Petition · past parliament
Declare EU referendum null & void due to false claims made during the campaign
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Parliament
- To debate whether false claims made by the Brexit camp during the EU referendum have mis-led the electorate & adversely affected the outcome
-To judge whether the referendum was carried out in an unconstitutional manner & if so, to declare the result of the EU referendum "null & void"
- To debate whether false claims made by the Brexit camp during the EU referendum have mis-led the electorate & adversely affected the outcome
-To judge whether the referendum was carried out in an unconstitutional manner & if so, to declare the result of the EU referendum "null & void"
Examples of mis-leading statements include;-
- Claims that the "EU costs the UK over £350 million a week"
- That the money saved from the UK`s membership of the EU would be used to fund the NHS
- That the number of immigrants entering the UK would reduce if we left the EU
- Claims that the "EU costs the UK over £350 million a week"
- That the money saved from the UK`s membership of the EU would be used to fund the NHS
- That the number of immigrants entering the UK would reduce if we left the EU
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 29 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
8 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.