Closed petition Let mothers be named on marriage certificates

Closed on 6 May 2018

Currently marriage certificates only allow the fathers name on them and not mothers.

This petition aims to bring the marriage certificate into the 21st century.

223 signatures

223 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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6 May 2018

Petition closed
6 November 2017

Petition published

This petition can now be signed.

If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

This petition will stay open until 6 May 2018.