - Enfield North
• 69 - Rugby
• 67 - Blaydon
• 66 - Bury South
• 66 - Vauxhall
• 66 - Chelsea and Fulham
• 66 - Warwick and Leamington
• 66 - Falkirk
• 66 - Gainsborough
• 66 - Newcastle upon Tyne North
• 66 - Erewash
• 65 - Lanark and Hamilton East
• 65 - Wythenshawe and Sale East
• 64 - Rossendale and Darwen
• 64 - Ochil and South Perthshire
• 64 - Cambridge
• 64 - Dundee East
• 64 - Wolverhampton South West
• 63 - Somerton and Frome
• 63 - East Ham
• 62 - North East Derbyshire
• 62 - Edinburgh West
• 62 - South Holland and The Deepings
• 61 - Holborn and St Pancras
• 61 - Leigh
• 61 - South East Cornwall
• 60 - Ellesmere Port and Neston
• 59 - Leeds East
• 59 - Birmingham, Ladywood
• 58 - St Austell and Newquay
• 58 - Stockton North
• 57 - Bolton West
• 57 - Tynemouth
• 57 - Kingswood
• 57 - North Norfolk
• 57 - Lichfield
• 57 - Wolverhampton North East
• 56 - Newport East
• 56 - Wells
• 56 - Aldridge-Brownhills
• 55 - Ludlow
• 55 - Nottingham North
• 55 - High Peak
• 55 - Tiverton and Honiton
• 55 - Newry and Armagh
• 54 - Yeovil
• 54 - Makerfield
• 54 - Hackney North and Stoke Newington
• 54 - Reading West
• 53 - Wigan
• 53 - Corby
• 53 - Totnes
• 53 - Worsley and Eccles South
• 52 - Brent North
• 52 - Glasgow East
• 52 - Isle of Wight
• 52 - Taunton Deane
• 52 - Northampton South
• 52 - North Ayrshire and Arran
• 52 - Hammersmith
• 51 - North West Leicestershire
• 51 - Walsall North
• 51 - Cheltenham
• 51 - Filton and Bradley Stoke
• 50 - Elmet and Rothwell
• 50 - Kettering
• 50 - The Cotswolds
• 50 - Sherwood
• 49 - Coventry North West
• 49 - West Bromwich West
• 49 - Sleaford and North Hykeham
• 48 - Livingston
• 48 - Leeds West
• 48 - Eddisbury
• 48 - Wrexham
• 47 - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
• 47 - Midlothian
• 47 - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
• 47 - North Tyneside
• 47 - Easington
• 46 - Cheadle
• 46 - Lancaster and Fleetwood
• 46 - Camborne and Redruth
• 46 - Newark
• 46 - Kensington
• 46 - West Bromwich East
• 46 - Tottenham
• 46 - Newcastle upon Tyne East
• 46 - Bolton South East
• 46 - Tatton
• 46 - Coventry North East
• 45 - Upper Bann
• 45 - Dundee West
• 45 - Crewe and Nantwich
• 45 - Walsall South
• 44 - Cardiff South and Penarth
• 44 - Rutherglen and Hamilton West
• 44 - South Derbyshire
• 44 - Alyn and Deeside
• 44 - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
• 44 - Linlithgow and East Falkirk
• 44 - Glasgow North West
• 43 - Warrington South
• 42 - Wentworth and Dearne
• 42 - Bolton North East
• 42 - Bassetlaw
• 42 - Gedling
• 42 - Telford
• 42 - Aberdeen North
• 42 - Peterborough
• 41 - Skipton and Ripon
• 41 - Hemsworth
• 41 - Truro and Falmouth
• 41 - Northampton North
• 41 - Hackney South and Shoreditch
• 41 - North Somerset
• 40 - Bristol North West
• 40 - Stafford
• 40 - Dunfermline and West Fife
• 40 - East Lothian
• 40 - Bristol East
• 40 - Charnwood
• 39 - Vale of Glamorgan
• 39 - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
• 39 - Coventry South
• 39 - Scarborough and Whitby
• 38 - Weaver Vale
• 38 - St Helens South and Whiston
• 38 - Leeds North East
• 38 - West Lancashire
• 38 - Oldham East and Saddleworth
• 38 - Great Grimsby
• 38 - Westminster North
• 38 - Stroud
• 37 - Shrewsbury and Atcham
• 37 - Boston and Skegness
• 37 - Harborough
• 37 - Sheffield, Hallam
• 37 - Cities of London and Westminster
• 37 - Newport West
• 37 - Glasgow North East
• 37 - Bridgwater and West Somerset
• 37 - Edmonton
• 37 - York Outer
• 36 - Beverley and Holderness
• 36 - Mid Derbyshire
• 36 - Gateshead
• 36 - Liverpool, Walton
• 36 - Weston-super-Mare
• 36 - Bolsover
• 36 - Stalybridge and Hyde
• 36 - Bedford
• 36 - Thirsk and Malton
• 36 - Motherwell and Wishaw
• 36 - Wallasey
• 36 - Nottingham East
• 36 - Ceredigion
• 36 - Luton South
• 35 - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
• 35 - Congleton
• 35 - Stockton South
• 35 - Kilmarnock and Loudoun
• 35 - Oldham West and Royton
• 35 - South Down
• 35 - City of Durham
• 35 - Bury North
• 35 - Inverclyde
• 34 - Selby and Ainsty
• 34 - Warrington North
• 34 - Edinburgh East
• 34 - Glenrothes
• 34 - Sheffield, Heeley
• 34 - Darlington
• 34 - Bootle
• 34 - Cardiff North
• 33 - The Wrekin
• 33 - Glasgow Central
• 33 - Broxtowe
• 33 - Manchester Central
• 33 - Grantham and Stamford
• 33 - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
• 33 - Denton and Reddish
• 33 - Ashfield
• 33 - Salford and Eccles
• 33 - Edinburgh North and Leith
• 33 - East Yorkshire
• 33 - Lincoln
• 32 - Haltemprice and Howden
• 32 - Hazel Grove
• 32 - Leeds Central
• 32 - Louth and Horncastle
• 32 - Gower
• 32 - Liverpool, Riverside
• 32 - Edinburgh South
• 32 - Chesterfield
• 32 - Rutland and Melton
• 31 - Loughborough
• 31 - Clwyd South
• 31 - Blackley and Broughton
• 31 - Bristol West
• 31 - Sefton Central
• 31 - Hyndburn
• 31 - Strangford
• 31 - North Shropshire
• 30 - Caerphilly
• 30 - Altrincham and Sale West
• 30 - Garston and Halewood
• 30 - Derby North
• 30 - East Dunbartonshire
• 30 - Stirling
• 30 - Argyll and Bute
• 30 - Wirral South
• 30 - Birkenhead
• 30 - Westmorland and Lonsdale
• 30 - Luton North
• 30 - Knowsley
• 29 - Leeds North West
• 29 - Stoke-on-Trent North
• 29 - Derby South
• 29 - Edinburgh South West
• 29 - Mansfield
• 29 - Burton
• 29 - Belfast East
• 29 - Ashton-under-Lyne
• 29 - St Ives
• 29 - Sheffield Central
• 29 - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• 29 - Newcastle upon Tyne Central
• 29 - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
• 29 - Rother Valley
• 29 - Nottingham South
• 29 - Barnsley Central
• 29 - Harrogate and Knaresborough
• 29 - Aberdeen South
• 28 - Redcar
• 28 - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
• 28 - Barnsley East
• 28 - Neath
• 28 - Stretford and Urmston
• 28 - Stone
• 28 - Sheffield South East
• 28 - Clwyd West
• 28 - Ynys Môn
• 28 - Llanelli
• 27 - Bridgend
• 27 - Stockport
• 27 - Don Valley
• 27 - Cardiff West
• 27 - Angus
• 27 - Glasgow South
• 27 - Doncaster North
• 27 - Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
• 26 - Cleethorpes
• 26 - Kingston upon Hull East
• 26 - Aberconwy
• 26 - Preseli Pembrokeshire
• 26 - Scunthorpe
• 26 - York Central
• 26 - Lagan Valley
• 25 - Halton
• 25 - Liverpool, West Derby
• 25 - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
• 25 - Central Ayrshire
• 25 - Southport
• 25 - Moray
• 25 - Pontypridd
• 25 - Penrith and The Border
• 25 - South Antrim
• 25 - Swansea West
• 24 - Sedgefield
• 24 - Gordon
• 24 - Leicester West
• 24 - Montgomeryshire
• 24 - St Helens North
• 24 - Rotherham
• 24 - Belfast West
• 24 - Glasgow North
• 24 - Macclesfield
• 23 - Vale of Clwyd
• 23 - Belfast North
• 23 - Cynon Valley
• 23 - Cardiff Central
• 23 - Dumfries and Galloway
• 23 - Workington
• 23 - Monmouth
• 23 - Derbyshire Dales
• 22 - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
• 22 - Airdrie and Shotts
• 22 - Manchester, Withington
• 22 - Pendle
• 22 - Liverpool, Wavertree
• 22 - Morecambe and Lunesdale
• 21 - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
• 21 - Stoke-on-Trent South
• 21 - Burnley
• 21 - Penistone and Stocksbridge
• 21 - North Antrim
• 21 - North East Fife
• 21 - Manchester, Gorton
• 20 - Islwyn
• 20 - Ogmore
• 19 - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
• 19 - Barrow and Furness
• 19 - Middlesbrough
• 19 - Doncaster Central
• 19 - Staffordshire Moorlands
• 19 - Wirral West
• 18 - Torfaen
• 18 - Kingston upon Hull North
• 18 - Swansea East
• 18 - Ross, Skye and Lochaber
• 18 - Newcastle-under-Lyme
• 18 - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
• 17 - Fermanagh and South Tyrone
• 17 - Aberavon
• 17 - Belfast South
• 17 - Blaenau Gwent
• 17 - Foyle
• 17 - Copeland
• 16 - Carlisle
• 16 - West Tyrone
• 16 - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
• 16 - Delyn
• 15 - Stoke-on-Trent Central
• 14 - Banff and Buchan
• 14 - Mid Ulster
• 14 - Arfon
• 14 - East Londonderry
• 13 - East Antrim
• 13 - Blackburn
• 12 - West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
• 11 - Dwyfor Meirionnydd
• 11 - Brigg and Goole
• 11 - Rhondda
• 11 - Leicester East
• 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