Petition · past parliament · Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

Allow petitions calling for MPs and Ministers to be sacked

Closed 465 signatures

What the petition asks

Members of Parliament should be accountable, the voices of UK citizens should matter even if it's only to allow those serving the public in the most powerful positions of UK government to remain grounded with public opinion.
Currently a petition will be rejected if it calls for a sacking.

A petition will currently be rejected if it goes against the below rule. This rule stops the public from being represented by the actions of our MPs as they are not accountable.

"It asks for someone to be given a job, or to lose their job. This includes petitions calling for someone to resign and petitions asking for a vote of no confidence in an individual Minister or the Government as a whole"

We ask that this rule be removed so these petitions can be debated.

Timeline

26 Oct 2020 Petition opened for signatures
26 Apr 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 465
Status Closed
Department Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Opened 26 Oct 2020
Closed 26 Apr 2021

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