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Petition · past parliament

Hold a general election in 2016, before EU Article 50 is invoked.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Unless there is a General Election, the U.K. will be led through Brexit (a critical political, economic and social change) by a new Prime Minister elected by only c.150,000 Conservative Party members. The nation must be able to select a Party and Prime Minister with a popular mandate to act for it.

Why it was rejected

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

Vote on an early General Election before sending Article 50

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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