Petition · past parliament

Table a motion of no confidence in the government to trigger a general election

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

The recent EU referendum was called by the Prime Minister to protect his position and appease back benchers and not in the best interests of the country. The Leave campaign was successful because it made a number of fraudulent misrepresentations, specifically that money from rebates would go to NHS

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 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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