Petition · past parliament

Trigger a general election before involving article 50

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Considering the major political turmoil going on in UK since the recent referendum it is only right to proceed into the unknown with a prime minister who was directly elected by the people of the United Kingdom.
We petition the government to give the people the the chance to elect there representive in the future discussions with Europe.

This choice should not be down to conservative party members alone.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

30 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
12 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20
Status Rejected
Rejected 12 Jul 2016

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