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Petition · past parliament

UK to have Emergency General Election so Democracy Can Decide on Prime Minister

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

David Cameron stepped down from his role starting a race for leadership among MP's in the Tory party. Under suspicious circumstances all candidates stepped down leaving 1. Theresa May will become PM by default and was not elected by public. As a democracy we should have power to choose our leader.

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

11 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
14 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Jul 2016

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