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Petition · past parliament

Call a General Election once we have a new leader of the Conservative Party

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

We believe that a General Election should be called once the Conservative Party has a new leader. If any party runs on a platform of remaining in the EU and wins this should supercede the referendum result

Why it was rejected

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

Call a general election immediately after Conservative party leadership decided

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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