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Petition · past parliament

Call for an immediate general election after tories select Theresa may for pm

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Call for a general election after Andrea leadsome has been pushed out of the race. We didn't elect Theresa may... the public want to decide who will lead our country back to great Britain and not settle for any less

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Jul 2016

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