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Rejected petition Make David Tennant a Lord

Give David Tennant a Lordship

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For his services to Great British Television.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about honours or appointments.

We can't accept petitions about honours or appointments. This includes requests for peerages.

You can find out how people are appointed to the House of Lords here: https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/about-lords/lords-appointment/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.