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Petition · past parliament

Make a law for public vote in to party leadership So public can choose

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Make a law for public vote in to party leadership so public can choose the party's leader not the MP public should have same rights as they have general election. If any partys leader have resigned so public can have they say
Public must have the same rights

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Procedures for electing the leader of a political party are a matter for the party concerned, not for the Government or Parliament.

Timeline

13 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
13 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 Jul 2016

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