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Former Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, should be given a life peerage.

Submitted on Sunday 18th October 2020

Rejected on Thursday 26th November 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: honours (see below for details)

Petition Action

Former Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, should be given a life peerage.

Petition Details

To give a life peerage to John Sentamu the former Archbishop of York.

Additional Information

While there is no automatic right for archbishops to be given a life peerage, his predecessor David Hope and the former archbishops of Canterbury Rowan Williams and George Carey were all made life peers when they stepped down.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept petitions about appointments, which includes calling for people to be an honour such as a peerage.

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