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Petition · past parliament

Do not trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

The EU referendum result was not legally binding. A significant number of people who voted leave did so on the basis of factually incorrect information. There is no legal obligation to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and this government should refuse to do so.

Why it was rejected

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

Ask the Government not to invoke article 50 of the Lisbon treaty.

Timeline

27 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.