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Petition · past parliament

Before invoking Article 50, there should be a free vote in Parliament.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The result of the EU referendum was 52%-48% in favour of Leave. For an issue of such enormity and irreversibility we don't believe this is a sufficient margin of victory.
A leading member of the Leave camp stated recently that a 52-48 per cent victory for the Remain campaign would leave 'unfinished business'.

We agree.

Why it was rejected

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

We think the following petition is similar to yours:
Let Parliament decide whether or not we remain a member of the European Union

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Jul 2016

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