Petition · past parliament
Change of PM mid term should trigger general election
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
A prime minister who has won a general election has a personal electoral mandate as well as a party mandate for government. The resignation or defenestration of an elected PM with more than a year of office remaining should trigger an automatic general election.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 7 Jul 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 11 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
11 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.