Petitions/Allow people to take an oath of allegiance to the UK instead of the Crown
StatusOngoing
Opened28 Apr 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Allow members of the armed forces, the police, judges, and MPs to take an oath of allegiance to the nation (Great Britain and Northern Ireland), instead of the King. We believe that in a democracy, you swear allegiance to a people, whereas in a dictatorship, you swear allegiance to a single person.

Britain is one of the few countries in Europe where you take an oath of allegiance to the King. In 2012, the Sovereign Grant replaced the Civil List together with other grants. In 2012/2013, the Sovereign Grant was £31 million. In 2025/2026, the Sovereign Grant is £132.1 million. We can’t complete HS2, in spite of substantial revenues from North Sea oil. Other countries have completed high speed rail links without North Sea oil.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Ed Davey
1Ed Davey MP
Kingston and Surbiton
5
Sir Keir Starmer
2Sir Keir Starmer MP
Holborn and St Pancras
3
Ben Lake
3Ben Lake MP
Ceredigion Preseli
3
Lee Barron
4Lee Barron MP
Corby and East Northamptonshire
2
Natasha Irons
5Natasha Irons MP
Croydon East
2
Ms Diane Abbott
6Ms Diane Abbott MP
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
2
Ben Maguire
7Ben Maguire MP
North Cornwall
2
Wendy Morton
8Wendy Morton MP
Aldridge-Brownhills
1
Stephanie Peacock
9Stephanie Peacock MP
Barnsley South
1
Alison McGovern
10Alison McGovern MP
Birkenhead
1