Petition · past parliament

Call for the P.M. to trigger Article 50 ASAP and before he steps down in October

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

David Cameron said that he would give the people a simple in/out vote with regards to Britain remaining in the EU and the result was out.

As the majority of the electorate have spoken then the next steps should be taken and Article 50 invoked straight away.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

26 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
1 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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