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Public Library Petitions noted
A petition is often a key factor in the campaigning to keep a library, or libraries, open. Here is a non-exhaustive list of ones I have noted. This page started 9th November 2013. Lincolnshire is the largest petition noted so far in this parliament, with Wirral being the largest in the parliament before:
A list of current petitions can be found here.
- Barnet – 9000 (March 2015).
- Bath – 5000+.
- Bristol – 811 (October 2013). 8 year old boy collects 450 signatures (June 2015).
- Brent – 6,000 (March 2011).
- Bury – 2995 (December 2013).
- Cornwall – 1500 for St Just Library (March 2014) to keep existing opening hours. NB, St Just only has a population of 4690. There was also a campaign by 10 year old boy to stop opening hours cut at Falmouth (July 2014) which culminated in a 5500 petition being handed to the council in September 2014.
- Devon – 500 for Kingskerswell, Devon.
- Doncaster – 500 (2012).
- Fife – 4000 (July 2015). 2000 (October 2015)
- Harrow – 2500 (Jan 2015). 5000 (June 2015).
- Herefordshire –9,411 (May 2013), 7639 (November 2015).
- Isle of Wight – 4,300 (2011)
- Kirklees – 7400 petition against moving Batley Library (later became 12,000). 2500 against cuts to Cleckheaton October 2014.
- Lambeth – 10,000 (2015)
- Lewisham – 25,000 (2010). (information received via email)
- Leicestershire – 2,000 (July 2014).
- Lincolnshire – 23,000 (October 2013).
- Luton – 10,000.
- Monmouthshire – 1,000 for Usk Library (November 2013).
- North Yorkshire – Whitby Library 1652 signatures, North Yorkshire 2183 (source: email from campaigner, February 2015)
- Sheffield – 5000 for two libraries (December 2013). 30,000 (February 2014)
- Somerset – 19,500 (February 2012).
- Southampton – Two separate ones of 500 each for two libraries feared under threat (March 2014).
- Southend – 6,000 (2013).
- Staffordshire – 1440 for one library (September 2014). 8000 for the county (December 2014). 6300 name petition over suggested move of Lichfield Library (April 2016).
- Surrey – 2428 (February 2012).
- Trafford – 1770 solely for Hale Library (March 2015).
- Vale of Glamorgan – 1855 (December 2013). Over 2000 (March 2015).
- Walsall – 3,000 (January 2016).
- Warrington – 10711 (October 2016).
- Wirral – 60,000 (June 2009).
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about 9 years ago
Another petition for your collection – Ross Library Development Group gathered over 7500 signatures online and on paper asking Herefordshire to keep the library open in Ross at least at it’s present level. The petition will be presented to the leader of the council on Friday 20th and should allow us to speak in a full council debate on the topic.
about 7 years ago
A Current petition to keep Plymouth Libraries open can be found by going to website http://www.petitions24.com to view petition keep Plymouth Libraries