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Petition · past parliament

Government to call another general election

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Theresa May was not democratically elected to the position she is about to assume. She will take the role of PM by default only due to her direct contender stepping out of the Conservative party leader election. Given the aforementioned government should consider calling another general election.
Andrea Leadsom stepped out of the leadership race 11/07/16 which means Theresa May will assume power as PM with no actual election (by default).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36763208

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 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Jul 2016

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