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Petition · past parliament

Do not invoke EU article 50 without full agreement by both Houses of Parliament.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Although the outcome of the referendum was a majority decision by those who voted, the number of people who voted for us to leave the EU, and indeed voted for us to remain was well below 50% of the registered voters and so the referendum is not representative of the UK population.

Why it was rejected

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

We think the following petition is similar to yours:
Let Parliament decide whether or not we remain a member of the European Union

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Jul 2016

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