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Petition · past parliament

Call for a general election before december 2016

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

There needs to be a general election as the majority people have lost faith in the government the government have not supported the leave vote and are trying to BackTrack on article 50 and the free movement of people from the E.U which was promised to end in the campaign of brexit

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jul 2016

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