Petition · past parliament

Call a general election before article 50 of the Lisbon treaty is enacted.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Those of us that have been forced into Brexit by the rest of the country have not chosen who we want to represent us during the negotiations with the remaining 27 states of the EU. Therefore a general election should be held beforehand so we can choose.

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
1 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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