Petition · past parliament
Make the Prime Minister directly elected.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Your next Prime Minister will be chosen by a poll of just 150,000 Conservative Party members only. Support any or no other party and you have no vote on who leads the UK until the next Parliamentary Election on Thursday 7th May 2020. This petition calls for direct elections of Prime Minsters.
44,722,000 people have the right to vote. Since the war six Prime Ministers have taken the post unelected and three of them (Alec Douglas-Home, James Callaghan and Gordon Brown) never ever secured a mandate from the voting public. Sign this petition if you believe all voters should have the right to vote for the next Prime Minister. If it reaches 10,000 the government has to respond to you. If it reaches 100,000 your views may be debated in Parliament - 1m votes and you simply can't be ignored.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 10 Jul 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.