When a Prime Minister resigns, a General Election MUST be held.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

When a PM resigns with more than one year of term left, it is unfair that the British people should be governed by an unelected Prime Minister, selected only by members of their party.

This law would ensure that if a Prime Minister resigns, they effectively 'void' their party's term in office.

For better or worse, the UK now finds itself needing a new Prime Minister, and it seems perverse that after so democratic (and polarising) a vote as the EU Referendum - and at an unarguably unstable period in the country's history - we should find ourselves governed by someone we have not elected, who has been chosen only by thousands (within the Conservative Party) rather than by millions of citizens in the country.

Why it was rejected

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

A change in prime minister should trigger a general election.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Jun 2016

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