Find Out Now was comissioned by ‘Labour for a Republic’ to survey attitudes towards how Member of Parliaments should swear their oath of allegiance. Find Out Now surveyed 1,770 GB adults to produce a nationally representative sample of 1,008 respondents on 25th July 2024.

In the context of controversy surrounding how certain MPs swore their oath of allegiance – with Labour MP Clive Lewis having to reswear his due to omitting the line on being loyal to King Charles’ “heirs and successors” – Find Out Now asked a nationally representative sample of the public how they thought MPs’ oaths should be conducted. When made to choose, by an almost 5-1 margin people thought that the oath should be sworn to an MP’s constituents and the country, rather than to the monarch specifically.

Members of Parliament, once elected, are required to swear an oath before taking their seats in Parliament. Do you think that the oath should be one of allegiance:

• To the monarch and his heirs and successors (12 per cent)
• To their constituents and the country (56 per cent)
• Don’t know (32 per cent)

Full tables available here