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Petition · past parliament

Support the motion that there shall be an early parliamentary general election

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK has voted to leave the European Union, but there exists no parliamentary majority for this major change to UK governance. Therefore the people of the United Kingdom call for an early general election so that we may put in place a government that represents the majority will of the electorate.
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 allows for an early general election under section 2(2) and we therefore call on our MPs to support the motion "That there shall be an early parliamentary general election.”

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jul 2016

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