Petition · past parliament

Repeal the "Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011" due to the unjust conditions.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

With this in place it will be difficult to enforce a Snap Election, this seems like the route we will have to take after the petition of Vote No Confidence in David Cameron was pushed aside after receiving nearly 200,000 votes.

See below for link to full Act and Conditions.
Full Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 -
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/14/section/2

Vote No Confidence in David Cameron -
Vote no confidence in David Cameron

Snap Election Petition -
Hold a General Election in 2016

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition in its current form as it does not call for a clear action from the UK Government and Parliament. Repealing the Fixed Term Parliament Act, would not create a mechanism which would allow the public to call for an early election. This would most likely see the power to call an election be placed back in the hands of the Government. The Fixed Term Parliaments Act gives the power to trigger a general election to MPs in the House of Commons.

You might be interested in signing the following petition which calls for a mechanism to allow the public to force an immediate election: Change the law, so that UK citizens can force an immediate General Election.

Timeline

13 Apr 2016 Petition opened for signatures
14 Apr 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Apr 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.