Petition End the right of Anglican Bishops to have 26 seats in the House of Lords.

Although only 15% British citizens are practising Anglicans, and this falls to 3% for those under 24. This is a continuing trend, yet the UK parliament allows 26 unelected Anglican Bishops to sit in the House of Lords. This privileged, undemocratic, discriminatory, anachronism cannot continue.

More details

The right of Church of England Bishops to sit in the House of Lords is a tradition that continues from mediaeval times. The UK is the only parliament in the world that accords a unique privileged status to religious representatives. Known as 'Lords Spiritual' these 26 Church of England Bishops occupy a position of political power that is no longer relevant in a country where so few identify with the Anglican church. If Bishops wish to represent UK people, why should they not stand for election?

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

120 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

Date closed 20 April 2018
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.