Our Woodcock petition finished on 107,916 signatures – here are the top constituencies

Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season closed last Wednesday – ending on a grand total of 107,916 signatures. We’re blown away, thank you!

We know now the petition will be debated in Parliament on February 27 this year – which you can read about here. We’ll be keeping you updated with developments in the run up to it.

Below is a final update on the leading constituencies – the top 20 for number of signatures. West Dorset, Mr Christopher Loder MP’s constituency, came out on top.

1. 1. West Dorset, Chris Loder MP – 694 signatures
   2. North Norfolk, Duncan Baker MP – 602 signatures
   3. Torridge and West Devon, Geoffrey Cox MP – 564 signatures
   4. Suffolk Coastal, Therese Coffey MP – 556 signatures
   5. Central Devon, Mel Stride MP – 554 signatures
   6. South Norfolk, Richard Bacon MP – 526 signatures
   7. Derbyshire Dales, Sarah Dines MP – 499 signatures
   8. North Dorset, Simon Hoare MP – 470 signatures
   9. South Dorset, Richard Drax MP – 466 signatures
   10. Mid Norfolk, George Freeman MP – 461 signatures
   11. Totnes, Anthony Mangnall MP – 461 signatures
   12. Broadland, Jerome Mayhew MP – 460 signatures
   13. Stroud, Siobhain Baillie MP – 442 signatures
   14. Norwich S, Clive Lewis MP – 441 signatures
   15. High Peak, Robert Largan MP – 437 signatures
   16. Isle of Wight, Bob Seeley MP – 428 signatures
   17. East Devon, Simon Jupp MP – 409 signatures
   18. Tiverton and Honiton, Richard Foord, MP – 409 signatures
   19. North Devon, Selaine Saxby MP – 409 signatures
   20. Somerton and Frome, David Warbuton, MP – 409 signatures

Here’s a map of signature distribution – you can see South West England and East Anglia are still particularly strong areas of support. Both are strong Pheasant shooting areas. It’s good to see that Therese Coffey’s constituents are still sending the Defra Secretary of State a strong message on what she should do.

Our action, supported by you, has already persuaded Defra to promise changes to licensing and for those to be discussed across the UK administrations. This would not have happened without our action – thank you for your brilliant support.

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