Submitted by Graham Keast on Sunday 1st February 2026
Published on Thursday 12th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Saturday 12th September 2026
Current Signatures: 166
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Civil ~ Civil servant ~ Cleared ~ convicted ~ Councillor ~ Criminal ~ Electing ~ Elections ~ Face ~ FIVE YEARS ~ FRAUD ~ Moral ~ Morally ~ MP ~ Officers ~ Permanently ~ Police ~ Politicians ~ Prison ~ security ~ Standards ~ Standing ~ Teachers ~ Terror ~ Violence ~ Women and Girls ~ Years
Ban anyone convicted of serious criminal offences from standing in elections
People with serious criminal convictions are allowed to stand for election for councillor after five years and once they leave prison, for MP. This includes terrorism, violence, sexual offences and fraud. We believe public office is a privilege, not a right, and should meet higher moral standards.
Many public roles — including police, teachers and security-cleared civil servants — permanently exclude people with serious criminal convictions. We feel elected politicians currently face a lower standard. This petition calls for permanent disqualification from elected office for anyone imprisoned for terrorism, violence, sexual offences, violence against women and girls, or serious fraud, whether in the UK or abroad.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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