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Petition · past parliament

Vote on whether to accept the referendum result.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

The EU referendum result does not have to be accepted. The referendum was advisory rather than mandatory. It was not legally binding. We the undersigned call on HM Government to vote in the House of Commons on whether to accept the result.
The legislation did not provide for the referendum result to have any formal trigger effect.

We provide the below site as a reference: http://blogs.ft.com/david-allen-green/2016/06/14/can-the-united-kingdom-government-legally-disregard-a-vote-for-brexit/

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
5 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Jul 2016

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