Petition · past parliament

Allow the country to vote on the UK's nuclear deterrent.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In the debate on the UK's nuclear deterrent the member for Copeland, Jamie Reed said "The British people will not vote for unilateral disarmament". We the undersigned believe that the only way to prove that is to put the question on whether we should renew Trident to the people!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

18 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
27 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 Jul 2016

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