Most-signed open petitions
The ten open petitions to the UK Government and Parliament with the most signatures. Signature counts are live and keep rising, so they are checked within a tolerance.
Signatures on the top open petition
168,035
Live count · Legislate to protect ILR applicants from retrospective changes
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 14:49 UTCSource: UK Parliament – Petitions Committee. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
Data table
10 rows
| Category | Signatures |
|---|---|
| Legislate to protect ILR applicants from retrospective changes (#775267) | 168,035 |
| Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks (#767687) | 135,926 |
| End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately (#769589) | 130,695 |
| Reduce the state pension age to 65 for all (#780269) | 114,086 |
| Launch a public inquiry into the UK's role in Israeli operations in Gaza (#783252) | 102,526 |
| Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK (#773633) | 87,889 |
| Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after (#779259) | 82,958 |
| Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence (#777710) | 79,078 |
| Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death (#771401) | 60,580 |
| Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals (#769616) | 55,729 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- UK Parliament – Petitions Committee
- Check it yourself
- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open
- Licence
- Open Parliament Licence v3.0 – Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026, 14:48 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions.json?state=open&page=1SHA-256 50a3c75a0b497ab8e67893467c67053ae5f6e3de3ab226b8c2b9daff2b578a51 · 4,699 bytes
- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions.json?state=open&page=2SHA-256 0e5dfce13d599b0080f38be65b190997474e8507c58adaa1e7ccc1df80bc6d15 · 4,595 bytes
- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions.json?state=open&page=3SHA-256 bf7d1c551bb321641b44f43433ed6d3eb587579c8390eccbfb645f116ac73b20 · 4,690 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 9 November 2026, 14:49 UTC Run at 9 November 2026, 14:49 UTC; 10 of 10 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | UK Parliament – Petitions Committee; Open Parliament Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-09T14:48:52Z; 3 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 3 of 3 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 10 of 10 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 10 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 10 of 10 figures match within the stated tolerance after downloading 3 source file(s) again (1 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | Each petition's own record agrees | 10 of 10 counts agree with each petition's own page data (/petitions/<id>.json) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Counts move by the minute. Verification passes when the live count is no lower than the stored one and no more than 5% higher.
- The hub's copy of each page of the list keeps each petition's number, title, state and signatures: the service also names who started it, which the hub does not keep. The live check keeps the same.