Remove convicted criminal MPs from Parliament & cancel their pensions.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Convicted criminal politicians should not be immune from the consequences of their actions. MPs are public servants; and other public servants face not only legal punishment for their crimes, but in many cases, they are dismissed from their jobs and denied their pensions. MPs should face the same.

MPs regularly use claims of personal integrity as part of their electoral campaigns, so criminal activity by any of them should not be tolerated. Once an MP has been convicted of a crime (no matter what the offence or level of punishment), the following should happen:

Ban them from taking part in parliamentary business
Ban them from again standing for public office
Ban them from receiving any and all pensions, benefits & privileges due to former MPs
- Force a by-election in their constituency

Why it was rejected

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

Disqualify anyone convicted of a criminal offence from being an MP

Timeline

4 Apr 2019	Petition opened for signatures
12 Apr 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Apr 2019

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