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Petition · past parliament

Ban the use of the description "honourable" when making reference to an MP.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

I fail to conceive that any current Member of Parliament could possibly be considered to be "honourable". "Despicable" maybe. Maybe they should say "I thank my despicable friend" or "my very despicable friend". Career politicians are a total blight on this Country.
0.7% of British people are millionaires. 78% of politicians are millionaires.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

If you would like the House of Commons to change its practice, so that MPs no longer refer to each other using the terms "honourable" or "right honourable", we could accept a petition calling for that.

We can also find no evidence for the statement that 78% of politicians are millionaires. We can't accept petitions which contain statements that are false.

Timeline

21 Mar 2016 Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Mar 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.