Petition · past parliament
To repeal Baroness Tonge’s life peerage
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Baroness Tonge has a reputation for making inflammatory, often antisemitic, statements against both Israel and the British Jewish leadership. She has brought the honours system into disrepute and should have her peerage removed.
She most recently chaired an event in the Lords where there was mention of Israel being compared to terror group Islamic State and blaming the Jewish people for the Holocaust. There should be no place in the UK for Jew hatred, and in an age of growing antisemitism, we need to work to ensure we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. In addition, her actions were noted in a recent Home Affairs Committee report into ‘Anti-Semitism in the UK’ (chapter 6 point 123).
Why it was rejected
It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.
Timeline
| 31 Oct 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Nov 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Nov 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.