This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Create minimum requirements for prospective MPs to stand for election

The minimum requirement to stand for election as an MP should be that the proposed candidate would have spent at least 2 years working in the NHS/education/police/military/emergency services or ran a successful business employing 10 people for 10 years.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The selection of candidates to stand for parliament is the responsibility of political parties and not the UK Government or Parliament as a whole.

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