Petition · past parliament

Declare 23/6/2016 referendum void for misrepresentation.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

The leave campaign relied heavily on concerns related to immigration. They further represented that they were able to secure the existing access to the EU market.

As things stand, the two representations are incompatible, and this with the full knowledge of the leave campaign.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

27 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
8 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Jul 2016

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