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Prevent those suspected or convicted of terrorism whether home or abroad

Submitted on Sunday 15th February 2026

Rejected on Monday 23rd March 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Prevent those suspected or convicted of terrorism whether home or abroad

Petition Details

To Make it illegal for convicted criminals of fire arms, explosives rapists, child molesters and terrorists wehether convicted in this coutry or abroad from standing for public office and to discuss and vote this into law

Additional Information

Criminals convicted of serious crimes are able to stand and help govern this country


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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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Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/759385

Prevent people convicted of serious crimes standing or serving as MPs: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/744197

Prevent people with serious criminal convictions from becoming local councillors: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/759313

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