Update – 15.48 Hours Friday March 22nd 2019:
Conclusions remain unchanged:
- There is nothing to suggest bots based outside of the UK are impacting on this petition in terms of numbers of signatures and the figures of non-UK signatories are not significant.
- The data available suggest that signatures are largely genuine and non-domestic signatures are indicative of ex-pats signing the petition.
- We suspect that efforts may have been made to deny service to the petitions website, preventing users from signing the petition but restrict our view to suspicion in the absence of verified information.
- It is clear that disinformation is being spread to attempt to discredit this petition by known disinformation actors.
- Anyone claiming that bots are active either has access to data which isn’t publicly available or is aware or complicit in such activity.
The data was pulled for a third time and the JSON has been converted to a spreadsheet and is attached below.
| Total Signatures (Live on main site) | 3360250 | % of Total | |
| Total Without Data Fully Shown | 90433 | 2.69% | |
| Total Signatures With Location Data Shown | 3269817 | 97.31% | % Of Shown Data |
| UK Signatures | 3145727 | 93.62% | 96.20% |
| Non UK Signatures | 124090 | 3.69% | 3.80% |
| Total Signatures With Constituency | 3090235 | 91.96% | |
| UK Location Without Constituency Disparity | 55492 | 1.65% |
Charts:
JSON Data Pull to CSV:
JSON to XLS Data Pull 22-3-19 1548 Hours
Update – 13.20 Hours Friday March 22nd 2019:
The data was pulled for a second time and the JSON has been converted to a spreadsheet and is attached below.
| Total Signatures (Live on main site) | 3153074 | % of Total | |
| Total Without Data Fully Shown | 1841740 | 58.41% | |
| Total Signatures With Location Data Shown | 1311334 | 41.59% | % Of Shown Data |
| UK Signatures | 1261367 | 40.00% | 96.19% |
| Non UK Signatures | 49967 | 1.58% | 3.81% |
| Total Signatures With Constituency | 1238638 | 39.28% | |
| UK Location Without Constituency Disparity | 22729 | 0.72% |
JSON Data Pull to CSV:
JSON to XLS Data Pull 22-3-19 1320 Hours
Summary:
The data was gathered at 10.30am on Friday March 22nd 2019 from https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584.json
Signatures located in the UK account for 45.31% of the total signatures while signatures coming from outside the UK only account for 1.75% of the total. The rest of the data is not available.
| Total Signatures | 2783605 |
| Total Without Data Fully Shown | 1473537 |
| Total Signatures With Location Data Shown | 1310068 |
| UK Signatures | 1261367 |
| Non UK Signatures | 48701 |
Viewing non-UK locations with over 100 signatures shows not only an insignificant contribution but also clearly demonstrates natural behaviour by ex-pats signing from abroad, with France showing 10,563 signatures as the largest non-UK group.
- There is nothing to suggest bots based outside of the UK are impacting on this petition in terms of numbers of signatures and the figures of non-UK signatories are not significant.
- The data available suggest that signatures are largely genuine and non-domestic signatures are indicative of ex-pats signing the petition.
- We suspect that efforts may have been made to deny service to the petitions website, preventing users from signing the petition but restrict our view to suspicion in the absence of verified information.
- It is clear that disinformation is being spread to attempt to discredit this petition by known disinformation actors.
- Anyone claiming that bots are active either has access to data which isn’t publicly available or is aware or complicit in such activity.
Charts:
Data Table (Sorted By Number Of Signatures):
| Country | Signatures |
| Data Not Shown | 1473537 |
| United Kingdom Without Constituency | 1261367 |
| France | 10563 |
| Spain | 5957 |
| Germany | 4669 |
| United States | 3984 |
| Australia | 2560 |
| Netherlands | 2194 |
| Ireland | 1813 |
| Canada | 1588 |
| Gibraltar | 1293 |
| Switzerland | 1235 |
| Italy | 1231 |
| Sweden | 1129 |
| New Zealand | 917 |
| Denmark | 715 |
| Austria | 662 |
| Portugal | 605 |
| Hong Kong | 500 |
| Norway | 465 |
| Greece | 433 |
| Luxembourg | 418 |
| Finland | 377 |
| United Arab Emirates | 370 |
| Singapore | 340 |
| Czechia | 314 |
| Japan | 275 |
| Isle Of Man | 262 |
| South Africa | 257 |
| Jersey | 247 |
| Poland | 238 |
| Cyprus | 237 |
| Malta | 215 |
| Guernsey | 207 |
| Thailand | 198 |
| Hungary | 121 |
| Bulgaria | 119 |
| Malaysia | 83 |
| Bermuda | 71 |
| China | 71 |
| Brazil | 69 |
| Romania | 66 |
| Turkey | 65 |
| Mexico | 58 |
| India | 56 |
| Vietnam | 55 |
| Qatar | 51 |
| Slovakia | 49 |
| Iceland | 44 |
| Israel | 43 |
| Estonia | 42 |
| South Korea | 42 |
| Uruguay | 37 |
| Kenya | 36 |
| Cayman Islands | 33 |
| Philippines | 31 |
| Indonesia | 28 |
| Russia | 28 |
| Slovenia | 27 |
| Colombia | 26 |
| Croatia | 26 |
| Saudi Arabia | 26 |
| Argentina | 25 |
| Egypt | 25 |
| Taiwan | 25 |
| Latvia | 23 |
| Chile | 22 |
| Monaco | 20 |
| Oman | 20 |
| Tuvalu | 20 |
| Bahrain | 19 |
| Jamaica | 18 |
| Serbia | 18 |
| Ukraine | 18 |
| Uzbekistan | 18 |
| Cambodia | 16 |
| Vanuatu | 16 |
| Botswan | 15 |
| Sri Lanka | 15 |
| Tanzania | 15 |
| Lebanon | 14 |
| Peru | 14 |
| Reunion | 13 |
| Lithuania | 12 |
| Morocco | 12 |
| Uganda | 12 |
| Andorra | 11 |
| Barbados | 11 |
| French Guiana | 11 |
| Kuwait | 10 |
| British Virgin Islands | 9 |
| Ghana | 9 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 9 |
| Brunei | 8 |
| Ecuador | 8 |
| Georgia | 8 |
| Nigeria | 8 |
| Pakistan | 8 |
| Rwanda | 8 |
| Saint-Barthelemy | 8 |
| Zambia | 7 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 |
| Burma | 6 |
| Malawi | 6 |
| Mauritius | 6 |
| Senegal | 6 |
| The Bahamas | 6 |
| Anguilla | 5 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 5 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 5 |
| Jordan | 5 |
| Macao | 5 |
| Mozambique | 5 |
| Namibia | 5 |
| Vatican City | 5 |
| Afghanistan | 4 |
| Belize | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 4 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 |
| Ethiopia | 4 |
| Falkland Islands | 4 |
| Fiji | 4 |
| Grenada | 4 |
| Guadeloupe | 4 |
| Laos | 4 |
| Nepal | 4 |
| Caledonia | 4 |
| Papa New Guinea | 4 |
| Tonga | 4 |
| Albania | 3 |
| Algeria | 3 |
| Angola | 3 |
| Cuba | 3 |
| East Timor | 3 |
| Kasakhstan | 3 |
| Martinique | 3 |
| Montenegro | 3 |
| Macedonia | 3 |
| Seychelles | 3 |
| South Sudan | 3 |
| St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 3 |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 3 |
| St Vincent | 3 |
| Sudan | 3 |
| The Gambia | 3 |
| Togo | 3 |
| Belarus | 2 |
| Bhutan | 2 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | 2 |
| Burundi | 2 |
| Cameroon | 2 |
| Eswatini | 2 |
| Guatemala | 2 |
| Iran | 2 |
| Kosovo | 2 |
| Liberia | 2 |
| Libya | 2 |
| Montserrato | 2 |
| Nicaragua | 2 |
| Panama | 2 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 |
| St Lucia | 2 |
| St Pierre & Miquelon | 2 |
| Tajikstan | 2 |
| The Occupied Palestinian Territories | 2 |
| Venezuela | 2 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2 |
| Western Sahara | 2 |
| Armenia | 1 |
| Bolivia | 1 |
| British Antarctic Territory | 1 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 |
| Chad | 1 |
| Congo | 1 |
| Congo (DR) | 1 |
| Curacao | 1 |
| Djibouti | 1 |
| Dominica | 1 |
| French Polynesia | 1 |
| Gabon | 1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 |
| Madagascar | 1 |
| Maldives | 1 |
| Mayotte | 1 |
| Mongolia | 1 |
| North Korea | 1 |
| Samoa | 1 |
| San Marino | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 |
| St Martin | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 |
| Yemen | 1 |
