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Petition · past parliament

Ask Parliament to trigger an early General Election in October

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

We the people of the UK have democratically elected to leave the EU. As David Cameron has given us a date he is leaving the position of Prime Minister, it is only democratic to elect Prime Minister who will lead negotiations in leaving the EU.

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 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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