Rejected petition: Keep Sir Winston Churchill on UK bank notes
Rejected on
Retain famous historical figures on UK bank notes who have influenced our history and not replace with animals and insects voted for by just a few thousand people.
Sir Winston Churchill is not a difficult or divisive figure. Without him, probably the most influential and greatest person of the last century, we would be speaking German and not have a multicultural society.
We also owe a great debt to Alan Turing a famous mathematician who changed the course of World War 2, who was also gay and poorly treated at the time but is now celebrated. We used to have Florence Nightingale and I remembered her values whenever I saw her figure on the notes.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Banknotes are the responsibility of the Bank of England, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.
You can find out how the Bank decides who/what will be on banknotes here:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/banknote-charactersWe only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.