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Petition · past parliament

Call a second EU Referendum once the terms of withdrawal have been agreed.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

There was much mis-information and supposition during the recent European referendum. By definition, the facts were unknown and therefore the electorate was not in a position to make a fair and informed judgement of the alternatives. This can only be done, once terms of withdrawal have been agreed.
As things stand, by voting to leave or to remain, the electorate have effectively entered into a binding contract without having sight of the terms of that contract. This would not be considered legal, acceptable or binding in any other context. On this basis a second, final referendum, should be called once the terms of separation are known.

Why it was rejected

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

Hold a second referendum on leaving the EU once exit terms have been negotiated.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Jul 2016

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