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Petition · past parliament

Calls for an Early election for the new Prime Minister in October

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

David Cameron has announced following the results of the EU referendum that he will be standing down. The Conservative party is made up of 150,000 members and they will be deciding the new PM - this is undemocratic and unbritish. Do we really want to leave the fate of the U.K. in the hands 150,000?

Why it was rejected

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

A change in prime minister should trigger a general election.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jul 2016

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