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Petition · past parliament

Hold an early election to vote for new U.K Government and Prime Minister

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

This is a petition to prove that the people of the United Kingdom have no confidence in our current Conservative leadership.
The current system we live under is not working and as citizens of the United Kingdom we are entitled to put in place a government body that respects & represent it's people

Why it was rejected

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

The open petition similar to yours is Call a general election immediately after Conservative party leadership decided

Timeline

22 Aug 2016 Petition opened for signatures
26 Aug 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Aug 2016

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