Petition · past parliament

Prevent Article 50 from being triggered without a prior general election

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Without a manifesto dealing the terms of our exit there is no mandate for starting negotiations for our exit of the European Union

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 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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