Petition · past parliament

MPs to disclose personal interest in EU membership prior to voting on EU issues

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently members of the House of Commons and the Lords are voting on EU membership issues where they have personal interest. This is natural but they should disclose any personal interest in order to provide transparency and credibility to their voting on behalf of the UK.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

The House of Commons already has a Code of Conduct for MPs. MPs are already required to register and declare financial interests, and to avoid conflicts of interest. We're therefore not sure what further action you'd like the Government and Parliament to take.

You can find the Code of Conduct for the House of Commons here:

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/code-of-conduct-and-rules-of-the-house/

You could start a new petition asking for a specific change to the Code of Conduct, if that's what you would like to happen.

Timeline

28 Apr 2018 Petition opened for signatures
3 May 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 May 2018

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