Petition · past parliament

Annul the result of EU referendum on the basis the leave campaign was dishonest

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

We believe that the Leave campaign in the EU referendum was deceitful, dishonest and full of lies over many issues including the cost of our EU membership and was therefore a deliberate attempt to mislead the British people. As such to allow the result to stand would make a mockery of democracy
The most obvious example of dishonesty was the lie that the Leave campaign perpetuated from day one concerning the cost of our EU membership which lead to the unprecedented intervention of the chair of the UK statistics authority.

https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/uk-statistics-authority-statement-on-the-use-of-official-statistics-on-contributions-to-the-european-union/

There are many many other examples of leave campaign dishonesty

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

24 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
4 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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