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Petition · past parliament

General Election in wake of the Prime Minister resigning ,after Brexit

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

A Prime Minister to be democratically elected by the public, instead of Conservative Party leadership contest to decide who leads us out of Europe
David Cameron poke outside Number 10 Downing Street announcing his resignation within 12 weeks after the Brexit Leave campaign won, The public should decide who becomes the next Prime Minister to lead us , Not the outcome of a Conservative Party leadership contest

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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