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Petition · past parliament

Hold a second EU referendum to prevent the break-up of the United Kingdom.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

You get a 14 day cool-off period to decide whether you want to keep or return an online purchase. This is a bit bigger. No-one anticipated that this vote could lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom. We should be able to reconsider the decision now we are more aware of the consequences.
Knowing what we now know, we should be allowed to have a second vote, with more specific, properly thought-through victory criteria. If, after that process, we still vote for Brexit - fine.

Why it was rejected

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

Call for a second EU referendum as the first did not have a clear mandate.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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