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Petition · past parliament

Instruct MP's to vote against the EU referendum

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

As the EU referendum result is not finally legally binding but requires MP's to vote for the legislation required to leave this petition is to ask the MP's to Vote to ignore the will of the people

Why it was rejected

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

Parliament to save the UK from breaking up by rejecting the EU referendum vote

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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