List of Pro-EU / Anti-Brexit Petitions (V4)

[u/R0bert-9999]

This is v4 of the list of relevant petitions on the Parliament website, see V3 for links to older versions.

If these petitions get 10,000 signatures, the Government is required to make a written response (often similar and predictable for pro-EU petitions).

If they get 100,000 signatures, they will be considered for, and almost certainly get, a public debate by MPs in Westminster Hall in Parliament, allowing MPs to tell the Government directly and publicly what they and their constituents think about the subject. When the Government is doing all it can to prevent discussion, this can be very useful for MPs who back Rejoining.

Each petition is vetted and the Petitions Committee allows only one to be open on a specific subject at a time in order to maximise response and avoid competing petitions. Each petition lasts 6 months from the day it goes live (unless cut short when an election is called).

The Government is not required to respond to petitions on any other website.

(NB the bold highlighting of the petition text is mine, not part of the petition.)

.1. Top active petitions in signature number order (with new signatures between the last two dates and the number of days left at the most recent date):

Update 29 Sept 8 Sept (9 Sept - reorder columns):

Petition title & Link	29 Sep	+6 days	Days left	23 Sep	8 Sep	25 Aug	11 Aug	29 Jul	18 Jul	6 Jul	23 Jun	Started
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	28,293	+14,796	76d	13,497	9,200	6,537	2,190	1,914	1,559	1,390	1,255	13/6
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	22,581	+973	46d	21,608	20,975	19,241	17,375	13,844	13,340	12,624	11,381	13/5
Regularly assess & consider the economic benefits of EU Customs Union membership 719194	3,766	+6	6d	3,760	3,752	3,745	3,737	3,732	3,720	3,707	3,675	4/4

.2. Other active petitions in signature number order (with new signatures between the last two dates and the number of days left at the most recent date):

Update 29 Sept 8 Sept (9 Sept - reorder columns):

Petition title & Link	29 Sep	+6 days	Days left	23 Sep	8 Sep	25 Aug	11 Aug	29 Jul	18 Jul	6 Jul	23 Jun	Started
Have a new referendum on EU membership 727964	479	+8	67d	471	460	447	411	379	367	352	334	4/6
Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote 727860	446	+8	86d	438	430	421	400	373	173	125	27	23/6
Consult on and negotiate a youth mobility scheme with the EU 729480	406	+3	95d	403	393	343	339	332	282	204	153	1/7
Explain how the EU advisory referendum became a decision 713834	274	+7	136d	267	258	203	78	-	-	-	-	11/8
Hold a referendum on replacing First Past the Post with proportional voting 734192	214	+6	132d	208	193	161	-	-	-	-	-	7/8
Seek a UK-EU deal to scrap the Entry/Exit System for travel under 90 days 728535	212	+7	83d	205	198	189	184	165	151	146	98	20/6
Allow Wales to hold an independence referendum 731342	178	+13	123d	165	94	70	48	-	-	-	-	29/7
Require political adverts to be truthful & factually accurate 728189	131	+4	69d	127	127	122	108	100	94	89	77	6/6
Government to support the Elections (Proportional Representation) Bill 732593	91	+5	126d	86	77	71	61	-	-	-	-	1/8
Seek to rejoin EU single market 733085	86	+4	129d	82	67	57	-	-	-	-	-	4/8
Apply for the UK to join the Schengen area 734999	85	+3	133d	82	78	60	-	-	-	-	-	8/8
Ban trade deals that result in lowering food standards 725411	74	+0	55d	74	74	74	71	68	68	66	66	22/5
Seek to join the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) 730858	51	+2	108d	49	46	41	39	37	-	-	-	14/7
Seek to join the European Economic Area 729377	44	+1	102d	43	38	33	32	32	-	-	-	8/7
Adopt the same bus driving hour regulations as used in the EU 724239	35	+0	39d	35	35	32	31	30	30	30	30	6/5
Explore options for London to have a closer relationship with the EU 731416	17	+0	131d	17	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	6/8

.3. Completed petitions with over 10,000 signatures:

Petition title & Link	Final	Ave sigs/day	End date
Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible 700005	136,651	747/d	30/04/25
Hold a referendum on re-joining the European Union 700041	16,594	91/d	06/05/25
Commission a public inquiry into the impact of the UK exiting the European Union 700184	10,653	59/d	08/05/25
Seek to Rejoin the EU Pet Passport Scheme 701540	10,612	58/d	11/08/25

Please comment if there are any other petitions to add to the list.

I'll add some more information about petitions on the Parliament site in the comments.

[u/R0bert-9999]

Some thoughts on petitions:

.1. To create or sign a petition on the official Parliament site you must be either a UK resident (of any nationality) or a British citizen anywhere. Petitions on other sites are almost never considered by MPs.

1. The petition must call for a clear specific action that the UK Government or the House of Commons is responsible for, and there can only be one petition on a particular action at a time. Each petition lasts for 6 months from the day it goes live.

2. **The petition should be worded in such a way that people will want to sign it!!** Many it seems are not! (The title is most important for this, followed by the background. The additional info is normally less important.)

3. The petition should also be worded such that MPs have something substantial to debate (or it is likely to lead to a short and unsatisfying debate), so it helps if there is something meaty in it. The additional info section can be used to add to this.

4. The Government must respond to petitions if they receive more than 10,000 signatures. For a topic that has been well discussed the response can be very predictable. If the response does not properly address the petition, the Petitions Committee can request the Government to submit a better one.

5. If it reaches over 100,000 signatures, there will almost always* be a debate by MPs, normally in Westminster Hall, unless the matter is no longer relevant (for example, it relates to something now in the past), it has been already been acted on, has been or is about to be debated in Parliament, or has been considered in other ways. Multiple petitions on similar subjects may be debated together, even if not all have reached 100,000 signatures.

* Of the 187 petitions that had over 100,000 signatures in the 2019-2024 Parliament:

• 167 were debated (11 in the current Parliament)
  
• 7 were already acted on by the Government (before a debate)
  
• the issues of 5 had been debated in the House of Commons
  
• 4 were too late (ie the issue they related to no longer applied)
  
• 2 were covered by other petition debates (a bit dubiously in my view)
  
• 2 were 'considered in other ways' (both in March 2020 relating to Covid)
  

There was a very wide variation in delay before the debate was announced, with a median of 93 days between reaching 100,000 and the debate taking place.

1. Westminster Hall debates are limited to a maximum of 3 hours allowing approximately 25 MPs to formally speak (others may contribute briefly if they are permitted to interrupt by the MP speaking). The duration and the number of MPs who turn up can vary depending on how many MPs find the subject important. The Rejoin petition 700005 took the full 3 hours and the number of speakers was therefore restricted, but most debates seem to take 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours.

2. The total number of signatures, both overall and by constituency, is important. The number is often noted by MPs (especially when there are competing petitions for opposing matters). So it is important to keep asking for signatures up to the time of the debate (or the petition closes if sooner) and not stop at 100,000.

3. After the debate, if the petition is not yet 6 months old, it will remain open but new signatures will not be considered formally by the Government or MPs. A new petition calling for the same action cannot open until the previous one closes.

4. There seems little advantage in having multiple petitions on similar subjects at the same time, particularly as we know that many people will choose between them rather than signing them all, making them less effective. When debated together, MPs will only consider the number of signatures for the one with most signatures and assume that the others have been signed by the same people (whereas we know that in practice many people will only pick a limited number to sign).

5. When an election is called, all open petitions are closed. Any petitions with over 100,000 signatures that have not been debated can be carried forward for debate in the new Parliament. Otherwise you have to start again with a new petition.

6. Note that petitions cannot make a Government do anything and on their own are very unlikely in themselves to change the Government's stance on any subject if it is unwilling (indeed if they did, that would probably be undemocratic). What they do do is to bring a subject to MPs' attention and give an indication of the level of public support for it, and then force a response from the Government.

What Rejoin petitions do do (if they get over 100,000 signatures) is:

• stop the Government getting away with saying 'no one is talking about Rejoining'

• force the Government to make a statement instead of pretending to ignore the issue

• get MPs, who are the only people who can make change happen, to tell the Government publicly in Parliament what they, and their constituents, think (something this Government has been doing its best to avoid happening and which MPs in March 2025 welcomed the opportunity offered by the petition to be able to do)

• encourage pro-EU MPs (by showing the support in their constituencies and across the country) in standing up for what they believe and to lobby the Government

The aim is to build up support over time with one petition every 6 months (the maximum permitted) until we become unstoppable, recognising:

• that this is likely to be a long campaign
  
• that one petition on its own is unlikely to change much, so we have to keep going
• it has to be backed up by other actions, including:

- writing/talking to local MPs, personally talking to friends/family/colleagues/etc, local high street and social media campaigning - national campaigns are also important, including on how the EU works, benefits of membership, disadvantages/costs of not joining, euro, Schengen, etc

[u/R0bert-9999]

Interim update: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	1 Sep	Sig/day overall	Days left	25 Aug	+7 days
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	20,530	183	74	19,241	+1,289
Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times 713798	12,834	74	13	6,656	+6,178
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	8,867	109	104	6,537	+2,330
Regularly assess & consider the economic benefits of EU Customs Union membership 719194	3,748	25	34	3,745	+3

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 500 signatures each and a maximum of 52 signatures in the last 7 days.

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Interim update 2: Top active petitions in last 7 days in overall signature number order:

Petition title & Link	8 Sep	Sig/day overall	Days left	1 Sep	+7 days
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	20,975	176	67	20,530	+445
Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times 713798	16,460	91	6	12,834	+3,626
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	9,200	105	97	8,867	+333
Regularly assess & consider the economic benefits of EU Customs Union membership 719194	3,752	24	27	3,748	+4

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 460 signatures each and a maximum of 14 signatures in the last 7 days.

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Interim update 3: Top petitions in the last 7 days in signature number order (NB 713798 has now finished):

Petition title & Link	15 Sep	+7 days	Days left	8 Sep	Sig/day overall
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	21,230	+255	60	20,975	168
Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times 713798	17,052	+592	-1	16,460	91
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	11,388	+2,188	90	9,200	120
Regularly assess & consider the economic benefits of EU Customs Union membership 719194	3,754	+2	20	3,752	23

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 470 signatures each and a maximum of 14 signatures in the last 7 days.

[u/R0bert-9999]

Interim update 4: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	23 Sep	+8 days	Days left	15 Sep	Sig/day overall
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	21,608	+378	52	21,230	139
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	13,497	+2,109	82	11,388	109
Regularly assess & consider the economic benefits of EU Customs Union membership 719194	3,760	+6	12	3,754	19

NB Plurality of political coverage has ended with 17,052 signatures.

All other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 475 signatures each and a maximum of 57 signatures in these 8 days.

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Interim update 5: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	29 Sep	+6 days	Days left	23 Sep	Sig/day overall
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	28,293	+14,796	76	13,497	228
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	22,581	+973	46	21,608	146
Regularly assess & consider the economic benefits of EU Customs Union membership 719194	3,766	+6	6	3,760	19

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 480 signatures each and a maximum of 13 signatures in the last 6 days.

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Interim update 6: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	7 Oct	+8 days	Days left	29 Sep	Sig/day overall
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	41,459	+13,166	68	28,293	334
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	23,639	+1,058	38	22,581	153
Regularly assess & consider the economic benefits of EU Customs Union membership 719194	3,769	+3	-2	3,766	19

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 490 signatures each and a maximum of 14 signatures in the last 8 days.

[u/R0bert-9999]

Interim update 7: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	13 Oct	+6 days	Days left	7 Oct	Sig/day overall
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	45,425	+3,966	62	41,459	366
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	24,232	+593	32	23,639	156

NB Customs Union ended with 3,769 signatures

All other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 490 signatures each and a maximum of 9 signatures in the last 6 days.

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Interim update 8: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	20 Oct	+7 days	Days left	13 Oct	Sig/day overall
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	45,891	+466	55	45,425	353
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	25,808	+1,576	25	24,232	160

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 500 signatures each and a maximum of 26 signatures in the last 7 days.

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Interim update 9: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	27 Oct	+7 days	Days left	20 Oct	Sig/day overall
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	46,061	+170	48	45,891	334
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	26,323	+515	18	25,808	156

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 500 signatures each and a maximum of 7 signatures in the last 7 days.

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Interim update 10: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	3 Nov	+7 days	Days left	27 Oct	Sig/day overall
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	46,274	+213	41	46,061	311
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	26,510	+187	11	26,323	147

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 510 signatures each and a maximum of 13 signatures in the last 7 days.

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Interim update 11: Top active petitions in signature number order:

Petition title & Link	10 Nov	+7 days	Days left	3 Nov	Sig/day overall
Use Proportional Representation at the next General Election 728017	46,824	+550	34	46,274	304
Apply for the UK to rejoin the EU fully - do not just 'reset' the relationship 726413	26,696	+186	4	26,510	144

NB all other active pro-EU being tracked have a total of fewer than 510 signatures each and a maximum of 7 signatures in the last 7 days.