Big Hitters

The big hitters of the petition world. These are the open petitions with the most signatures in the past week. That's the sort of thing that social media would call "trending", but we're not that pretentious.

• Implement a two week school lockdown before 24 December to save Christmas
  Opened on Friday 2nd October 2020
  79,216 signatures in the past week, 110,603 in total

• Give government workers a fair pay rise
  Opened on Monday 20th July 2020
  19,816 signatures in the past week, 102,460 in total

• Prevent any restrictions on those who refuse a Covid-19 vaccination
  Opened on Tuesday 4th August 2020
  18,144 signatures in the past week, 261,356 in total

• Support Boarding Kennels and Catteries
  Opened on Thursday 26th November 2020
  7,533 signatures in the past week, 7,533 in total

• Stop Forestry England granting licenses for Fox & Hare hunts
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  7,413 signatures in the past week, 40,068 in total

• No public sector pay freezes for the next 5 years
  Opened on Friday 5th June 2020
  7,284 signatures in the past week, 10,575 in total

• Allocate funds to boxing as part of the Sport Winter Survival Package
  Opened on Thursday 26th November 2020
  6,552 signatures in the past week, 6,552 in total

• Protect Retail Workers from Abuse, Threats and Violence.
  Opened on Friday 24th July 2020
  4,533 signatures in the past week, 85,614 in total

• Automatically upgrade A2 motorcycle licences after a set amount of time
  Opened on Friday 26th June 2020
  4,313 signatures in the past week, 4,352 in total

• To Seek a 1 year Extension to the Brexit Transition Period & a Second Referendum
  Opened on Wednesday 21st October 2020
  3,966 signatures in the past week, 55,847 in total

• Allow both members of all same-sex female couples to be on the birth certificate
  Opened on Monday 16th November 2020
  3,515 signatures in the past week, 3,542 in total

• Add Saudi Arabia to the Travel Corridor List
  Opened on Monday 23rd November 2020
  3,229 signatures in the past week, 3,229 in total

• Ensure bowel cancer screening is offered to all adults
  Opened on Tuesday 17th November 2020
  3,144 signatures in the past week, 4,299 in total

• Create a UK Jobs Guarantee Scheme covering every young person in need of work
  Opened on Tuesday 27th October 2020
  3,028 signatures in the past week, 5,194 in total

• Ban the importation of dogs with cropped ears.
  Opened on Thursday 6th August 2020
  3,019 signatures in the past week, 22,252 in total

• Protect the UK's dwindling hedgehog population before it's too late.
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  2,968 signatures in the past week, 60,116 in total

• No ID no vote. No to postal votes.
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  2,810 signatures in the past week, 3,914 in total

• Fully fund schools for Covid-19 costs and provide relief for loss of income
  Opened on Monday 2nd November 2020
  2,608 signatures in the past week, 28,263 in total

• Abolish time limits to bring charges for offences for acts of domestic violence
  Opened on Tuesday 27th October 2020
  2,594 signatures in the past week, 4,056 in total

• Limit the Sale and Use of Fireworks to Organisers of Licensed Displays Only
  Opened on Tuesday 21st July 2020
  2,558 signatures in the past week, 278,515 in total

• Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020
  2,202 signatures in the past week, 415,184 in total

• Protect leaseholders from paying for cladding remedial works
  Opened on Tuesday 4th August 2020
  2,083 signatures in the past week, 17,249 in total

• Save Community Sports Clubs and Leisure Facilities with a Sports Recovery Fund
  Opened on Thursday 29th October 2020
  2,040 signatures in the past week, 44,994 in total

• Extend the Stamp Duty Holiday for an additional 6 months after 31st March 2021
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  1,929 signatures in the past week, 9,743 in total

• Tougher sentences for hit and run drivers who cause death
  Opened on Monday 20th July 2020
  1,856 signatures in the past week, 74,484 in total

• Include animal charities in emergency funding due to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Opened on Tuesday 9th June 2020
  1,854 signatures in the past week, 39,908 in total

• Reform IPSA - cap MP payrises in line with other Public sector pay
  Opened on Wednesday 21st October 2020
  1,808 signatures in the past week, 10,283 in total

• Do not reduce the overseas aid budget (from 0.7% GDP).
  Opened on Thursday 26th November 2020
  1,758 signatures in the past week, 1,758 in total

• Scrap the proposed ban on new petrol and diesel cars
  Opened on Wednesday 4th November 2020
  1,722 signatures in the past week, 5,794 in total

• Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021
  Opened on Wednesday 19th August 2020
  1,600 signatures in the past week, 168,260 in total

• Fund upgrades to National Bridleway Network : Get Horses Off Roads : Save Lives
  Opened on Friday 4th September 2020
  1,564 signatures in the past week, 6,772 in total

• Hold a public inquiry into Government contracts granted during Covid-19
  Opened on Thursday 3rd September 2020
  1,507 signatures in the past week, 114,348 in total

• Hold a public vote on HS2 project as it is being paid for by the public
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  1,486 signatures in the past week, 12,462 in total

• Provide housing allowance for Care leavers aged 16 to 25
  Opened on Friday 24th July 2020
  1,461 signatures in the past week, 4,078 in total

• Change our electoral system to Proportional Representation for true democracy
  Opened on Monday 2nd November 2020
  1,345 signatures in the past week, 1,406 in total

• Ban the sale of all animals from pet shops and third-party sellers
  Opened on Monday 6th July 2020
  1,309 signatures in the past week, 7,150 in total

• Financial support for Outdoor Residential Centres during closure
  Opened on Monday 19th October 2020
  1,281 signatures in the past week, 4,239 in total

• Ban the sale and use of Fipronil and Imidacloprid in flea treatments for pets
  Opened on Tuesday 24th November 2020
  1,276 signatures in the past week, 1,276 in total

• Let there be a referendum for Welsh independence
  Opened on Monday 5th October 2020
  1,270 signatures in the past week, 6,604 in total

• Save our Green and Pleasant Land and abandon the proposed Planning Reforms
  Opened on Monday 9th November 2020
  1,239 signatures in the past week, 3,374 in total

• Ban Trail Hunting
  Opened on Monday 19th October 2020
  1,195 signatures in the past week, 5,961 in total

• Make Indefinite Leave to Remain available to anyone resident in UK for 10 years
  Opened on Monday 19th October 2020
  1,191 signatures in the past week, 1,293 in total

• Prevent gyms closing due to a spike in Covid 19 cases
  Opened on Wednesday 12th August 2020
  1,190 signatures in the past week, 615,224 in total

• Ban greyhound racing to end unnecessary deaths & suffering of racing dogs
  Opened on Friday 30th October 2020
  1,174 signatures in the past week, 15,325 in total

• Do not require salons to close due to Covid-19
  Opened on Wednesday 28th October 2020
  963 signatures in the past week, 27,647 in total

• Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are 14 days rent arrears
  Opened on Tuesday 29th September 2020
  935 signatures in the past week, 9,969 in total

• Commit to a public review of HS2 project and suspend all on-going work now
  Opened on Tuesday 9th June 2020
  915 signatures in the past week, 57,797 in total

• Create a Minister for Hospitality in the UK Government
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  903 signatures in the past week, 40,685 in total

• Do not instate any form of a National Road pricing scheme in the UK
  Opened on Monday 23rd November 2020
  892 signatures in the past week, 892 in total

• Give leaseholders more legal protection and consumer rights
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  872 signatures in the past week, 3,672 in total

• Prioritise the extremely clinically vulnerable for COVID-19 vaccine
  Opened on Monday 23rd November 2020
  835 signatures in the past week, 835 in total

• Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19
  Opened on Wednesday 29th July 2020
  793 signatures in the past week, 221,589 in total

• Remove guidance and funding for temporary traffic measures that cause congestion
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  773 signatures in the past week, 25,998 in total

• Allow people to build low impact and sustainable homes more easily in England
  Opened on Wednesday 30th September 2020
  737 signatures in the past week, 3,234 in total

• Make dog theft a specific criminal offence
  Opened on Friday 20th November 2020
  717 signatures in the past week, 814 in total

• Take action to end factory farming and reduce meat and dairy consumption
  Opened on Monday 3rd August 2020
  679 signatures in the past week, 26,907 in total

• Make all under-car neon lights legal
  Opened on Friday 27th November 2020
  678 signatures in the past week, 678 in total

• Extend Youth Mobility Scheme visas to cover for time lost during COVID pandemic
  Opened on Tuesday 24th November 2020
  674 signatures in the past week, 674 in total

• Public Inquiry into Unfair Trading Practices of Holiday Caravan Park Owners
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  648 signatures in the past week, 5,311 in total

• Stop all flights between 10.30pm and 7am at regional airports
  Opened on Thursday 19th November 2020
  640 signatures in the past week, 649 in total

• Do not require encryption services to establish backdoors to enable data access
  Opened on Wednesday 25th November 2020
  615 signatures in the past week, 615 in total

• Extend eligibility for MedEx certificates to people with POI who need HRT
  Opened on Monday 23rd November 2020
  605 signatures in the past week, 605 in total

• Establish free movement & trade agreements with Canada, Australia & New Zealand
  Opened on Friday 23rd October 2020
  602 signatures in the past week, 9,470 in total

• Keep tax-free sales at airports and the VAT Retail Export Scheme
  Opened on Thursday 29th October 2020
  588 signatures in the past week, 8,791 in total

• Make prescriptions free for everyone with Cystic Fibrosis
  Opened on Thursday 27th August 2020
  581 signatures in the past week, 5,062 in total

• Ban Supertrawlers from UK waters after leaving the EUs Common Fisheries Policy
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  556 signatures in the past week, 2,146 in total

• Create a single database of microchipped cats and dogs & make scanning mandatory
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  546 signatures in the past week, 6,805 in total

• Free leaseholders trapped in new build properties by post-Grenfell EWS1 form
  Opened on Wednesday 19th August 2020
  546 signatures in the past week, 30,986 in total

• Exclude overtime and bonuses from income to calculate child maintenance payment
  Opened on Thursday 26th November 2020
  524 signatures in the past week, 524 in total

• Ensure student nurses and midwives are paid for working during Covid-19
  Opened on Wednesday 11th November 2020
  513 signatures in the past week, 7,146 in total

• Exclude all motorcycle training and examinations from any Covid-19 restrictions
  Opened on Tuesday 10th November 2020
  512 signatures in the past week, 2,790 in total

• Increase funding for crisis and acute mental health services
  Opened on Tuesday 17th November 2020
  508 signatures in the past week, 795 in total

• Do not pass the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Criminal Conduct Bill
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  505 signatures in the past week, 10,530 in total

• Stop sexism - Require schools to offer all sports to all children
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  498 signatures in the past week, 10,261 in total

• Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat
  Opened on Friday 5th June 2020
  487 signatures in the past week, 69,990 in total

• Recognise period pants as a menstrual product so that they can be taxed fairly
  Opened on Monday 20th July 2020
  487 signatures in the past week, 16,656 in total

• End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry
  Opened on Wednesday 14th October 2020
  483 signatures in the past week, 1,103,373 in total

• Require all CCGs in England to offer 3 rounds of IVF
  Opened on Monday 23rd November 2020
  480 signatures in the past week, 480 in total

• Tom’s Law - Give police the power to suspend driving licences
  Opened on Friday 25th September 2020
  451 signatures in the past week, 4,083 in total

• Review and fund improved diagnosis and treatment of ADHD
  Opened on Tuesday 20th October 2020
  435 signatures in the past week, 12,180 in total

• Prioritise teachers, school and childcare staff for Covid-19 vaccination
  Opened on Tuesday 20th October 2020
  414 signatures in the past week, 989 in total

• UKRI should extend all PhD students affected by COVID-19
  Opened on Friday 12th June 2020
  407 signatures in the past week, 7,994 in total

• Privatise the BBC and make them self-funding
  Opened on Monday 20th July 2020
  400 signatures in the past week, 4,629 in total

• Require clear labelling on all products linked to deforestation.
  Opened on Monday 23rd November 2020
  394 signatures in the past week, 394 in total

• Provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum
  Opened on Friday 4th September 2020
  388 signatures in the past week, 6,968 in total

• Make the consumption of dog and cat meat illegal
  Opened on Monday 2nd November 2020
  384 signatures in the past week, 1,540 in total

• Reverse the change to Small Brewers Relief.
  Opened on Monday 10th August 2020
  358 signatures in the past week, 51,328 in total

• Fund free female sanitary products, such as sanitary towels and tampons
  Opened on Wednesday 4th November 2020
  358 signatures in the past week, 1,007 in total

• Make unreasonable parent alienation a criminal offence.
  Opened on Tuesday 9th June 2020
  350 signatures in the past week, 2,598 in total

• Repeal the decision to implement compulsory face coverings in English shops.
  Opened on Tuesday 21st July 2020
  339 signatures in the past week, 36,612 in total

• Reverse the disgraceful decision to yet again freeze public sector pay
  Opened on Friday 27th November 2020
  330 signatures in the past week, 330 in total

• Declare “Tested on Animals” on packaging for any product tested on animals
  Opened on Monday 27th July 2020
  330 signatures in the past week, 14,183 in total

• Ban the shooting of badgers immediately
  Opened on Thursday 24th September 2020
  325 signatures in the past week, 71,924 in total

• Allow all dance studios to open with covid safety precautions in place
  Opened on Friday 6th November 2020
  315 signatures in the past week, 5,493 in total

• Make it a specific criminal offence to assault a highway workers
  Opened on Thursday 24th September 2020
  297 signatures in the past week, 6,531 in total

• Include Windrush generations in British Nationality Act Remedial Order
  Opened on Monday 10th August 2020
  291 signatures in the past week, 9,110 in total

• Legalize Personal Light Electric vehicles (PLEVs) such as e-scooters, EUC, etc.
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  285 signatures in the past week, 1,144 in total

• Lower university tuition fees for students until online teaching ends
  Opened on Monday 5th October 2020
  277 signatures in the past week, 165,236 in total

• Exempt driving tests and lessons from COVID-19 restrictions
  Opened on Friday 6th November 2020
  272 signatures in the past week, 4,976 in total

• Legislate to BAN leasehold houses & set ground rents of new-build flats to ZERO
  Opened on Monday 14th September 2020
  270 signatures in the past week, 14,876 in total