Hold a General Election following the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the UK's referendum to leave the European Union and the resignation of the Prime Minister, it is essential that Parliament revoke the Fixed-term Parliaments Act (2011) and hold a General Election at the earliest possible opportunity to give a mandate to the terms of negotiation and exit.

As David Cameron has resigned, and with no clear exit strategy proposed by the Leave campaign, each political party should be given the chance to gain a mandate from the electorate regarding the UK's negotiated exit and the establishment of subsequent trade deals with the EU. There is also a democratic responsibility to give the people a voice concerning who will be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the earliest opportunity.

This will require MPs to revoke the

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 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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