Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.
Save the Human Rights Act
Open from Thursday 24th March 2016 to Saturday 24th September 2016
81,148 signatures
Petition to retain the ban on Capital Punishment
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th February 2012
33,456 signatures
Restore Capital Punishment
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th February 2012
26,351 signatures
Bring back the death penalty
Open from Thursday 9th April 2020 to Friday 9th October 2020
12,691 signatures
Abolish whole life orders and reintroduce the death penalty
Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
9,085 signatures
Bring back the death penalty
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Friday 4th November 2011
4,810 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for child murderers, rapists and paedophiles.
Open from Monday 3rd December 2018 to Monday 3rd June 2019
3,417 signatures
Bring back the Death Penalty for child sexual abuse, rape and murder
Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
3,276 signatures
Bring back capital punishment for the rape of a child
Open from Tuesday 4th March 2025 to Thursday 4th September 2025
2,593 signatures
Death Penalty for the murder of Police Officers
Open from Wednesday 19th September 2012 to Thursday 19th September 2013
2,373 signatures
Stop the Death Penalty coming back to the UK
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th February 2012
2,114 signatures
UK refuse to give aid to Uganda if 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill' is passed
Open from Friday 17th August 2012 to Saturday 17th August 2013
1,862 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty once the UK leaves the European Union.
Open from Thursday 30th June 2016 to Friday 30th December 2016
1,346 signatures
Keep the UK's membership of the EU Convention on Human Rights
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
1,338 signatures
The return of Capital punishment for crimes of Murder
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
1,171 signatures
Bring back the death penalty in the UK
Open from Friday 16th March 2018 to Sunday 16th September 2018
1,029 signatures
Re-instate the Death penalty.
Open from Monday 17th August 2015 to Wednesday 17th February 2016
964 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for certain offences including murder
Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
880 signatures
Death Penalty
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Friday 4th November 2011
865 signatures
Reinstate capital punishment for those convicted of sexually abusing of a child
Open from Thursday 11th September 2025 to Wednesday 11th March 2026
855 signatures
Hold a referendum on restoring the Death Penalty for murder
Open from Friday 7th February 2025 to Thursday 7th August 2025
818 signatures
Restore the death penalty for serious offences
Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
774 signatures
Hold a national referendum when a petition reaches 100,000 signatures
Open from Saturday 6th August 2011 to Monday 6th August 2012
692 signatures
Pressure Kingdom of Saudi Arabia not to execute a female civil right activist.
Open from Monday 10th September 2018 to Sunday 10th March 2019
652 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty and make life sentences actually life.
Open from Thursday 13th December 2018 to Thursday 13th June 2019
543 signatures
Call referendum on introducing death penalty for certain offences
Opened on Monday 9th March 2026
523 signatures so far
No to reintroducing the death penalty
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
511 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for proved child rapists
Open from Monday 22nd January 2018 to Sunday 22nd July 2018
494 signatures
Restore Capital Punishment
Open from Tuesday 9th October 2012 to Wednesday 9th October 2013
471 signatures
Bring back the DEATH penalty for PAEDOPHILES.
Open from Thursday 29th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
470 signatures
Bring back death penalty for child killers and mass murderers
Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
449 signatures
No death penalty
Open from Friday 5th August 2011 to Sunday 5th August 2012
429 signatures
Do Not Restore Capital Punishment
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
402 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty for people found guilty of terrorism
Open from Wednesday 12th February 2025 to Tuesday 12th August 2025
349 signatures
make a life sentence mean life in jail for killers
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
309 signatures
Death penalty for those found guilty of plotting or committing acts of terror
Open from Monday 18th September 2017 to Sunday 18th March 2018
305 signatures
Restore the death penalty
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
304 signatures
Restore the death penalty
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
285 signatures
Bring back hanging for people convicted of murder.
Open from Thursday 20th September 2018 to Wednesday 20th March 2019
280 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for convicted murderers
Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
280 signatures
Reintroduce the Death Penalty for certain offences
Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
245 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for those who murder children.
Open from Monday 22nd February 2016 to Monday 22nd August 2016
243 signatures
Re-introduce the death penalty for Paedophiles
Open from Monday 2nd December 2013 to Tuesday 2nd December 2014
236 signatures
Hold a referendum on whether capital punishment should be restored
Open from Monday 20th June 2022 to Tuesday 3rd January 2023
229 signatures
Hold a referendum on whether to reinstate the death penalty
Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
217 signatures
Call a Referendum on the restoration of the death penalty for serious crimes
Open from Friday 28th August 2015 to Sunday 28th February 2016
213 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty for murder
Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
202 signatures so far
Intervene NOW with the Government of Indonesia to reprieve Lindsay SandIford
Open from Friday 29th July 2016 to Sunday 29th January 2017
199 signatures
Bring Back death penalty for paedophiles and murderers.
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
188 signatures
Restore the Death Penalty!
Open from Thursday 8th August 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
188 signatures
Make the death penalty an option where intent to kill can be proven
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
182 signatures
Referendum on Capital Punishment
Open from Wednesday 19th June 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
176 signatures
Restoration of the Death Penalty
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
172 signatures
Put pressure on Saudi Arabia regarding executions and death penalty
Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
154 signatures so far
Reinstate the death penalty for Treason
Opened on Monday 9th March 2026
151 signatures so far
Bring back the death penalty for homicide of a child
Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
141 signatures
Referendum on the Death Penalty/Capital Punishment
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
139 signatures
Death penalty for murdering children
Open from Tuesday 16th August 2011 to Thursday 16th August 2012
128 signatures
Bring back the death penalty to reduce crime rates in the UK
Open from Monday 24th September 2018 to Sunday 24th March 2019
128 signatures
Death Penalty for murderers, child abusers, paedophiles and class a drug dealers
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
120 signatures
Impose Sanctions on Uganda
Open from Monday 14th October 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
118 signatures
Government to make Child abuse a forefront issue & change laws for offenders!
Open from Thursday 2nd March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
113 signatures
A Life sentence should mean life in prison.
Open from Monday 28th January 2013 to Tuesday 28th January 2014
111 signatures
Introduce the death penalty for certain child sex offences
Opened on Friday 27th March 2026
110 signatures so far
Hold an emergency referendum to reinstate the gallows death penalty for treason
Open from Thursday 26th June 2025 to Friday 26th December 2025
109 signatures
Public Hanging for those who propose public hanging
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
107 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty for raping a child.
Open from Monday 4th March 2013 to Tuesday 4th March 2014
106 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty for Treason, Rape, Murder, Terrorism & Espionage
Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
91 signatures so far
Bring back the death penalty for child sex offenders
Open from Wednesday 16th September 2015 to Wednesday 16th March 2016
85 signatures
Bring back retrospective death penalty for murderers and paedophiles
Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2016 to Friday 3rd February 2017
80 signatures
Bring back the Death Penalty for Murder, Rape and Child Molestation
Open from Tuesday 27th September 2016 to Monday 27th March 2017
79 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for sexual abuse against children
Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
78 signatures
death penalty for murder, terrorism and treason
Open from Tuesday 22nd July 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
78 signatures
Instate the death penalty for all paedophiles.
Open from Tuesday 28th June 2016 to Wednesday 28th December 2016
70 signatures
REINTRODUCTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Friday 4th November 2011
67 signatures
death penalty
Open from Tuesday 18th June 2013 to Wednesday 18th June 2014
65 signatures
Iranian Pastor facing death for being a Christian
Open from Thursday 15th December 2011 to Friday 15th June 2012
58 signatures
Bring Back the Death Penalty for Child Murder and Rapists and make Social Workers Accountable
Open from Monday 8th July 2013 to Tuesday 8th July 2014
57 signatures
Refurendum on death penalty
Open from Tuesday 18th June 2013 to Wednesday 18th June 2014
56 signatures
Amend Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to include the death penalty for treason.
Open from Monday 9th September 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
54 signatures
Hold a country wide referendum on whether we should bring back the death penalty
Open from Monday 19th November 2018 to Sunday 19th May 2019
54 signatures
Bring back death penalty for murder
Open from Monday 22nd July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
52 signatures
bring in death penalty to murderers of army troops
Open from Tuesday 20th August 2013 to Wednesday 20th August 2014
51 signatures
Bring Back The Death Penalty For Murderers
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
49 signatures
Re-instate the death penalty
Open from Friday 4th March 2016 to Sunday 4th September 2016
49 signatures
Restore the death penalty
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
49 signatures
Mp`s should act on local referendums
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Friday 4th May 2012
48 signatures
Restore the death penalty for the murder of public servants
Open from Wednesday 19th September 2012 to Thursday 19th September 2013
43 signatures
Treason
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
42 signatures
Death Penalty for 2 or more murders
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
41 signatures
Remove all foreign aid to Uganda and impose sanctions if the "Kill the Gays" bill is passed by the country
Open from Tuesday 13th November 2012 to Wednesday 13th November 2013
41 signatures
Reinstate the Death Penalty for Treason
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2015 to Thursday 11th February 2016
41 signatures
We call on the Government to cut all diplomatic ties with the Kingdom of Brunei
Open from Monday 29th April 2019 to Tuesday 29th October 2019
40 signatures
Reinstate death penalty for murder of Police Officers
Open from Thursday 15th October 2015 to Friday 15th April 2016
40 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for terrorists
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
37 signatures
Stop supporting applications to UN Human Rights Council - Death Penalty States.
Open from Friday 16th October 2015 to Saturday 16th April 2016
36 signatures
Re-instate capital punishment for selected crimes
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th August 2012
34 signatures
Harsher sentencing for assaults' on police, emergency workers & prison officers.
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
33 signatures
End the RAPE epidemic in India
Open from Monday 18th August 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
31 signatures
Reinstate Death Penalty in the UK
Open from Monday 1st December 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
31 signatures
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