Every dot is a Dad Shift supporter
Choose a constituency above to see its supporters and stories, the local numbers, and the MP pack.
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Ready to use: the one-page impact report, a press release with the local figures filled in, and a graphic for social media.
Caesarean recovery typically takes around six weeks. Partner support matters when maternal mental health is under pressure.
mums are working when a baby arrives
step back from full-time work within three years
Good growth in every postcode
How these numbers are worked out
All figures are modelled estimates for the constituency, not observed local effects, using The Dad Shift's Production Model v12. The policy modelled is six weeks of paternity leave at 90% of earnings, capped at £1,200 a week.
Inputs: the number of babies under one in the constituency (ONS mid-2024 population by single year of age, House of Commons Library); resident full-time median pay (ASHE 2025); and the share of parents in the electorate (Census 2021, Commons Library). National assumptions: 70% of eligible employees currently take paternity leave (Government Parental Leave Review); 12.3% of working fathers are self-employed (JRF); Spain's 88.9% father take-up is used as the benchmark for six weeks; mothers' work patterns after birth from Harkness et al. for the Government's employment-pathways research; caesarean and assisted birth shares from NHS Maternity Statistics 2024/25; postnatal depression at 10 to 15 in every 100 mothers (Royal College of Psychiatrists); direct support and economic output shared out from JRF and the Centre for Progressive Policy's national estimates (£1.15bn and £2.68bn, 2023 prices) by each constituency's share of working fathers.
Counts are rounded to the nearest 5 or 10; money to the nearest £100 or £100,000. "More dads taking any leave" compares six weeks at 90% with today's statutory two weeks at £194.32. Supporter dots are placed to the nearest 100 metres or so, never to a house. Stories are shown only where the person agreed to share them publicly, with a first name only where they chose that. Full methodology available on request from hello@dadshift.org.uk.