Verdicts · Justice
Justice referendums: how members voted
Settled referendums
75
since Jul 2026
Votes cast
42,297
all time, on justice
Last week
10,139
votes · 6 referendums settled
Written opinions
1,623
all time, left by voters
Best of each side last week
Most respected on justice in the last 7 days
Left
- JohnMorris14 respects
- CalmVoter217 respects
Centre
- PureBlood126 respects
- BenL20 respects
Right
- RAS26 respects
- ChasNewport25 respects
How justice results lean
This week—Last weekCentreAll timeC. RightWhere every side agreed last week
Left, Centre and Right voters all came down the same way.
- NOShould every UK resident’s DNA be held on a national database?
- YESShould wearing face coverings at political protests and street patrols be prohibited by law?
- NOShould parents face criminal charges for pressuring a child not to change gender identity?
- NOShould people in full-time work be able to serve short prison sentences at weekends only?
Most active regions last week
Voters
South East229
Scotland155
South West141
North West137
London134
Yorkshire133
East of England120
West Midlands95
East Midlands89
North East63
Wales55
Northern Ireland25
Votes each week
10,139 last week
4,44124 Aug
1,70531 Aug
5,1527 Sept
3,59514 Sept
2,47721 Sept
6,72828 Sept
3,1015 Oct
10,13912 Oct
All-time justice highlights
Biggest landslide
YES 95%
Should the UK introduce a legal duty of candour on public officials to tell the truth in inquiries?
95% of 65 votes went the same way.
Closest result
NO 50%
Should we hang child murderers?
Decided by 1 vote.
Most debated
YES 54%
Should police always reveal a suspect’s nationality and ethnicity when they announce a charge?
77 written opinions.
Last week
6 settled · 10,139 votes
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46% No
Votes1,773
Skipped12
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Should police always reveal a suspect’s nationality and ethnicity when they announce a charge?
The verdict
Yes narrowly won, with one side demanding that “Honesty (and accuracy) must prevail” and the other warning of “yet another witch hunt for entire groups”.
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28% No
Votes1,671
Skipped14
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Should wearing face coverings at political protests and street patrols be prohibited by law?
The verdict
Yes won overwhelmingly, yet the most-respected voices on both sides said the same thing: the rule must hit everyone. Even the winning side kept qualifying its vote with “this means everyone”.
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42% No
Votes1,655
Skipped32
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Should Palestine Action remain a proscribed organisation in the UK?
The verdict
Yes won comfortably, its case built on one act: breaking into an RAF base. The most-respected No voice never defended the group, only protested that the UK is “arresting grannies for holding signs”.
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No
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32% Yes
Votes1,662
Skipped32
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Should people in full-time work be able to serve short prison sentences at weekends only?
The verdict
Voters comfortably rejected weekend prison, and the most-respected case was a dilemma: if someone can "function in society Monday to Friday", why do they need a prison sentence at all?
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17% Yes
Votes1,662
Skipped42
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Should parents face criminal charges for pressuring a child not to change gender identity?
The verdict
Voters rejected the idea overwhelmingly, with the top No case insisting a parent “should not be penalised for preventing a child recklessly going down a path they may later regret.” Yes voters answered with a comparison to gay conversion practices.
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21% Yes
Votes1,716
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Should every UK resident’s DNA be held on a national database?
The verdict
Voters rejected a universal DNA database overwhelmingly, and even many No voters said they would love the idea if only they trusted the state: “I don’t trust the establishment not to abuse it.”
Every justice verdict
- Should police always reveal a suspect’s nationality and ethnicity when they announce a charge?YES 54%1,773 votes · 18 Oct
- Should wearing face coverings at political protests and street patrols be prohibited by law?YES 72%1,671 votes · 17 Oct
- Should Palestine Action remain a proscribed organisation in the UK?YES 58%1,655 votes · 17 Oct
- Should people in full-time work be able to serve short prison sentences at weekends only?NO 68%1,662 votes · 15 Oct
- Should parents face criminal charges for pressuring a child not to change gender identity?NO 83%1,662 votes · 14 Oct
- Should every UK resident’s DNA be held on a national database?NO 79%1,716 votes · 13 Oct
- Should all UK prisons be run by the state rather than private companies?YES 84%1,591 votes · 9 Oct
- Should all convicted paedophiles receive whole‑life sentences?TIED1,510 votes · 7 Oct
- Should the UK create the proposed National Police Service (NPS) as a British equivalent of the FBI?YES 66%1,368 votes · 5 Oct
- Was the government right to scrap plans to limit jury trials?YES 74%1,416 votes · 5 Oct
- Should the prison early release scheme be scrapped?YES 58%1,334 votes · 3 Oct
- Should the law prevent the Prime Minister from publicly labelling defendants in ways that risk prejudicing their trial?YES 74%1,338 votes · 2 Oct
- Should the government release hate crime figures broken down by nationality?YES 84%1,272 votes · 29 Sept
- Does the UK have two‑tier policing?YES 71%1,271 votes · 28 Sept
- Should the law banning alcohol in football stands (Sporting Events Act 1985) be scrapped?NO 62%1,206 votes · 26 Sept
- Does the UK need mandatory minimum sentences for repeat offenders of any crime?YES 78%977 votes · 19 Sept
- Should burning the Union Flag be prosecuted as sedition?NO 57%964 votes · 18 Sept
- Should the UK's 43 police forces be merged into larger regional forces?NO 60%900 votes · 17 Sept
- Will recent changes to the Solicitors Qualifying Exam result in a decline in professional standards?YES 75%754 votes · 15 Sept
- Should the UK register of sex offenders be made public to all households?YES 50%793 votes · 13 Sept
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- Should terrorist offences be treated simply as ordinary crimes?NO 90%790 votes · 13 Sept
- Should the national inquiry into grooming gangs be widened?YES 84%749 votes · 12 Sept
- Should judges face formal disciplinary action for repeated disregard of statute or binding precedent?YES 87%738 votes · 12 Sept
- Should there be a referendum on capital punishment in the UK?NO 52%734 votes · 11 Sept
- Should foreign criminals be sent abroad to serve their sentences?YES 81%676 votes · 9 Sept
- Should all dog owners be required to have third-party liability insurance?YES 57%672 votes · 9 Sept
- Should the UK proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation?YES 80%593 votes · 7 Sept
- Is UK policing biased against white British people?YES 62%600 votes · 6 Sept
- Should Notting Hill Carnival be banned after a record 560 arrests were made?NO 52%512 votes · 2 Sept
- Should the UK replace human rights treaties with its own bill of rights?YES 61%497 votes · 31 Aug
- Should the UK legalise approved pepper spray for adults to carry with training for self-defence?YES 56%453 votes · 30 Aug
- Should penalties for AI-generated CSAM be the same as for human-created CSAM?YES 90%444 votes · 30 Aug
- Are prisoner rehabilitation programmes worth the time, money, and effort?YES 62%453 votes · 30 Aug
- Should non-crime hate incidents be scrapped?YES 78%440 votes · 29 Aug
- Should the UK end Sharia Councils?YES 72%440 votes · 29 Aug
- Should Palestine Action remain proscribed as a terrorist organisation?YES 68%393 votes · 28 Aug
- Should litterers receive community service picking litter in addition to a fine?YES 88%393 votes · 28 Aug
- Should convicted offenders have to repay the cost of their punishment?NO 52%323 votes · 26 Aug
- Should police officers lose the right to use tasers and pepper spray?NO 93%308 votes · 25 Aug
- Should each town and city have named local officers that residents know?YES 81%297 votes · 25 Aug
- Should the Andrew Tate allegations get a public inquiry, not just a criminal trial?NO 68%277 votes · 23 Aug
- Should the UK make whole life orders mandatory with no judicial discretion for the murder of police officers?YES 62%302 votes · 22 Aug
- Should prisoners who are physically and mentally able be forced to carry out supervised community improvement works?YES 78%311 votes · 21 Aug
- Should we hang child murderers?NO 50%271 votes · 19 Aug
- Is UK policing and justice applied unequally based on the identity or politics of those involved?YES 71%263 votes · 18 Aug
- Are police targeting compliant citizens over uncooperative offenders?YES 78%259 votes · 17 Aug
- Should all foreign prisoners be sent abroad to serve their sentences?YES 61%223 votes · 13 Aug
- Would an independent inquiry into grooming gangs ease community tensions?YES 63%197 votes · 12 Aug
- Is the prisoner early release scheme an effective way at dealing with prison overcrowding?NO 81%182 votes · 11 Aug
- Should the death penalty be brought back for specific crimes?NO 52%175 votes · 8 Aug
- Should the prisoner escort and custody service be reformed to reduce court delays?YES 76%132 votes · 1 Aug
- Should Andy Burnham recall Parliament to exempt serious offenders from early release?YES 72%159 votes · 30 Jul
- Should prisoners pay for their own incarceration like people pay for social care?YES 55%134 votes · 28 Jul
- Should we reintroduce the death penalty for the most serious crimes?YES 54%132 votes · 27 Jul
- Should those convicted beyond any reasonable doubt of child sexual abuse be put to death?YES 51%107 votes · 26 Jul
- Should the police enforce the law equally even if it conflicts with certain cultural or community expectations?YES 93%118 votes · 25 Jul
- If someone falsely accuses someone else of racism, should they face criminal penalties?YES 70%108 votes · 25 Jul
- If the death penalty is reintroduced, should it apply to murder, rape, and all violent crimes including child abuse?YES 55%122 votes · 24 Jul
- Should judges have less discretion when sentencing repeat offenders?YES 63%115 votes · 23 Jul
- Should the prison system in England and Wales be fundamentally reformed?YES 86%124 votes · 23 Jul
- Should people be arrested for threatening to shoot an MP?YES 87%133 votes · 22 Jul
- Should the UK bring back whole-life sentences for more offences?YES 67%109 votes · 22 Jul
- Should police use AI to review and summarise digital evidence in criminal investigations?YES 51%112 votes · 22 Jul
- Does treating the Widdecombe murder as terrorism strengthen public confidence in UK justice?NO 60%136 votes · 21 Jul
- Should the UK introduce a legal duty of candour on public officials to tell the truth in inquiries?YES 95%65 votes · 16 Jul
- Should the government continue its early prisoner release scheme?NO 71%79 votes · 16 Jul
- Should the UK change the 1971 law to allow deportation of Shabir Ahmed?YES 84%86 votes · 14 Jul
- Should Parliament pass the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to create a Hillsborough Law?YES 81%75 votes · 14 Jul
- Should the Crime and Policing Act 2026 grant police new powers to tackle antisocial behaviour, shoplifting and knife crime?YES 65%51 votes · 13 Jul
- Should ID cards with fingerprints be introduced to improve suspect identification and border security?NO 58%83 votes · 12 Jul
- Does the UK have two tier justice against white people?YES 62%87 votes · 12 Jul
- Should the UK government overhaul police leadership recruitment and promotion?YES 74%42 votes · 12 Jul
- Should the UK require dog licensing for all owners?YES 60%91 votes · 10 Jul
- Should non-British face tougher sentencing for crimes?NO 65%52 votes · 3 Jul
- Should the UK reintroduce the death penalty?NO 60%47 votes · 3 Jul