Petition · past parliament
Ensure all future national referendums need more than 50% of electorate to pass
Closed
37 signatures
What the petition asks
37% of the electorate took the decision for UK to leave the EU. I believe this to be anti-democratic.
A minority of the electorate should not be able to take the country in a new direction.
If an issue is so important it requires a national referendum, then to change the status quo it should be able to get more than 50% of the entire electorate, regardless of turnout. If it cannot get 50% of the entire electorate it should be deemed to have failed.
If an issue is so important it requires a national referendum, then to change the status quo it should be able to get more than 50% of the entire electorate, regardless of turnout. If it cannot get 50% of the entire electorate it should be deemed to have failed.
Timeline
| 13 Jul 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Jan 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
37
Status
Closed
Opened
13 Jul 2016
Closed
13 Jan 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.