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Petition · past parliament

Prevent the new Prime Minister from invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The new Prime Minister will not have been elected by the people of the United Kingdom. They will be elected by MPs, to replace our current PM, who instigated the EU Referendum, and then immediately resigned after a Leave vote.
In fairness, Article 50 should only be invoked after a General Election.

Why it was rejected

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

Vote on an early General Election before sending Article 50

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jul 2016

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