Petition · past parliament
Parliament should declare the results of the EU referendum void.
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
The leave result does not represent the majority of the 46.5m eligible electorate members. 17.4m (34.7%) voted leave. 16.1m voted remain and 12.9m didn't vote (62.3%). The majority were in favour of remain or undecided. Statistics from Electoral Commission website.This is not a mandate for Brexit.
Further, the Leave campaign used 'potentially misleading information' (Source UK Statistics Authority 2016) like the 'Let’s give our NHS the £350 million the EU takes every week'. This could deceive vulnerable electorate members into believing that a leave vote would improve NHS services. Lastly the majority remain vote in Scotland & NI and calls by SNP leader & Sinn Féin for own referendums may lead to UK breakup. The principle of parliamentary sovereignty should be invoked to void the result.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 25 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.