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Petition · past parliament

A second EU referendum should not be carried out because of a 75% turnout.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

If we were to hold a second referendum, how could we garuntee that the turnout would be any different, we cannot keep going backwards and forwards. We have voted, with a more than 50% turnout it is safe to say, enough people wanted the result.

Why it was rejected

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

DENY the request for a second EU REFERENDUM

Timeline

25 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
30 Jun 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Jun 2016

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