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Petition · past parliament

Require a general election to be called if a Prime Minister leaves post.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

General Elections are heavily influenced by who the leaders are of the parties. As such when the Prime Minister steps down there should be an opportunity for the general public to have a say on who will be leading the country.
We ask that legislation is brought forward to require a General Election in a situation where the sitting Prime Minister leaves post.

Why it was rejected

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

A change in prime minister should trigger a general election.

Timeline

9 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.