Petition · past parliament
Amend the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act so that a General Election may be called.
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
The Governments response to a recent online petition calling for a general election was “the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act means no Government can call an early general election any more”
While prevision exists in the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act to call a new general election. There is no prevision to allow the people of the nation to call for a General Election only the current government.
Therefore we call for amendments to the law to be passed so that the people have the power to remove the government.
Therefore we call for amendments to the law to be passed so that the people have the power to remove the government.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 18 Apr 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 25 Apr 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
25 Apr 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.