Petition · past parliament

Ban the third party resale of music venue events and make it a criminal offence.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

I want venue event tickets to be sold directly to fans from ticket selling websites.The introduction of the buyers name to be included on the ticket. And valid I.D to be used when accessing the event venue. I want this to stop such websites such as viagogo from reselling tickets at 200% profit.
http://www.viagogo.co.uk/Concert-Tickets/Rock-and-Pop/Ed-Sheeran-Tickets

Ed sheeran tickets. Face value £44-£77. Resale price £150-£450

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

2 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
10 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 10 Feb 2017

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