Following the EU referendum Parliament undergoes a General Election in 12 months

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the results of the EU referendum on 24th June 2016 and David Cameron's resignation, the UK parliament undergoes a General Election within 12 months. It is important that a majority elected Prime Minister is chosen to lead the UK following the exit of the EU.

The majority of the MP's voted for remaining in the EU, and the majority of the UK voted out. This shows a clear disparity in views between the electorate and the MP's who represent them.
Additionally, any Conservative MP who may become Prime Minister now would only have been voted for by an incredibly small percentage of the population- this is clearly undemocratic and the UK electorate should be allowed to vote on who the new Prime Minister is.

Why it was rejected

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

For the UK to hold a General Election within 12 months of the EU referendum

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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