Urgent General Election, following Referendum decision to Leave the EU

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

We the undersigned call upon our MPs to present and support a motion for a General Election under Section 2 of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.

Current MPs were elected on manifestos that presumed EU membership. We have a new political & economic reality, making previous manifestos obsolete.

The EU Referendum asked just one question, which exposed many divisions and problems in our society, while failing to offer concrete solutions to tackle any of them.

We want to vote on detailed plans for healthcare, education, international trade & investment, immigration, defence, regional development, farming, energy, pensions and many other areas.

We do not want an unelected Prime Minister & Cabinet who have not presented a manifesto and have no electoral mandate.

That is not democracy.

Why it was rejected

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

Call a snap general election now that the UK have voted to leave the EU

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Jul 2016

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