Petition · past parliament

Trigger a General Election in the wake of the EU referendum result

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

We the undersigned call on Parliament to debate a motion of no confidence in Her Majesty's Government as required to trigger a General Election under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.
We urgently need to clarify whether the people of the UK really do want Brexit. In light of the narrow referendum result and the many negative repercussions unfolding, and the Prime Minister's resignation, a snap General Election would clarify whether narrow support for Brexit translates into a pro-Brexit parliamentary majority. If it does, Brexit negotiations can begin. But if a pro-Remain majority emerges then Parliament would have a legally binding mandate to disregard the referendum result.

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.