Hold a vote of parliament on whether to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Only 37% of the electorate have voted for Britain to leave the EU. This does not constitute a mandate for the government to take such a momentous step. We call on the government not to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty unless a majority of MPs first vote in favour in a free vote of parliament.

- The EU referendum legislation did not make the result of the referendum binding on the government (unlike for instance the previous referendum on electoral reform).

- The eligible electorate in the referendum was 46,500,001. The number who voted 'Leave' was 17,410,742 (37% of the total electorate).

- The central principle of our parliamentary democracy is that MPs are elected to make decisions in the best interests of the whole country.

Why it was rejected

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

Let Parliament decide whether or not we remain a member of the European Union

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Jun 2016

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