Petition · past parliament

Implement the Article 50 release clause without delay in line with majority wish

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The EU In/Out referendum was clear in stating that a simple majority of the votes cast would be honoured. A healthy 72% turnout is a good democratic proportion of the electorate and the majority by 1,269,501 of eligible votes gave the Government the mandate and authority to act decisively.
A number of political commentators have been waxing lyrically since Friday looking for excuses to try and undermine the legitimate and democratic vote that resulted in the UK taking the majority decision to leave the political entity known as the European Union.
A petition calling for Government to ignore the results and even to implement additional measures, thereby moving the goalposts, is undemocratic and should be rejected outright.
We voted Leave so let's get on with it!

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.