Petition · past parliament

Call a General Election before formally taking action on EU referendum result.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

We call on the Government to call a General Election before taking action on the EU referendum result. We call on all political parties to present clear manifestos stating a) whether they will take the UK out of the EU and b) if they will, what type of relationship will they seek with the EU.

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 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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