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Petition · past parliament

Call a general election so we don't have an unelected Prime Minister

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the decision to leave the EU, and David Cameron's decision to step down as Prime Minister a general election should be called to ensure we have a democratically elected PM.
One of the core arguments of the leave campaign was the concern that the EU is ruled undemocratically. To ensure the same cannot be said of the UK government we should not be led by an unelected Prime Minister

Why it was rejected

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

Call a snap general election now that the UK have voted to leave the EU

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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