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Petition · past parliament

Evoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty starting divorce from EU

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

We the undersigned feel that it is in United Kingdoms best interest for the priminister Mr David Cameron to evoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty as he promised if the UK was to vote leave on June 23rd 2016

Why it was rejected

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

Invoke Article 50 of The Lisbon Treaty immediately.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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