Submitted on Monday 6th April 2026
Rejected on Thursday 7th May 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make the present Oath of Allegiance optional.
An elected politician who does not take the oath cannot sit, speak, vote, or draw a salary.
We want the compulsory oath to be replaced with a choice; we want the alternative to be an oath of allegiance to their constituents rather than to the Crown.
Currently, the political system is biased against Republicans. In a modern democratic society, swearing allegiance to a monarchy should not be compulsory.
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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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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Allow people to take an oath of allegiance to the UK instead of the Crown
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764688
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