Petitions/Review use of plea deals in domestic violence and abuse cases
StatusOngoing
Opened15 Jun 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Victims deserve accountability, transparency, and sentences that reflect the true severity of domestic abuse, strangulation, threats to kill, and repeated violence. Protect survivors and review the use of plea deals now. These changes could be known as Leoni's Law.

We are concerned that too many violent abusers avoid full accountability by pleading guilty to lesser charges while victims are left with lifelong trauma. Domestic abuse, strangulation, threats to kill, coercive control, and repeated violence must be treated with the seriousness they deserve. We call for reforms to stop serious offences being minimised through plea deals, ensure victims’ voices are heard, and make sentencing reflect the true impact of abuse.

10,000
100,000

Constituency engagement ranking

Ben Obese-Jecty
1Ben Obese-Jecty MP
Huntingdon
20
Ian Sollom
2Ian Sollom MP
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
7
Steve Barclay
3Steve Barclay MP
North East Cambridgeshire
5
Sam Carling
4Sam Carling MP
North West Cambridgeshire
4
Lizzi Collinge
5Lizzi Collinge MP
Morecambe and Lunesdale
2
Andrew Pakes
6Andrew Pakes MP
Peterborough
2
Ian Lavery
7Ian Lavery MP
Blyth and Ashington
1
Lewis Cocking
8Lewis Cocking MP
Broxbourne
1
Nigel Farage
9Nigel Farage MP
Clacton
1
Danny Kruger
10Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1