{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/783430.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":783430,"attributes":{"action":"Ban authoritarian state ownership of football clubs","background":"Ban authoritarian regimes, and the companies and funds they control, from owning or taking stakes in football clubs. Make this part of the Independent Football Regulator's owners' and directors' test, to prevent regimes seeking to 'sportswash' their image.","additional_details":"Football clubs belong to their fans and communities, not to authoritarian regimes using them to 'sportswash' human rights abuses. Ban these regimes, and the companies, sovereign funds and individuals acting for them, from owning or taking stakes in English clubs. Make this part of the Independent Football Regulator's owners' and directors' test, using an independent measure of authoritarian rule, so no club can be brought. Keep authoritarianism out of our game.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":18,"closing_date":"2027-04-22","created_at":"2026-10-01T07:48:57.773Z","updated_at":"2026-10-23T11:21:50.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-10-22T09:45:48.067Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-10-01T08:02:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Alan Mahon","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DCMS","name":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","url":""}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":18}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Bury South","ons_code":"E14001145","mp":"Christian Wakeford MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Coventry East","ons_code":"E14001180","mp":"Mary Creagh MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gillingham and Rainham","ons_code":"E14001246","mp":"Naushabah Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Oxford West and Abingdon","ons_code":"E14001420","mp":"Layla Moran MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stroud","ons_code":"E14001529","mp":"Dr Simon Opher MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Belfast North","ons_code":"N05000002","mp":"John Finucane MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"South Antrim","ons_code":"N05000014","mp":"Robin Swann MP","signature_count":9},{"name":"Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe","ons_code":"W07000085","mp":"David Chadwick MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":2},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":2},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":1},{"name":"Northern Ireland","ons_code":"N","signature_count":11}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}