Make the Head of Commonwealth Role Hereditary Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/make-the-head-of-commonwealth-role-hereditary.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 3 Apr 2026 06:26 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Jeremy Wraith [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24443644?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Oct 2023 02:22:09 UTC 24443644 Mr Chris Matthews [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22043423?utm_medium=rss I feel that a hereditary mechanism is the only way to keep disunity and discord from breaking out in the Commonwealth. It's also by far the most economical method of transferring a title or office, because there are no candidates to broadcast, no ballots to cast, no electoral fraud to look into. Elections are phenomenally expensive to organise, especially international elections.

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2018 09:05:26 UTC 22043423 Mr George Bradshaw [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21639298?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Sep 2017 04:11:29 UTC 21639298 Mr Gregory Stephens [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21637864?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Sep 2017 08:53:01 UTC 21637864 Esquire Stephen Richards [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21636697?utm_medium=rss Just encourage to keep it going, GSTQ

]]> Wed, 6 Sep 2017 06:18:42 UTC 21636697 Mrs Jean Gledhill [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21636695?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Sep 2017 06:14:30 UTC 21636695 Mrs Victoria Turner [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21636691?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Sep 2017 06:09:34 UTC 21636691 Ms Mirka Giannouli [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21498410?utm_medium=rss Mon, 10 Jul 2017 07:42:58 UTC 21498410 Mr Daniel Ingersoll [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21450478?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:19:55 UTC 21450478 Mr Chris Jones [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21446852?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:45:47 UTC 21446852 Mr Matthew Jones [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21446842?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:36:41 UTC 21446842 Mr Anonymous [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21333388?utm_medium=rss Let's just do it!

]]> Mon, 15 May 2017 04:57:30 UTC 21333388 Mr Euan Carey [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21278314?utm_medium=rss Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:58:05 UTC 21278314 Ms Anonymous [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21273366?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Apr 2017 08:39:49 UTC 21273366 Mr Robert MAIR [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21272957?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:08:33 UTC 21272957 Mr. Don Cranston [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21272045?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Apr 2017 12:30:15 UTC 21272045 Mr Joe Worthington [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21271947?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:01:42 UTC 21271947 Mr Patrick O'Neill [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21270986?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Apr 2017 07:11:58 UTC 21270986 Mr Stephen Jones [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21270890?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Apr 2017 05:47:32 UTC 21270890 Mt Anonymous [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21270106?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Apr 2017 10:27:14 UTC 21270106 Felix Taylor [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269438?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:33:05 UTC 21269438 Mark Ambrogio [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269435?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:27:28 UTC 21269435 Janus Polenceusz [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269431?utm_medium=rss Let's get the UK out from the EU and make a stronger bond with our Commonwealth friends. Hopefully Cyprus and Malta will follow and do the same.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:24:02 UTC 21269431 Kenneth Wiese [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269423?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:12:46 UTC 21269423 Alexander Shayler [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269411?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:02:09 UTC 21269411 Edward Merriman [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269400?utm_medium=rss The role of Head of the Commonwealth should be hereditary and a matter for the monarchy. Political party politicians have no place.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:53:09 UTC 21269400 John Marwood [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269397?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:44:53 UTC 21269397 Michael Brooks [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269391?utm_medium=rss Crown, commonwealth and country!

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:35:36 UTC 21269391 Jeremy Maddock [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269382?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:27:35 UTC 21269382 Michael Tung [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269379?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:22:45 UTC 21269379 Raymond Jones [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269375?utm_medium=rss Keep the common wealth fires burning.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:13:46 UTC 21269375 William Eubanks [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269371?utm_medium=rss Please do not miss this next chance to accomplish this milestone in 2015. The British Commonwealth is more important that you will ever know.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:05:07 UTC 21269371 Jason Green [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269367?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 06:57:45 UTC 21269367 Christopher Wintle [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269361?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 06:48:05 UTC 21269361 Linda Hudson [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269359?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 06:42:13 UTC 21269359 Ryan Ricci [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269349?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 06:31:30 UTC 21269349 Anthony Hathaway-Taylor [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269341?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 06:21:56 UTC 21269341 Thierry Viennois [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269333?utm_medium=rss As a French native, I find the organisation of the Commonwealth as a fantastic machine to bring people of so many different countries and cultures together with a spirit of equality and respect to each other. I am very proud of being a subject of HRM The Queen.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 06:12:12 UTC 21269333 Jovan Weismiller [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269311?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 05:47:15 UTC 21269311 Thomas Eddleston [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269271?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 04:58:46 UTC 21269271 Sophie Shrubsole [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269101?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 01:13:51 UTC 21269101 Graham Young [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269014?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 10:43:18 UTC 21269014 Jonas Bystrom [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269007?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 10:35:58 UTC 21269007 Joe Quirk [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269005?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 10:29:46 UTC 21269005 Yogendra Verma [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21269001?utm_medium=rss Definitely we also want to join to each other and share our thoughts not only education but also from their cultures many more.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 10:14:22 UTC 21269001 Aidan Work [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268998?utm_medium=rss I am a fierce advocate of establishing the position of Head of the Commonwealth to be automatically the reigning monarch of the U.K. & the other Commonwealth Realms.

Not making the position hereditary would seriously weaken the international standing of the Commonwealth.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 10:02:54 UTC 21268998 John Mepham [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268974?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:17:27 UTC 21268974 Kerry Nimmons [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268955?utm_medium=rss If the Head of the Commonwealth does not remain a hereditary role, the position will lose historical meaning and the Commonwealth's culture will be lost to be rewritten in text books.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:42:31 UTC 21268955 Damein Noble [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268954?utm_medium=rss God save the Queen, God Defend New Zealand!

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:36:20 UTC 21268954 Syd Partridge [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268947?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:19:50 UTC 21268947 Thea Matlashewksi [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268944?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:15:18 UTC 21268944 Ray Holland [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268941?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:09:27 UTC 21268941 Alan Cooper [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268937?utm_medium=rss At first sight this petition seems to be anti-democratic and elitist...
But the reasons given in the petition for a hereditary role are very persuasive.
We all have seen how party politics can diminish even the most prestigious organization or office; whether it is President or Prime Minister.
The Commonwealth is a unique organization; truly a Family of Nations and making the Head of Commonwealth role a hereditary one will ensure it remains so.

]]> Sun, 16 Apr 2017 08:02:49 UTC 21268937 Mike Dawson [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268933?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:56:52 UTC 21268933 Vanessa Coleman [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268542?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:43:49 UTC 21268542 Gregory Mason [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268536?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:38:45 UTC 21268536 Steve Tyrer [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268528?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:32:58 UTC 21268528 Michael Smith [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268520?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:26:32 UTC 21268520 Michael Miles [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268518?utm_medium=rss We have lost so much over the years lets not lose our heritage and the CommonwealthOur future for our children and grandchildren has to be with a united Commonwealth and rid the world of fightinn in the so called name of religion.Freedom of religious practice without fear of persecution.

]]> Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:20:09 UTC 21268518 Michael Scott-Hayward [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268502?utm_medium=rss An undisputed, non=elected and thus non political Head is the best and only way to have a lasting Common Bond that will always rise above damaging disputes and conflicts.

]]> Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:11:29 UTC 21268502 Colin Rhodes [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268492?utm_medium=rss In total agreement, the head of the Commonwealth should have
no political ambitions, the only persons this can be are the heirs of Queen Elizabeth II.

]]> Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:02:40 UTC 21268492 Maggie Chapman [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268487?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:57:42 UTC 21268487 David Quarrinton [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268485?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:51:59 UTC 21268485 Iain Girling [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268478?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:44:26 UTC 21268478 Stephen Wells [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268445?utm_medium=rss Let our family of nations remain above grubby politics!

]]> Sat, 15 Apr 2017 06:18:35 UTC 21268445 Mike Johnson [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268424?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 05:59:53 UTC 21268424 Helen Love [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268419?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 05:53:53 UTC 21268419 Albert Burgess [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21268001?utm_medium=rss All our countries have benefited greatly from a shared Monarch, this binds us together with a stronger glue than any other.

]]> Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:50:05 UTC 21268001 Tony Wagon [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267988?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 12:38:57 UTC 21267988 Andrew Patrick [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267937?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:36:31 UTC 21267937 Michael Stone [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267928?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:26:10 UTC 21267928 Steve Connor [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267925?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:20:44 UTC 21267925 Ivan Bell [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267914?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:08:33 UTC 21267914 Peter Maginnis [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267910?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 11:04:34 UTC 21267910 Dave Oliver [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267896?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:47:52 UTC 21267896 Amanda Aitken [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21267877?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Apr 2017 10:29:23 UTC 21267877 Mr Anonymous [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21002056?utm_medium=rss The Common wealth over time as stood up in times of termoil in the world, Not like the EU who wish to have the same but the power to run it. I am from a generation who know about the Commonwealth and was educated to know about it, it is a shame the young generation don't know or understand it acheievements.

Restore the values of common wealth in Britain.

]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2017 05:57:46 UTC 21002056 Mr Alistair Harvie [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20998057?utm_medium=rss I agree that the head of the commonwealth position should indeed be hereditary. Eg after queen Elizabeth it should be ethier Charles or king billy.

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2017 03:50:57 UTC 20998057 Mr. Alan Harvey [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20995195?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:48:29 UTC 20995195 Ms Audrey Taylor [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20995112?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:54:33 UTC 20995112 MR ANDREW HOARE [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20993247?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Jan 2017 02:28:16 UTC 20993247 Mr Adam Gale [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20992728?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:23:00 UTC 20992728 Mr Andrew Grey [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20992457?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jan 2017 05:32:06 UTC 20992457 mr anup banik [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20992248?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:26:36 UTC 20992248 Mr Adrian Duffen [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20992199?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:36:44 UTC 20992199 Anonymous [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20991846?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Jan 2017 03:28:37 UTC 20991846 Mr Alan Cummings [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20991246?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:13:18 UTC 20991246 MR Angus Macdonald [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20991217?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Jan 2017 06:46:01 UTC 20991217 Rev. Dcn. Aristibule Adams [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20991108?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Jan 2017 04:54:26 UTC 20991108 Mr Tom Green [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20966713?utm_medium=rss Keeping the safety of this important institution is indeed our security for tomorrow.

]]> Fri, 6 Jan 2017 06:38:49 UTC 20966713 mr DAVID FORD [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20961021?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Dec 2016 04:24:46 UTC 20961021 Mr. Frédéric PORLIER [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19917569?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Apr 2016 06:56:29 UTC 19917569 Mr Kallum Howell [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19916871?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Apr 2016 07:20:14 UTC 19916871 R.J.A.A. RIDDLE [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19881131?utm_medium=rss Thu, 7 Apr 2016 12:45:34 UTC 19881131 Mr Chris Matthews [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19826637?utm_medium=rss As Queen Elizabeth II is Head of the Commonwealth, and is Sovereign of 16 realms of the Commonwealth, it makes perfect sense that her son, the Prince of Wales becomes Head of the Commonwealth upon his succession.

How should a new Head be chosen? By election? Certainly not. Elections are fraught with divisiveness and nastiness - these things are anathema to the basic tenets of the Commonwealth. Only monarchy, with its tenets of unity, stability and inclusiveness is consistent with the ideals of the Commonwealth.

Who, amongst all the other Heads of State or Sovereigns in the Commonwealth would be suitable to hold such a position as Head? No elected president could ever be suitable - their tenure as Head would expire with their presidency, and the Commonwealth would be fractured by having to choose a new leader every few years.

The only answer is someone who holds a long-term post - and the most suitable is the monarch who serves the Commonwealth the most - the ruler of the 16 Commonwealth Realms. That the position as Head should be hereditary to reflect this is wholly natural.

]]> Sat, 19 Mar 2016 03:48:02 UTC 19826637 Mr Julian Jones [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19821366?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:29:13 UTC 19821366 Mr. Brett Merlina [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19814089?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2016 04:11:49 UTC 19814089 Mrs Anna Sabetian [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19813876?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:18:37 UTC 19813876 Jeffrey Lach [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19813460?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:47:47 UTC 19813460 Mr William Timms [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19813049?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2016 02:24:13 UTC 19813049