Petition · past parliament
PARLIAMENT TO OVERTURN THE EU REFERENDUM RESULT
Rejected
18 signatures
What the petition asks
51.9% of those voting in the referendum to determine the UK's membership of the European Union supported Brexit. But only 72% of the electorate actually voted. So 51.9% of 72% = 37.4%. Only THIRTY SEVEN POINT FOUR PER CENT of those eligible to vote made a positive choice to vote to leave the EU.
On the established basis that not voting means by default keeping the status quo, the right of British subjects to remain European Union citizens has been taken away from us by just over a third of the electorate. Not of the UK population, but of those eligible to vote.
A change as fundamental as the destruction of our constitutional identity should be made only on the basis of a clear majority (50%+) of the entire electorate. Not by a miserable minority of thirty-odd percent.
We require Parliament to respect the will of the electorate of the United Kingdom and declare INVALID the conclusion that the referendum has provided a mandate to leave the European Union.
A change as fundamental as the destruction of our constitutional identity should be made only on the basis of a clear majority (50%+) of the entire electorate. Not by a miserable minority of thirty-odd percent.
We require Parliament to respect the will of the electorate of the United Kingdom and declare INVALID the conclusion that the referendum has provided a mandate to leave the European Union.
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
18
Status
Rejected
Rejected
4 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.