Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Convicted felons should not be allowed to sit as members of parliament.

A convicted felon, Fiona Onasanya, is sitting as an MP and has the power to influence the future of the U.K. This is unacceptable.

This petition was rejected

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There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/235755

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