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Disbar MPs if imprisoned or given a suspended sentence and hold a by-election.

Submitted on Thursday 4th April 2019

Rejected on Friday 12th April 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Disbar MPs if imprisoned or given a suspended sentence and hold a by-election.

Petition Details

Why should convicted criminals make our laws?
MPs cannot represent their constituents if they are in prison. Prisoners have no voting rights in any elections - why should an imprisoned MP hold a seat in Parliament?


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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