Petition · past parliament

Any MP convicted of a criminal offence should be removed from office immediately

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Any serving MP should be removed from office immediately they are convicted of any criminal offence. Those in public office must be held accountable to the highest of standards, as Police, Fire Service etc are.
Fiona Onasanya, MP for Peterborough has been convicted of Perverting the course of justice for falsifying evidence for a motoring offence. She has refused to resign and parliamentary privileges allow here to remain in post and still draw her salary! How can this be right? There is an integrity issue here, to compound this, Ms Onasanya is a trained solicitor.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

2 Feb 2019 Petition opened for signatures
5 Feb 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Feb 2019

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