Sign in
☰
People MPsHouse of LordsGovernmentOppositionPartiesCommittees Votes Commons votesLords votesVotes by issueTopicsStats & rankingsParliament in numbers Legislation BillsEarly day motionsPetitions Elections Election resultsConstituenciesWho is my MP? Scotland OverviewMSPsScottish GovernmentVotesBillsMotionsCommitteesConstituencies & regionsElections Search Sign in

Petition · past parliament

Debate if the public was deceived in the 1975 referendum and misled into the EC

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Was the public deceived during the 1975 referendum and misled into the EC. They were never informed that British rights and sovereignty would be transferred via the 1972 EC act and they were led to believe they were only joining a single market not a political union.
I believe the public were misled by the Government during the 1975 referendum and their rights and sovereignty signed away without full public consent because the Government of the day hid those facts. I believe the Government must debate this issue and decide if the public were in fact deceived by the Government of the day.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

9 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
17 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Feb 2017

Follow this petition

Sign in to get an email when the government responds, a debate is scheduled or held, or the petition closes.

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