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Petition · past parliament

Hold a General Election before Brexit

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

This petition asks the House of Commons to vote on the motion “That there shall be an early parliamentary general election”, as per Section 2.1(a) of The Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011 BEFORE informing the European Council of Brexit under Lisbon Treaty Article 50.
The UK voted AGAINST staying in the EU but it is unclear what people voted FOR. Holding a General Election before Brexit would let politicians plan HOW to exit the EU (or not) and the electorate to vote FOR their preferred plan in the early General Election.

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 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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