Petition · past parliament
Make sure the UK's EU referendum goes ahead as promised.
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
There is currently a petition demanding that the EU referendum be cancelled. This is intended to be a counter-petition. This government promised us an in-out EU referendum in their manifesto, and many people would've voted in the general election based on that pledge, so the referendum must go ahead
The British people must be given the opportunity to have their say on the UK's membership of the EU. The last referendum on Europe was the Common Market referendum in 1975, and a significant proportion of the public wouldn't have been old enough to vote in that referendum. Furthermore, the EU is now significantly different to the Common Market to which we originally signed up. Therefore, the 2016 referendum must go ahead as planned.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 18 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Jun 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Jun 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.