Petition · past parliament
Implement proportional representation during a general election.
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
The fundamental decisions we make in the next four years will shape the United Kingdom. For these choices to be democratically legitimate they have to represent what we the people want. We need a parliament elected under a system of Proportional Representation, a parliament in which all votes matter
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 1 Jul 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
6 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.