Petitions/Ensure football fans hold majority stake in clubs
StatusClosed
Opened25 Feb 2025
Closes25 Aug 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We want to make the 50+1 rule mandatory within the pro and semi pro leagues in England, which means at least 50% plus one share of a club must be owned by members' associations.

We believe this gives fans more control of the club and allows them to have more of a say than an outside investor(s)/ investment group. We believe this will ensure that English football is fairer and has a better, more stable and sustainable structure of ownership for the future. We feel this will stop investors/ investment groups seeking profit over the needs of the club. We think this form of ownership has been successful across European countries, such as Germany; which we think is a positive sign that it does work, and it works well.

10,000
100,000

Constituency engagement ranking

Alison McGovern
1Alison McGovern MP
Birkenhead
2
James MacCleary
2James MacCleary MP
Lewes
2
Janet Daby
3Janet Daby MP
Lewisham East
2
Matt Turmaine
4Matt Turmaine MP
Watford
2
Preet Kaur Gill
5Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1
Chris Philp
6Chris Philp MP
Croydon South
1
Olly Glover
7Olly Glover MP
Didcot and Wantage
1
Danny Kruger
8Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
Tom Rutland
9Tom Rutland MP
East Worthing and Shoreham
1
Jesse Norman
10Jesse Norman MP
Hereford and South Herefordshire
1