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Require anyone standing for MP to have prior business experience

Submitted by Edward Smith on Friday 14th November 2025

Published on Wednesday 17th December 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Wednesday 17th June 2026

Current Signatures: 86
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Busy ~ Electing ~ Elections ~ Law ~ Lost ~ Members of Parliament ~ MP ~ Parliament ~ Prior ~ Raise ~ Run ~ Standing ~ trust

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 86 signatures in total, with signatories from 63 constituencies. That makes it the 1,088th most popular open petition, and the 23,193rd most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 22% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 0% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

Signatures by Region

Signatures by Country

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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