Petition · past parliament

Strip Shami Chakrabarti of Peerage.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Strip Shami Chakrabarti of peerage for joining Labour on the day she was asked to chair the Labour inquiry into Anti-Semetism, along with her acceptance of a peerage and recent appointment to the shadow front bench, had “thrown into question” the independence of the report.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/16/jeremy-corbyn-antisemitism-chakrabarti-inquiry

Why it was rejected

It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.

Timeline

16 Oct 2016 Petition opened for signatures
17 Oct 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Oct 2016

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