Petition · past parliament

Allow a long term partner to be named on the death certificate

Closed 110 signatures

What the petition asks

My partner and I have been living together for 15 years. We have been together through homelessness, the loss of a child and finally his death. We couldn’t afford to get divorced from our previous partners and so we never married. On registering his death his wife’s name was used not mine

Timeline

22 May 2018 Petition opened for signatures
22 Nov 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 110
Status Closed
Opened 22 May 2018
Closed 22 Nov 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.