Petition · past parliament
The Leave majority is too narrow to warrant exiting the EU without an MP vote.
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
The recent UK referendum was an advisory referendum and given the closeness of the result, should be debated by MP's, then voted on in Parliment, prior to a final decision being taken to leave the EU.
The UK referendum asking “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?” received 48.10% of the vote to Remain. Only 3.8% more voted to Leave. A decision to leave the EU has a colssal impact on the future of the UK, Europe, the EU and the globe, with arguably huge costs to the environment, the economy and humanity as a collective. The elected house must agree by vote that leaving the EU is indeed in the best interest of the electorate, prior to negotiating to leave.
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 |
| 30 Jun 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
30 Jun 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.