Petitions/Legally require unanimous jury verdicts for serious offences.
StatusClosed
Opened11 Dec 2024
Closes11 Jun 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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We believe majority jury verdicts can lead to miscarriages of justice.

We think majority jury verdicts can risk unsafe convictions, which should always be proved "beyond reasonable doubt". We believe the principle of jury unanimity should be reinstated for indictable only offences.

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John Lamont
1John Lamont MP
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
25
Johanna Baxter
2Johanna Baxter MP
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
13
Brian Leishman
3Brian Leishman MP
Alloa and Grangemouth
6
Connor Naismith
4Connor Naismith MP
Crewe and Nantwich
5
Brendan O'Hara
5Brendan O'Hara MP
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
4
Kirsteen Sullivan
6Kirsteen Sullivan MP
Bathgate and Linlithgow
4
Graeme Downie
7Graeme Downie MP
Dunfermline and Dollar
4
Euan Stainbank
8Euan Stainbank MP
Falkirk
4
Alison Taylor
9Alison Taylor MP
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
4
Elaine Stewart
10Elaine Stewart MP
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
4
Legally require unanimous jury verdicts for serious offences. — Petitions